Swearin' - Album Review
The Brooklyn- and Philadelphia-based band's self-titled debut looks beyond pop-punk toward something more distinct and considered. Their scrappy, snarky rock, unshakeable hooks, and genuine lyrics...
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Photo by Ryan Russell[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.7339]Rookie, the online magazine for teenage girls, has coordinated a feminist indie pop dream. Today, for the website's May "theme song", they've...
View Article"Watered Down" - Track
Front page photo by Jesse RigginsIt feels like hardly a minute has passed since DIY pop-punk quartet Swearin' released their self-titled debut last August, yet here comes "Watered Down," the first...
View ArticleListen to a New Swearin' Song, "Dust in the Gold Sack" - News
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.8333]Allison Crutchfield and Kyle Gilbride will put out a new album as Swearin', Surfing Strange, on November 4 through Wichita. Maybe you've heard the first track,...
View ArticleVideo: Swearin: "Dust in the Gold Sack" - News
On November 5 in the U.S. and November 4 in the UK, Allison Crutchfield and Kyle Gilbride's band Swearin' will put out a new album, Surfing Strange, through Salinas Records in the U.S. and through...
View ArticleUpdate: Swearin' - Feature
The rootless fuzz-pop quartet talk with Jenn Pelly about resisting the internet promo machine, playing music for themselves, and the democratic process that lead to their heavier second album.
View ArticleSurfing Strange - Album Review
Fronted largely by Allison Crutchfield, Swearin' ripped through 12 hook-heavy songs in 28 minutes on their 2012 debut, battling unattractive realities with calls for jubilant bodily motion and...
View Article"Here to Hear" - Track
Swearin' is a young band grounded by co-songwriters Allison Crutchfield (ex-P.S. Eliot) and Kyle Gilbride (of Big Soda). On their self-titled debut, out via Detroit's Salinas Records, the group work...
View ArticleSwearin' Announce New Album, Surfing Strange - News
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.8191]Update: The title is Surfing Strange, not Strange Surfing.Philadelphia band Swearin' have announced the full-length followup to last year's excellent self-titled...
View ArticleLists & Guides: The Top 100 Tracks of 2012 - Feature
Presenting our favorite songs from 2012. Blur, Cassie, Jeremih, Lower Dens, the xx, Angel Haze, Ariel Pink, Four Tet, and many more.
View ArticleLists & Guides: Albums of the Year: Honorable Mention - Feature
Twenty albums that didn't make our Top 50, but still deserve some extra attention-- including records from Ab-Soul, Four Tet, Joey Bada$$, Liars, Merchandise, Swearin', and more.
View ArticleLists & Guides: The Top 100 Tracks of 2013 - Feature
Presenting our favorite songs of the year: from the chaos of Perfect Pussy to the smoothness of Rhye, from Los Angeles' Haim to New York's Vampire Weekend, from Disclosure's modern house to Daft Punk's...
View ArticleP.S. Eliot (Waxahatchee, Swearin’) Announce Compilation, Reunion Tour - News
Katie and Allison Crutchfield are probably best known for their work in Waxahatchee and Swearin'. In 2007, they started a band called P.S. Eliot, who eventually broke up in 2011. This year, they're...
View ArticleWatch P.S. Eliot’s (Waxahatchee, Swearin’) First Reunion Show - News
Earlier this year, Katie and Allison Crutchfield’s (of Waxahatchee and Swearin' respectively) band P.S. Eliot announced a reunion tour in support of an excellent compilation of their complete recorded...
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