Well, this is pretty dope. Rookie has commissioned a theme song for the month of May, and it's badass both in theory and in execution. Waxahatchee leader Katie Crutchfield and her twin sister,…   Read Story »

Welcome to this week's installment of The Week In Music Writing. Every Sunday, we’re gathering an unranked list of five recommended music-related pieces from the past seven days. We’re bound to…   Read Story »

Stereogum's recaps and photos from SXSW continue... Encrust @ Mohawk Outdoor (PITCHFORK/SHOW NO MERCY), 12:30PM The Show No Mercy showcase at House Of Vans (aka Mohawk) started early. Like,…   Read Story »

Some weeks, a simple and clear choice for Album Of The Week presents itself, and I don't have to spend all week racking my brains over who should get this entirely arbitrary distinction. That doesn't…   Read Story »

Last year, Katie Crutchfield, the former P.S Eliot punk (and sister of Swearin' leader Allison) took the name Waxahatchee and released American Weekend, an album of gut-scraping acoustic songs that…   Read Story »

Last year, Waxahatchee, the soul-baring punk band led by former P.S. Eliot member Katie Crutchfield, released the excellent and slept-on American Weekend, a debut album full of acoustic songs intense…   Read Story »

Waxahatchee is the musical nom de plume of one Katie Crutchfield, an Alabama native who spent most of her formative young adult years playing alongside her twin sister in the much-beloved punk band…   Read Story »

Last year, I wrote a Band To Watch feature on the excellent Philly-via-Birmingham, AL indie-punk band Swearin', whose frontwoman is Allison Crutchfield, formerly of P.S. Eliot. Also in P.S. Eliot was…   Read Story »