Articles by Kaelen Bell

Sleater-Kinney Drop New 'Frayed Rope Sessions' EP

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2024

Sleater-Kinney have shared a new surprise EP called the Frayed Rope Sessions, an audio and visual release featuring reimagined versions of...

Kim Gordon Is Staging an Intervention

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2024

"I don't really know anything about music," Kim Gordon says from her home in Los Angeles, laughing. "I was never trained in it or anything"...

Charli XCX Debuts SOPHIE Tribute Song "So I" at Billboard Women in Music Awards

PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2024

At the end of last month, Charli XCX announced 'Brat,' her club-ready, bad attitude-having new record...

St. Vincent's Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2024

For an artist whose calling card was once a sense of gentle inscrutability, Annie Clark has become very good at courting controversy. Her...

Billy Idol to Celebrate 40 Years of 'Rebel Yell' with Deluxe Expanded Edition

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2024

Billy Idol has announced a 40th anniversary expanded edition of his 1983 sophomore album 'Rebel Yell,' arriving April 26 ...

Bill Callahan, Matt Valentine, Luke Schneider and More Pay Tribute to Bruce Cockburn on New Album

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2024

Imaginational Anthem is the 13th volume in the Tompkins Square guitar series...

Zsela Makes a Glorious Return on "Fire Excape"

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2024

Zsela’s comeback single (and her first for new label home Mexican Summer) is far and away the best thing she’s ever done...

ML Buch Announces First-Ever North American Tour

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2024

The seven-show run will kick off in Austin, Texas before wrapping up in Los Angeles. Buch will be playing Toronto’s Longboat Hall on June 25...