Mj Lenderman
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The MJ Lenderman Story You Haven't Heard February 24, 2025
When Jake Lenderman was a rock-and-roll-obsessed kid in Asheville, North Carolina, he never dared to dream about selling out two nights at the Orange Peel, the biggest club in his cozy mountain hometown. “One, maybe,” he tells me with a sheepish chuc...
What’s the Appeal of Indie Rock’s New Golden Boy? October 03, 2024
The great musical mystery of the year, for me at least, has been all the hype around a 25-year-old singer-songwriter named MJ Lenderman. He is “often described—accurately—as the next great hope for indie rock,” The New Yorker’s Amanda Petrusich wrote...
MJ Lenderman, Indie Rock’s No. 1 Prospect, Goes Pro September 09, 2024
Five years ago, War on Drugs bassist Dave Hartley moved to Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife and young daughter. He’d lived in Philadelphia for 16 years, but his band had spent time recording and touring in the small Blue Ridge Mountains city....
