Tracking Down is a Stereogum franchise in which we talk to artists who have been out of the spotlight for a minute. Kristin Hersh typically doesn't remember what her songs are about. The Throwing ...

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Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses buckled down in a studio in Rhode Island to write the track “Drugstore Drastic.” This rousing, guitar-strumming extravaganza originates from a dialogue overheard on a ...

Alt-rock greats Throwing Muses are back with their first new music since 2020’s Sun Racket. “Drugstore Drastic” is acoustic but has the band’s signature, slightly sinister sound with nice touches of ...

It’s been ten years since Throwing Muses released their last album but the indie veterans will return this fall with Purgatory/Paradise on November 11 via Harper Collins/It Books. That’s the cover art ...

Throwing Muses have announced a new album: Moonlight Concessions arrives March 14 via Fire. The follow-up to 2020’s Sun Racket was produced by Kristin Hersh and is billed, in a press release, as a ...

This week’s Alternative Number Ones column is about Belly’s “Feed The Tree,” an excellent song by an excellent band fronted by Tanya Donelly. Before that song came out in 1993, Donelly also co-founded ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the essential 1986 debut from the vibrant and ...