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THE SUBWAYS Announce New Album; Start UK Tour

The Subways band. Photo by Laura Lewis

THE SUBWAYS begin a series of (mostly) UK-based headlining performances and festival tour dates today. This timely tour coincides with the recent release of “Love Waiting On You,” a new single we now know tied to forthcoming full-length album, Uncertain Joys. The band’s single from earlier this year, “You Kill My Cool” has garnered over 200,000 […]

World Listening Day Celebration with Heather Stebbins

Heather Stebbins performing with cello and synthesizer at Slingshot Festival - Heather Stebbins with a student and synth - Celebrate World Listening Day Celebration

July 18 is World Listening Day, organized by the World Listening Project, in partnership with the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology. In celebration of the complexities of sound, Alchemical Records connected with Heather Stebbins, a DMV-based educator and musician whose work focuses on the properties of sound. Stebbins’ relationship with music began at an early age, where she lived just outside of Baltimore, learning cello, and has since grown exponentially. Join contributing writer Emma Page as she explores Stebbins’ influences; albums, including one that pays homage to her grandparents; and the importance of improv in her work.