Lizzy McAlpine, who is touring in support of her new album, “Older,” photographed at home in Los Angeles. “It’s super disheartening as an artist,” McAlpine says, recounting the episode from her L.A. home two weeks later. “But it’s also hard to see people only care, seemingly, about one song, especially after I’ve just released this new album that feels the …
The opening track on folk-pop singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine’s third album, “Older,” is only one minute and 40 seconds long. In that time, “The Elevator” carries the listener into McAlpine’s internal world, climbing a steady piano melody toward a drum-led instrumental before the song meets an abrupt end — depositing the listener at the second track, but more importantly, in the …
Lizzy McAlpine: Tiny Desk Concert While there's a quiet element to Lizzy McAlpine's music, there's also an explosive element of electronics, electric guitars and drums on her 2022 album five seconds flat that feels cinematic. So when Lizzy told us that all she'd need for her Tiny Desk concert were some microphones and a few acoustic guitars, I was surprised …
Jacob Collier, 'Never Gonna Be Alone' YouTube For "Never Gonna Be Alone," his first single since the award-winning Djesse Vol. The piece swells with the rubato, orchestral textures — sustained string harmonics, tinkling wind chimes, warm and brassy long tones — that make up Collier's expansive sound. "There's a patch of sunlight in my room / On the carpet where …