Last year, Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry unveiled her debut solo album Vicious Creature and went on her first tour by herself, which featured many covers. Now, the band’s Martin Doherty is starting his own project called the Leaving with longtime unofficial Chvrches drummer Jonny Scott. Their first release is the futuristic anthem “Saved” via Avenue […]

Who doesn’t love a good underground rap posse cut? Fly Anakin, the great Richmond rapper and producer, is the leader of the Mutant Academy crew, and he’s been responsible for a lot of songs like that. Earlier this year, Fly Anakin released his solo album (The) Forever Dream, and its lead single “My N***a” features […]

Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed by Darius Van Arman, founder of the independent record label Jagjaguwar, which has released music by Bon Iver, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Dinosaur Jr., and dozens of others. Van Arman also co-leads Secretly Group, Secretly Distribution, Numero Group, and Ghostly International. He is based in Brooklyn. I […]