Colin Joyce

Dec 10, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Colin Joyce

LEYA can find the beauty in any sound, no matter how unsettling. The New York-based duo of harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist/vocalist Adam Markiewicz revealed as much in an interview earlier this year, when they were asked about their most rewarding recent listening experiences. Donovan described the joys of hearing roosters screeching at a farm in Atlanta; Markiewicz enthused about the chaos of the New York City subway trains.

Nov 27, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Colin Joyce

When the lily of the valley starts to bloom, it’s one of the surest signs of the end of the harshness of winter. In Victorian-era floriography, the perennial flower—native across the Northern Hemisphere—symbolized a return to happiness. As the land thaws, a cascade of bell-shaped buds and sweet scents spring forth, a herald of warmer months and better times to come.

Oct 25, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Colin Joyce

When Félicia Atkinson was making her 2022 album Image Langage, she found herself confronted with a vivid feeling of insignificance. Spending time between Lac Léman, Switzerland, surrounded by the Alps, and the empty beaches of Normandy—the seaside region where she now lives—she spent time gazing out at the water and contemplating her place amid its vastness. She thought often of the Earth’s earliest days, of meteorites breaking the surface of the water. “I felt small,” she said at the time.

Sep 18, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Colin Joyce

Aaron Maine has always had a complicated relationship with rock’n’roll. In the early 2010s, his band Porches crystallized around unsteady and unsettled guitar music fit for the scrappy DIY venues and dingy basements he often played across the Northeast.

Sep 17, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Colin Joyce

A few songs into Live in Amarillo, Texas, Hayden Pedigo lays out a few flaws that other people see in his hometown.