Necessity’s the mother of invention, and just as U.K. racism gave rise in the late 1970s to the activist, mixed-race Two Tone scene, so has #MeToo informed a new wave of indie-rock. For a culture that likes to fancy itself woke despite an ongoing tradition of sexism and sexual predation, …
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The National‘s Bryce and Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon have launched an online music platform dubbed People. The service provides artists “an independent and nurturing space in which to make work (generally around music) that is collaborative, spontaneous and expressive in nature,” People states. People, which launched Wednesday, …
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Chvrches recruited the National‘s Matt Berninger for the bittersweet new single “My Enemy.” The indie rocker lends his distinctive baritone to the electro-pop track, trading heartbroken lines with Chvrches vocalist Lauren Mayberry. “I got no more time to hear who you think we should blame/ Because all your words are …
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