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Horsegirl
Horsegirl takes musical cues from the '90s alternative scene (shoegaze, noise rock, indie pop) while also showing off a healthy regard for the scenes (college rock, post-punk) that paved the way for that decade's sounds. In 2022, the trio channeled these elements into something both familiar and disarming on their debut album, Versions of Modern Performance. 2025's Phonetics On and On found the band reexamining their sound and stripping it down with the help of producer Cate Le Bon.
The group's guitarist/vocalists, Penelope Lowenstein and Nora Cheng, met at a young age while both were taking part in one of Chicago's youth music programs. They realized that they shared many musical influences — Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon being a major one — and began going to shows together. At one of them, they met drummer Gigi Reece, who had also been in a similar music program and shared their musical taste. The three traded favorite songs back and forth and hatched a plan to start a band. They named it Horsegirl and started playing shows held at all-ages venues like art museums and youth centers. Influences were added to the mix at a dizzying pace as the musicians discovered more of the past, including bands on the Flying Nun label and German art rock of the '70s to go along with their core interests in '90s indie rock like Yo La Tengo and Pavement.