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news Debbie Harry on Blondies monumental Cuba trip © ANARAY LORENZO Debbie Harry on stage in Cuba in March 2019 "There are no second acts in American lives," wrote F Scott Fitzgerald. But he hadnt reckoned with Blondie. The most successful band to emerge from New Yorks punk/new wave scene of the 1970s, they had six number one hits in the UK, including Heart Of Glass and Atomic, and sold 40 million records worldwide. After six years touring the world, they disbanded in 1982, after guitarist ...

Zack Ruskin July 14, 2021Updated: July 14, 2021, 7:07 pm Longtime San Francisco musician John Vanderslice relocated to Los Angeles during the pandemic. Photo: Andrea DeSouto It’s hard to imagine San Francisco without John Vanderslice. A stalwart of the local indie music scene for decades, Vanderslice surprised many by deciding to move to Los Angeles at the start of the pandemic. By extension, his geographic transition also brought the hard call to close the long-running Mission l...

In the latest episode of The FADER Interview podcast, Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten discuss their twinned careers and brand new collaboration, Like I Used To.

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen shared their first collaborative track last month. Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have been on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing their new single Like I Used To. The pair worked with producer John Congleton after a long-standing, but often distant, mutual appreciation was eventually taken into the studio. “Even though we weren’t super close, I always felt supported by Angel and considered her a peer in this weird world of touring,” Van Et...

St Vincent has been a tricky artist for the public to reckon with over the last 5 years - so what is it about Annie Clark that ruffles people?

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have combined for a new single, Like I Used To....

“Like I Used To” Two of the most influential songwriters of the past decade, Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen are unafraid of diving headfirst into the red. Think of those climactic howls in “Seventeen” or “Your Love Is Killing Me”; consider the dreamy crescendos of “Shut Up Kiss Me” and “Lark.” While plenty of artists seek inspiration from heroes of emotional abandon like Bruce Springsteen (whom they have each coveredexcellently), Van Etten and...

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen worked with producer John Congleton. Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have unveiled their new single Like I Used To. The collaboration comes after a long period of mutual, but more often than not distanced, admiration for each other. “Even though we weren’t super close, I always felt supported by Angel and considered her a peer in this weird world of touring,” Van Etten says. “We highway high-fived many times along the way. I finally got the courage in J...

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have teamed up for a new song, "Like I Used To," with a video directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch.

Winter is easing and the big hitters are slowly beginning to release their long awaited LPs. The Foo Fighters and Madison Beer are leading the charge when it comes to heavily hyped artists, but elsewhere February thrived on the back of a series of challenging and thoughtful releases. Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight (Rock) Where are the Foo Fighters headed in 2021? It’s a hard question to answer. The band are firmly entrenched in the third stage of their career. They majestically rose fr...