Ahead of their North American tour that kicked off earlier this month in Milwaukee and goes through until next month with Sharp Pins, Snail Mail, the solo project of Lindsey Erin Jordan, released her third album, Ricochet.

Lunar Vacation (Photo: Nancy Gutierrez) WREK 91.1 honored its long-held tradition of showcasing a diverse range of musicians that—as their slogan would suggest, you don’t hear on the radio. In their annual WREKTACULAR Music Festival, a student-led event, a thoughtful curation of up-and-coming bands from all over the country came together to put on an unbelievable show of eclectic sound, this year at Variety Playhouse. With 8-highly acclaimed bands, including Atlanta’s own Lun

Alice Phoebe Lou’s newest record, Oblivion , is a solitary one. Aside from being written, performed and produced by herself, it’s very spare compared to her other recent albums, made up of lulling acoustic songs about the curves of love, loss, and self-acceptance as they appear through her eyes. Accordingly, she came to Atlanta on her Oblivion tour to perform these songs alone in what she called “their original forms.” Alice Phoebe Lou (Photo: Mary Beth Bryan) John Andrews

(Photo: Hannah Claire Smith) Billie Marten has long been praised for the vulnerability and honesty she brings to her songwriting, and the same can be said of the way she performs. Her stripped-back set at Terminal West—just her voice and guitar—drew the audience in, each song pulling them closer into her world. (Photo: Hannah Claire Smith) Though entirely acoustic, the performance never once felt lacking. The warm clarity of Marten’s voice, paired with her intricate guitar wo

You probably know what the underside of a home sized rock looks like if you haven't caught wind of Die Spitz slowly on the rise to the top for the past couple of years. The childhood best friends from Texas who have been rampaging audiences with their wall of sound since 2022 opening for bands like Amyl and the Sniffers and Viagra Boys, have cemented themselves in their own pocket of the universe after falling into the center of Austin's punk scene. Ellie Livingston of Die Sp

In just a few months, the world has completely changed before the eyes of Hudson Freeman. May 29th marks one year since the release of the Brooklyn-based lofi folk artist’s third record, is a Folk Artist . Shortly after that, Freeman began posting snippets playing “If You Know Me”, a tasteful, touching, and twangy track that sounds like a folk classic, and has cemented itself as one. Those videos blew up time and again, and brought a huge audience in on what Freeman has to sa