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Cover songs have the power to bring together some unlikely pairs. Never in our wildest dreams would we have expected atmospheric metalcore kings the Devil Wears Prada to cover the somber, singer-songwriter stylings of Julien Baker…but it happened and the world is a better place because of it. The best cover songs are often the […]

[Photo by: Knuckle Puck/Nick Karp, Escape the Fate/Jeremy Saffer, Lovelytheband/John Hoeg] Check out Knuckle Puck's reimagined version of “Nervous Passenger”—plus, don’t miss tour announcements from Lovelytheband and more. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Underoath say decision to not be a Christian band was “one of the best things we […]

[Photo by: Manchester Orchestra and Julien Baker/Youtube, Matt and Kim/Caleb Kuhl] Watch new music videos from Matt And Kim, Trivium and more—plus, don’t miss Manchester Orchestra and Julien Baker's cover of Pedro The Lion. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Bullet For My Valentine dedicate song to Suicide Squad’s Margot Robbie, […]

[Photo credit: The Menzingers/Charles Wrzesniewski, Julien Baker/Nolan Knight] Foo Fighters are playing an award show, Blackbear releases a new video, several tours are announced and other news you might have missed today! Read More: Watch Saosin resurrect “Voices” with Anthony Green at sold-out show 1. Foo Fighters are playing the Brit Awards How the fuck have we […]

[Photo by: NPR] If you're hoping to start your day with a box of tissues in hand, then Julien Baker has you covered with her new Tiny Desk Session. Read more: Julien Baker busts a move to Half Waif’s “Severed Logic”—watch This marks her return to the Tiny Desk, and she plays “Hurt Less,” “Even” and […]

[Photo by: Paramore/Lindsey Byrnes, The Menzingers/Charles Wrzesniewski, Julien Baker/Nolan Knight] Festival season is just around the corner, and Boston Calling's lineup has been released—and features plenty of acts you're bound to know and love. Featuring the Killers and Jack White as two of their headliners, other notable names include Paramore, Queens Of The Stone Age, Portugal. The Man […]

[Photo by: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert/YouTube] Julien Baker wooed the studio audience at New York's Ed Sullivan Theater into a quiet awe last night with her magnetic performance of “Turn Out The Lights” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert—watch the video below. Read more: 17 of the saddest songs ever Getting back […]

We can't think of a better way to start the new year than by watching this video of Julien Baker dancing to Half Waif's live performance of “Severed Logic”! Put on your dancing shoes and check out the ebullient clip below. Read more: Julien Baker prefers “listeners” to “fans” As pointed out by Stereogum, Baker—the […]

[Photo by: Nolan Knight] We caught up with Julien Baker for issue 353 to talk more about Turn Out The Lights, her whirlwind of a few years—and the relationship she has with her fans or, as she'd prefer to call them, “listeners.” Read more: 14 saddest lyrics of all time, from Brand New to Knuckle Puck “It feels almost […]

[Photo of OWEL: Equal Vision Records/YouTube] Julien Baker performs with Half Waif and Petal, Wallows announce a Winter tour and Amity Fest II announces their lineup. Check out this and other news you might have missed. Read more: Watch Stranger Things' Jim Hopper dance to P!ATD, FOB, Sum 41, more 1. Julien Baker sings “Good […]

[Photo by: CBS This Morning/YouTube] Julien Baker gave an incredible performance on CBS This Morning, performing three songs from her beautiful new album Turn Out The Lights. Watch her amazing performance, below. Read more: Julien Baker proves she's had enough pain for several lifetimes on new album Baker's second album was released on Oct 27 and what […]

Julien Baker Turn Out The Lights ROCKS LIKE: Elliot Smith, Keaton Henson, Explosions In The Sky  WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Julien Baker’s second solo effort is as devastating as her much-lauded 2015 debut, Sprained Ankle, but nowhere near as hopeless. Before, it was easy to see Baker’s vulnerability as childlike, but Turn Out The Lights proves she’s […]

[Photo credit: @ruhquel/Twitter] Halloween is right around the corner so it's time to start throwing together those creative costumes that you can brag about until next Halloween. The Twitter-verse has taken it upon itself to step-up the couples costume game with some band-inspired ideas that are sure to win every couples costume contest out there. […]

[Photo by: Matador Records/YouTube] After announcing her new album back in August, Julien Baker has debuted her heartrending new song and title track of the record, Turn Out The Lights. Read more: Jack Antonoff hopes ‘someone like Julien Baker’ calls him for a collaboration The track is the second single from her forthcoming album, previously releasing […]

Who do you work with after you’ve already helped make bangers for Taylor Swift? Jack Antonoff has someone in mind.  Among the dream collabs singer, songwriter and record producer Jack Antonoff covets, one artist stands out: Julien Baker.  Read more: Julien Baker covers Jawbreaker song, makes it her own Speaking with Stereogum, Antonoff calls out […]

Julien Baker has announced a new album, Turn Out The Lights, and shared the record's first single, a somber ballad called “Appointments.” Hear Baker's new tune and check out the album release details below. Read more: Hayley Williams, Julien Baker, more part of Bleached's feminist zine to benefit Planned Parenthood Turn Out The Lights, Baker's […]

[Photo credit: Facebook] Today, Bleached announced that they would be releasing a new EP, Can You Deal?, on Mar. 3. What’s even cooler? In addition to the EP, the band will be releasing a new zine—also titled Can You Deal?—on the same day, featuring words from the likes of Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Julien Baker and more, […]

Julien Baker is currently on tour with support from Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and on Jan. 20, the two surprised the crowd and performed DCFC's “Photobooth.” Read more: Julien Baker signs to Matador Records, debuts new single—listen Baker has previously covered the song, but this is the first time she's performed it with Gibbard […]

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker has signed with Matador Records and has also released a new song, as well as re-releasing her debut album Sprained Ankle. Julien Baker will also be hitting the midwest in February. Check out the tour dates below. Read More: Watch Brand New cover Julien Baker Baker has decided to spoil all of us […]

At their show in El Paso, Texas on Nov. 3, Brand New covered “Sprained Ankle” by singer/songwriter Julien Baker. Watch the performance in the clip below—I guarantee it'll give you goosebumps. Read more: Brand New release apology statement; delay (final?) album, confirm eventual “demise” Brand New are currently on tour with the Front Bottoms and Modern […]