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U.S. Girls is Meg Remy’s musical moniker. The Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist&#8217;s music traces a circuitous evolution. It encompasses unconventional, challenging sound work as prominently as her vocally-driven explorations of American pop mores (often on the same album). Since 2007, Remy has toured several times in Europe, Eastern Canada and the United States. She accompanies her hugely distinctive voice with innovative set-ups, including combinations of reel-to-reel players, tape decks, and samplers, as well as occasionally singing with a full band. Remy has released a clutch of original records on labels as diverse as Siltbreeze, Kraak, FatCat and her own Calico Corp. imprint.
Her latest album Heavy Light was released in March 2020 via 4AD.

U.S. Girls

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In Conversation: Meghan Remy (U.S. Girls) and Jack Name

Sarah Beth Tomberlin is a Louisville, KY–born, LA-based folk singer–songwriter. Her debut album At Weddings was released in 2018 by Saddle Creek, who also put out her EP Projections in 2020.
(Photo Credit: Marc Silverstein)

Tomberlin

Tomberlin and Slow Pulp Talk EPs, LPs, and Alex G

Doug Brod is the former editor in chief of SPIN magazine and was a long-time editor at Entertainment Weekly. He has worked for Atlantic Records, taught at New York University, and was a segment producer of the comedy/music television series Oddville, MTV. Brod has also written for the New York Times, Billboard, Classic Rock, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Trouser Press Record Guide. A native New Yorker, he lives with his family in Toronto.

Doug Brod

Book Excerpt: Meet Skatt Bros., the Sleazier, More Extreme Village People

Corin Tucker is a founding member of the legendary Sleater-Kinney, which has released nine albums since forming in Olympia, Washington in 1994. Tucker has also released music with the Corin Tucker Band and the supergroup Filthy Friends, in which she shares frontperson duties with Peter Buck of R.E.M.

Corin Tucker

In Conversation: Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) and Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon)

Mary Timony is the lead singer and guitarist for Helium and Ex Hex and previously played in Wild Flag. <a href="http://smarturl.it/EndsWithAnd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ends With And</a> collects Helium&#8217;s singles and compilation tracks and is available now from Matador. Catch Mary <a href="http://helium.matadorrecords.com/">on tour</a> playing Helium this summer and follow her on <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryT_Money">Twitter</a>. (Photo by James Smolka.)</a>

Mary Timony

In Conversation: Mary Timony (Helium, Ex Hex) Talks With Quattracenta’s Sarah Matas

Helena Deland is a Montreal-based singer-songwriter. Her album, Goodnight Summerland, is out now on Chivi Chivi.
(Photo Credit: Sabrina Jolicoeur)

Helena Deland

Helena Deland and Weyes Blood Are Finding Time to Reflect

Widowspeak is singer-songwriter Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earle Thomas. Their fifth album, Plum, is out August 28, 2020 via Captured Tracks.

Widowspeak

Widowspeak and Holy Motors Talk the Myth of the American West

Mamalarky is down to water your houseplants while you&#8217;re out of town and plot an elaborate revenge on your high school bully. Mamalarky could very well be the cure for depression or the cause of all universal sadness. Mamalarky is a campfire song for American Idol rejects and a somber soundtrack for the months leading up to your next breakup. They are exactly what you would expect to see in an increasingly sentient robot&#8217;s dream journal.
Mamalarky started in Austin, TX and now resides in Atlanta, GA. The band combines doe-eyed vocal melodies, cerebral keys, dynamic finger-picked guitar, ebullient bass lines, and hard hitting drums to create an intoxicating elixir, entirely their own.
Their self-titled debut album Mamalarky is out November 2020 via Fire Talk Records.

Mamalarky

Catch Up with Mamalarky and Jerry Paper

PUP is a punk band from Toronto. Their latest album, Morbid Stuff, was released April 2019 via Rise Records and Little Dipper.
(Photo Credit: Vanessa Heins)

In Conversation: Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and Zack Mykula (PUP)

Samia is a New York City-based singer-songwriter. Her debut full-length The Baby is out now via Grand Jury.

Samia

Samia and Anjimile Don’t Know They’re The Shit (Yet)

Lucy Dacus is a singer and songwriter who emerged from the thriving indie rock scene of Richmond, Virginia, in the mid-2010s. She sports a buttery voice that commands both her thoughtful rock tunes and more intimate confessionals. Born and raised in Mechanicsville just outside of Richmond, her mother was a music teacher, and Dacus grew up singing. She began writing regularly via journaling in the sixth grade, and attended concerts, connecting with the Richmond music scene throughout high school. After graduating, she tried studying film at Virginia Commonwealth University with a plan to make music on the side, but soon dropped out and concentrated on writing songs. Her debut was put together relatively last-minute when a friend who worked at Starstruck Studio in Nashville let her know they had an open day. She had assembled a band from area musicians in guitarist Jacob Blizard, bass player Christine Moad, and drummer Hayden Cotcher, and the songs, which had been written solo, were arranged for the quartet in the week leading up to a ten-hour recording session. The friend at the studio, Collin Pastore, engineered and mixed the album, which was co-produced by Dacus, Pastore, and Blizard. Richmond label Egghunt Records took interest in the results and released No Burden in early 2016. The album quickly received buzz in the indie music press, and the band did an Audiotree Live session in March that was released as a digital EP. That June, 21-year-old Dacus announced she had signed with Matador Records, which reissued No Burden in September 2016.

Lucy Dacus

Catching Up with Lucy Dacus and Fenne Lily

Linda Thompson has been at the forefront of British folk music longer than she would care to remember. With her (ex) husband Richard she recorded a string of classic albums, including the ultimate break-up record: 1982&#8217;s Shoot Out the Lights. Her latest solo record is 2013&#8217;s Won&#8217;t Be Long Now (Pettifer Sounds) and she appears with her children, grandson and Richard on Family (Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group), produced by her son Teddy. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/lindathompson1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

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