Zac Pennington

Zac Pennington is one half of the basically un-Google-able group Popular Music, and was formerly the creative director for the band Parenthetical Girls. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Popular Music’s new album, Minor Works, is out Friday, October 13 via Sanitarium Sound Services.

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Introducing: Popular Music’s “Sad Songs”

Music

By Zac Pennington | September 22, 2023

Introducing: Popular Music’s “Sad Songs”

Zac Pennington premieres a track, and talk the “Gena Rowlands routine.”

Introducing: “Hideout”

Music

By Zac Pennington | June 19, 2017

Introducing: “Hideout”

A song premiere and breakup letter from Comedienne, or the artist formerly known as Parenthetical Girls.

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks the Weeknd’s Kiss Land

Music

By Zac Pennington | September 23, 2013

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks the Weeknd’s Kiss Land

“This ain’t nothin' to relate to.” Pop music has enough victims. I don’t mean to say that pop music itself is some kind of toxic malignancy — this...

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks Van Dyke Parks’ Songs Cycled

Music

By Zac Pennington | August 14, 2013

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks Van Dyke Parks’ Songs Cycled

Opinions are fickle things. What appeals to the pleasure centers at first blush doesn’t always maintain stamina. Likewise, the longer it takes for...

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks Taylor Swift’s Red

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By Zac Pennington | April 2, 2013

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks Taylor Swift’s Red

The first heated argument I had on the topic of Taylor Swift began in the latter months of 2009. These were heated times — post-Kanye, after...