Braids: Joni

Montreal-based three-piece Braids is making some of the most intricate electronic pop we’ve heard: take “Joni” where Raphaelle Standell-Preston’s voice snaps and stretches, yelps and exhales—setting the pace for the ricochets of synth and drum hits. Braids releases a slower-paced music video to match, where Standell-Preston figures things out with a fictional partner while telling herself: “We don’t know where we are going / I …

Cannabis-Based Treats for Sick Pets

The wave of health benefits provided by medical marijuana has finally made its way beyond people, and into the lives of their favorite feline and canine counterparts, too. In one of many success stories, a family was able to treat their dog’s seizures with hemp-based dog treats (with little to no THC) called Treatibles, eradicating the convulsions altogether after regular doses. Now, more and more …

High Water: Changed The Locks (Lucinda Williams Cover)

Folk rocker Lucinda Williams’ bridge-free 1988 song “Changed the Locks” is so bad-ass and to the point that there’s not much room for other artists to cover it with justice (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers once tried). High Water (aka Will Epstein) ventures deep into his own improvisational background to paint an even more heartrending version, starting with his opening wail on the saxophone (“I …