Ani difranco, anti-folk activist still bringing unprecedented sh!t

The newly reconfigured band throw open the doors on an expansive sixth album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Quinton Winter.

ADMISSIONS SHADOW WORK Loneliness and the literary ...

WINDINGS NO STRAIGHT ROAD TAKES YOU THERE ...

A doomed teen siren dealing in ethereal synth-pop, gothic Americana and grisly folk horror, ETHEL CAIN is the compelling creation of Floridian outsider Hayden Anhedönia. But where does Ethel end and Hayden begin? Fiona Shepherd draws back the veil on one of modern music’s most uncanny success stories. “I had zero anticipation that this would ever happen to me…”

SARAH DITUM

WHILE MOST DUAL-GUITAR bands tend to have designated roles in terms of what kind of sonic space their members occupy, Momma six-stringers Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten enjoy being unrestricted,