Girl Ultra (Mariana de Miguel), courtesy. This week we drift through pop-punk by Super American to rock by Porches and Friedberg, slick electronic dance by Girl Ultra, drippy rap by Anycia and soulful jams by Catpack and Neil Frances featuring PawPaw Rod. Super American, “Hopefully Pitchfork Doesn’t Hear This”…

Clockwise from top left: PREP, Yola, Spencer Burton, Tank and the Bangas, Kacey Johansing, Drew Citron and Porches. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but…

After a decade of translating his deep sadness into a diverse array of sound and the desire to constantly reinvent himself, Aaron Maine became of the most inventive and hardest-working producers as Porches. From raw and rigid indie rock to hooky synth-pop and unashamed house music, Porches has evolved into…

Tim Darcy of Ought performs at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on March 19, 2018. Photo: Kyle J. Kohner. We’ve almost arrived, everyone! However, if you are just joining us, do not spoil the surprise for yourself and just go back to parts one, two and three to catch up before…

Mitski Kyle Kohner’s top 100 songs countdown reaches the finish line, with his 25 favorites. Catch up with part one, part two and part three here. 25. “4th Dimension” – Kids See Ghosts (Kid Cudi and Kanye West) Opened by an eerily distorted, but well-placed sample of Louis Prima’s “What Will…

Sharon Van Etten performs at Treasure Island Music Festival at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2018. Photo: Chloe Catajan. Kyle Kohner’s top 100 songs countdown gets one step closer to revealing his favorite song of 2018, with numbers 50 through 26. Catch up with part one and…

Photos: Kyle Kohner LOS ANGELES — “All right, you goofballs!” Aaron Maine yelled. The deadpan humor and captivating timidness of the Porches’ frontman charmed its way into the hearts of many during the band’s sold-out show Friday at the Teragram Ballroom. Though he may not have the outlandish personality of…

Experimental folk artist and cellist extraordinaire Arthur Russell may be one of the greatest underground musicians of his day. In spite of releasing only one traditional non-collaborative studio album, World of Echo (he died in 1992), Russell was one of the most hardworking and prolific artists of his time, with…

“In the night/ I feel clean/ when the darkness swallows me/ I escape/ From the blue/ Like the steam coming off the pool.” Deep-seated anxiety and loneliness have always dwelled within the lyrics of Porches’ Aaron Maine. While these lines display much of the same, they signal a revelatory…

  Kanye West performs at the SAP Center in San Jose on Nov. 17, 2016. Photo: Paige K. Parsons Goodbye, 2017. It was great knowing you! Not really. Actually, 2017 sucked … except for the music; the music was great! Hello, 2018. It’s time to look forward to what is to come…