Scents that convey warmth, comfort, and coziness with a sprinkle of spice will continue to resonate in 2026. Spicy notes like ...

After fiercely debating our albums of the year, The Independent’s culture team eventually arrived at our Top 20, which includes Pink Pantheress, Brandi Carlile, Big Thief and Perfume Genius. We wanted ...

It sounds like edgy teenage posturing, except Hadreas followed through. He moved from suburban Seattle to New York, smoked the cigarettes, did the drugs (everything but heroin), and chased whatever ...

Perfume Genius is basking in the Glory of his latest album, and he's extending his victory lap into 2026 with his Duo Tour. Following a Chicago festival date, this tour alongside collaborator Alan ...

In the first chapter of their career, Meg Duffy established themselves as an in-demand session player, appearing on records by the War on Drugs, Mega Bog, William Tyler, and Weyes Blood. They were a ...

Something’s amiss on the cover of Glory, the seventh studio album from art-rock shapeshifter Perfume Genius. Framed in the middle of a wood-paneled suburban rec room strewn with extension cords, ...

Perfume Genius released his great new album Glory in March, and he’s about halfway through the North American leg of his tour supporting it, which hit NYC on Tuesday night for a show at Brooklyn ...

For Perfume Genius, the line between agony and ecstasy often seems so thin as to be invisible. Again and again Tuesday night, the singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas, who performs as Perfume Genius, deftly ...

When you untwist the knife and pull it out after a listen to Perfume Genius’ latest release, Glory, the blade might appear slightly cleaner than, say, a ride through earlier full-length records like ...

Michael Hadreas, better known by his stage moniker Perfume Genius, has driven alternative music forward for nearly 15 years. Touring his latest album Glory with a stop at The Fillmore in San Francisco ...

Hear new music from Doechii, Valerie June, Perfume Genius and others. By Lindsay Zoladz Listen to new music from Japanese Breakfast, Central Cee and Lucy Dacus. By Lindsay Zoladz Hear tracks by ...