Hayden Merrick

2 weeks ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Hayden Merrick

Lottie Malkmus has been songwriting since the third grade – and after diving into her college radio archives and performing intimidating cello sonatas, she’s ready to drop her bookish indie rock project Lottie’s onto the world. It’s too easy to read into the apostrophe-s Lottie has added after her name and infuse it with meaning. Lottie’s what? Why not Lottie Malkmus, or just Lottie?

2 weeks ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Hayden Merrick

Alex Melton is the GOAT at answering this question. His viral YouTube covers have shoved country songs through shredders set to pop-punk mode, slicing them up before he Picasso’s them back together in ways you never would have expected. He just as frequently and comfortably works in the opposite direction, or with any other inventive mismatch for that matter – bastardising everyone from The Police to Sheryl Crow to Taylor Swift.

3 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Hayden Merrick

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Craig Finn is the bard of transient America, his stories of ordinary itinerants caught in life’s in-betweens captivating us for decades now. While Finn’s last few records are neck and neck with his best, it feels like he worked himself into a terminus with 2022’s A Legacy of Rentals.

3 weeks ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Hayden Merrick

ALBUM OF THE DAY Dean Wareham, “That’s the Price of Loving Me” By Hayden Merrick · March 31, 2025 ​ ​ Dean Wareham Los Angeles, California follow ✓ following unfollow ... That's the Price of Loving Me Dean Wareham . / pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track .

1 month ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Hayden Merrick

I’m sure there are people who can tell you that District Line came out in 2008 and Life and Times in 2009 – not the other way around – and the name of track eight on the former and track nine on the latter, and so on and so on. But Mould’s back catalogue is voluminous – so how can he be expected to keep track of it?