Fiona Apple took home the Best Alternative Album golden gramophone for Fetch the Bolt Cutters, beating out Brittany Howard (Jaime), Beck (Hyperspace), Tame Impala (The Slow Rush), and Phoebe Bridgers (Punisher). This was her first win of the night.
Apple is in good company, joining the likes of former winners including Vampire Weekend, David Bowie, Radiohead, the White Stripes, and the Black Keys.
See a full list of tonight’s winners here
Sometime after the British-Australian singer-songwriter Hana Stretton released her album Soon last year, she was booked to open for Mount Eerie in Melbourne. When Phil Elverum saw who was playing the show, he decided to check out Stretton’s album and was gobsmacked by what he heard. The result: Elverum’s record label P.W. Elverum & Sun […]
Last month the Montréal power-pop band Laughing shared “Bruised,” an early single from their new album Because It’s True. They’ve got another teaser track out today. “Will She Ever Be A Friend Of Mine” is three minutes of pure Byrds-y bliss by way of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, and the Lemonheads. Let the jangly riffs […]
The The, Matt Johnson’s longstanding post-punk and new wave band, has not released a new studio album since 2000’s NakedSelf, opting instead to compose a new movie score every few years. But the band — which has rotated through many members over the year, including Johnny Marr and Gail Ann Dorsey — is back in […]
