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Shopping Are Here to Make Us Dance Through the Hardest Times
On All Or Nothing, the post-punk trio pair lyrics about personal trials with driving synths to show us how life can still be enjoyable, even in the midst of chaos.
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Dan Deacon Learned Self-Compassion and Made His Most Personal Album Ever
The Baltimore noise legend explains how self-care helped him finish his long-in-the-making fifth album.
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Six Things You Can Do to Help Musicians Impacted by Covid-19
There are a lot of ways to support the scene—even if you can’t shell out money.
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AdHoc Recipes: Half Waif ’s Favorite Dinner for Solitary Nights
Nandi Rose Plunkett of Half Waif shares a simple, comforting meal to get you through self-isolation.
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Help the Employees of AdHoc During COVID-19
If you have the means, please consider donating to the AdHoc Employee Relief Fund.
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Surf Rock is Dead Soundtrack Their Last Moments on Earth with “Immaculate”
On “Immaculate,” Surf Rock is Dead tries to find comfort in each other—and in the moment—as the world spins out of control around them.
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Best In Your Town: Hockey Dad’s Guide to Windang, Australia
To raise awareness of the bushfire crisis, singer and guitarist Zach Stephenson gives us a locals-only tour of the seaside Wollongong suburb the raucous rock duo calls home.
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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING 2020
Pussy Riot is fighting for a better future with an “orgy of different aesthetics and approaches.”
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The Mauskovic Dance Band Takes You To A Tropical Space Party
The Amsterdam collective celebrates their city’s musical and cultural diversity with a unique mix of techno, afro-disco, and cumbia—and a special playlist for AdHoc readers.
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Touring Musicians Share How COVID-19 Is Impacting Their Livelihood
As venues are closed and public gatherings are limited, artists are finding themselves in an increasingly precarious situation.
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Raveena Is Ready to Fall in Love With Herself
After writing a lot about heartbreak, the sweet-voiced R&B singer is leaving New York—and ready to explore a fuller range of emotions.
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Bartees Strange Wants to Make Indie Rock—and the World—A More Equitable Place
The Washington, DC songwriter and producer spoke to AdHoc about his new EP of National covers, highlighting the work of black artists in indie rock, and how music is just another form of activism.
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This Playlist By Model/Actriz Is a Pretty Damn Good Quarantine Soundtrack
The band is back crafting dystopian dance music for our uncertain times with a new single and playlist.
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Shake Chain’s New Video Follows An Amateur Deaf Wrestler Around For a Day
Cain in Chains stars in “Highly Conceptual,” a track from the London post-punk band’s debut EP, Neil Yonge & Bob Doylan Live at Hyde Park.
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Smells Like New York: Why the Far Rockaways Is My Favorite Neighborhood in the City
Argentina-born garage rocker Tall Juan explains how he found home in the area’s seaside food joints and sandy boardwalks.
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#AdHocLifeAdvice: The Garden
California twins Fletcher and Wyatt Shears are all about looking inward for inspiration.
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The Wants’ Debut Album is a Foreboding Meditation on What It Means To Be American
On Container, the post-punk trio weld together Detroit techno and New York punk in an homage to frontman Velding-VanDam’s Midwestern upbringing.
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AdHoc 30 is Here
Featuring The Garden, Pussy Riot, Raveena, Half Waif, Hockey Dad, Tall Juan, Dan Deacon, and art by Nicole Rifkin.