Poppy Xander had $100 in her bank account when she quit her job as a music teacher. Armed with a dream and all the neon she could find from her neighborhood Michael’s, Xander, a pianist, locked ...

Poppy Xander is melting plastic foam with a big wand while discussing the band Helium Queens’ upcoming science fiction opera. “It just splices into it like a hot knife,” the singer says. “If you just ...

DRUMMER/COMPOSER SPEARHEADS DIGITAL-ONLY COLLABORATION FEATURING THE MUSICAL TALENT OF Ben Monder, Sunny Kim, Matt Holman, Bryan Carrott, Jesse Lewis AND Ruben Samama. Drummer and composer Brian Adler ...

Helium, back in the day. For the upcoming Helium “reunion” show that takes place on June 13 at the Beachland Ballroom, singer-guitarist Mary Timony (Ex Hex, Wild Flag, Autoclave) has joined up with ...

As early as 2002 or 2003, Mary Timony was teaching guitar lessons, a fact that's emerged in recent years as a core tenet of her ongoing narrative. Any vocation capable of evoking happiness in its ...

Mary Timony is modern-day indie-rock royalty. Rolling Stone‘s Rob Sheffield has dubbed her a “guitar hero,” while Sleater-Kinney member and Wild Flag collaborator Carrie Brownstein recently described ...

What happens when a woodwind player inhales helium and then plays some Mozart? These absolute superstars of the music world gave it a go… Recently, there's been something of a trend online for ...

The producer/DJ/label head releases the video for what he calls "the best record I've ever made in my life." By Zel McCarthy On the day he finished mastering his latest song, “Helium,” Chris Lake felt ...

Bicep are back with a new single, "CHROMA 001 HELIUM," which marks the start of a new project called CHROMA, which will encompass a record label, a series of events, and a new DJ show. "We’ve ...

What happens when a woodwind player inhales helium and then plays some Mozart? These absolute superstars of the music world gave it a go… Recently, there's been something of a trend online for ...