Sitting around a North Hollywood rehearsal studio on a recent Wednesday evening, the members of the Hard Quartet are taking a break from prepping for the first concert by this indie-rock supergroup by recounting the […]
The Hard Quartet—the indie-rock supergroup of Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Chavez’s Matt Sweeney, Dirty Three’s Jim White, and the Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly—are going on a 2025 North American tour in support of their self-titled debut […]
The Hard Quartet — the indie supergroup comprised of Stephen Malkmus, Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White — have announced their self-titled debut album, dropping October 4th via Matador Records. They’ve also released the […]
With the help of a friend who happened to have caught the original filming, they pieced together that the Rolling Stones had shot the video on Sweeney’s birthday, July 2, which helped them plan a […]
The Hard Quartet—a new band comprised of Stephen Malkmus, Chavez’s Matt Sweeney, Dirty Three’s Jim White, and the Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly—have shared their debut single. The new song is called “Earth Hater,” and it […]
The Hard Quartet — the indie supergroup comprised of Stephen Malkmus, Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White — have released their debut single, “Earth Hater.” What’s more, the band has plotted out their first […]
Stephen Malkmus is launching a new band. His new group, following Pavement and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, is called the Hard Quartet. Joining the California-born musician in the band are Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney, […]
The Takács Quartet — left to right: Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes, Richard O’Neill and András Fejér — collaborated with composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama (center) to premiere her composition Flow. Cal Performances hide caption toggle caption Cal […]
Harry Styles has swept the board at this year’s Brit awards, winning all four of his categories. The 29-year-old musician claimed best song – for the ubiquitous As It Was, which spent 10 weeks at […]
The jazz equivalent of old soulmates finishing each other’s sentences is a risk run by almost all bands with long lifespans. Saxophonist Joshua Redman’s A-list quartet with pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride and drummer […]
Acclaimed American composer Caroline Shaw has announced her second album with Attacca Quartet. The new record, Evergreen, is out September 23 via Nonesuch. The LP opens with “Three Essays: First Essay (Nimrod),” which you can […]
For the last 50 years, David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet, has been playing what he calls “pretty athletic music” on a violin made in 1721. I’ve heard him […]
It’s been a while since the popular comic by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s enthralling comic Paper Girls got the TV greenlight treatment. The hilarious, heartbreaking, and thrilling comic follows four 12-year-old girls living […]