Will Lisil

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Steve Lacy Is Playing His New Album Front to Back Before the Hits

5 October 2026 Will Lisil

If the opening night is a guide, listeners at a Steve Lacy show this...

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Shut It Down Puts Kansas City Punks Red Kate in Wider View

3 October 2026 Will Lisil

A DIY Kansas City Band’s 2023 Protest Single Still Calls on Listeners to Rise...

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Big Thief Played a Whole Unreleased Triple Album at the Ryman

29 September 2026 Will Lisil

The first music the crowd heard was one voice and one acoustic guitar. Adrianne...

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Nick Drake Gets a Writing Credit on Lizzy McAlpine’s Angel

23 September 2026 Will Lisil

Listeners who know Nick Drake will hear him within seconds. The guitar line under...

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Eleven People Built a Shoegaze Festival and Sold It Out

15 September 2026 Will Lisil

The effects pedalboard that gave shoegaze its name Shoegaze is a British guitar style...

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A Bedroom Demo Took Sombr to Madison Square Garden

9 September 2026 Will Lisil

What you hear first is the size of it. The songs are built like...

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Perfect Blue Runs Nine Songs in Twenty-Five Minutes and Never Rushes

3 September 2026 Will Lisil

Yel. The first thing a listener notices about Perfect Blue is how little hurry...

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Stelios Kyriakidis Wrote Lullaby in a Few Days and Left the Space In

24 August 2026 Will Lisil

The Greek Guitarist Chose Atmosphere Over Virtuosity on a Quiet Solo Piece Most instrumental...

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Steve Haley Wrote Secret Knock Over a Decade and Kept It to Himself

24 August 2026 Will Lisil

Eleven Songs About Mortality, Faith and Domestic Life, Recorded in Sackville, New Brunswick secret...

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Beabadoobee Calls Memories Her Happiest Song About Being Stuck

24 August 2026 Will Lisil

Beabadoobee on stage. Her fourth Pylon single lands three weeks before a secret-venue London...