Posts by Allison Kinney:

Annie Keating Embraces Uncertainty on New Album

Keating’s voice has a warm, radio-static sound. Rough-smooth, like driftwood or a banister with the varnish worn away.

The Proud Love Song of Dawn Riding

By Allison Kinney, Staff Writer Editor: We’re excited to premiere a video for “Love Song” by Oakland-based band Dawn Riding, which features the potent, intimate photography & videography of queer documentarian Chris Berntsen. Video below.     Riding out at dawn sounds like something a cowboy might do, but Dawn Riding’s lyrics suggest backyards as well […]

Fancy Hagood Makes Southern Queerness Undeniable

This record has songs for quiet campfires, and songs to blast with the windows down driving up main street.

Crys Matthews, Witness for the Future

Matthews’ “Changemakers” bears witness to American violence. The beauty of her voice makes the witnessing bearable.