Josh Kitchen

The “Rose of Appalachia” on her stunning sophomore album, the art-life, and freedom in motion By : Josh Kitchen / September 11, 2026 Photo Credit : Avery Norman “Sometimes the comfortable things didn’t actually make me happy or help me expand,” Angela Autumn told me ahead of the release of her sophomore album, Believer—out today from Gar Hole Records. The Western (Zelienople) Pennsylvania-born singer-songwriter, now based in Nashville, has been bubbling up with her twangy, hypnotic, slacker...

By : Josh Kitchen / September 9, 2026 Photo Credit : MACAMI What if, after going through a breakup, you not only had to sit with your feelings of heartbreak, confusion, pain, and denial, but also decided to share those feelings with millions of people? And what if, to really drive the point home, you put actual voice memos from your former partner on the record itself, allowing the audience to sit with you in those feelings of introspection, memory, and loss? An insane way to find closure,...

By : Josh Kitchen / September 4, 2026 Photo Credit : Adam Alonzo “In the desert you can catch a big break / I lift a rock and see a rattlesnake,” Hannah Cole sings on the lead single, “MMA,” off her debut full-length album, Switchbacks. It’s a punishing track, recalling the heaviest shoegaze tracks of the ’90s, with Cole using the metaphor of gambling in Las Vegas for the ugly parts of the music industry that can make an artist throw in the towel. It's a visceral idea that is only improved...