Taylor Ruckle

1 month ago | floodmagazine.com | Taylor Ruckle |Bao Ngo

BACKSTORY: After earning a BA in Popular Music Performance at USC Thornton School of Music, a viral Phoebe Bridgers parody and a smart, folky debut album landed McRae a deal with Bridgers’ label, Dead Oceans FROM: Los Angeles YOU MIGHT KNOW HER FROM: That song about the guy from Massachusetts that was all over your TikTok feed NOW: Releasing her sophomore record, I Don’t Know How but They Found Me!, after enduring two destabilizing breakups “Very, very late” one night in July 2023, Jensen...

1 month ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Taylor Ruckle

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Throughout their college years, George Washington University students Max Cohen and Carolina Carmo have felt a void at the heart of D.C. music. The two met through WRGW, the school’s student-run radio station, where Cohen served as board member and blog editor and Carmo worked as production director and blog contributor.

2 months ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Taylor Ruckle

After an informal six-year hiatus that brings us new album Jump Into Life, Glasgow sunshine purveyors Sacred Paws are back with the confidence to reconcile their silly, sunny side with the more sombre parts of being a grown-up, as they tell Taylor Ruckle. Why do Sacred Paws tag their music as “devotional” on Bandcamp? Could it be a commentary on the Glasgow duo’s drum-driven, dance-ready sound and the spiritual benefits of physical movement? An allusion to groove as a mindfulness practice?

2 months ago | floodmagazine.com | Taylor Ruckle

Pictoria VarkNothing SticksGET BETTERWhen Victoria Park drops a key change on “Sara,” the opener from her sophomore record as Pictoria Vark, Nothing Sticks, it lifts more than just the song’s tonal center; it raises her standard for songwriting. Even that undersells the effect—when the guitars and trumpets swoop in on the last chorus, they all but lift her off the ground.

Feb 25, 2025 | thelineofbestfit.com | Taylor Ruckle

Cheekface keep on cheeking on after a year of health crises and breakups, using their new record Middle Spoon to move through the mire, as they tell Taylor Ruckle. How many times can you do the same bit before it stops being funny? Don’t ask Cheekface; they don’t care as long as they’re still laughing. That’s how we ended up with the song “Noodles” from their 2022 album Too Much To Ask. It has only two lyrics chanted over and over, first in monotone, and then screamed: “A big cup of noodles.