Lisa Prank

Some Albums White Christmas by Bing Crosby 1945 Bing was a Tacoma native who cut his teeth in Seattle and Spokane’s jazz scenes. Today you can throw a rock in his catalogue and hit some new compilation of his yuletide hits. May as well go back to the original. Merry Christmas by the Sonics, the Wailers, and the Galaxies 1965 This compilation finds the three Tacoma garage-rock legends grinding out originals between classics.

It’s finally fall! We’re celebrating October with new music by Angel Olsen and Lisa Prank, Zadie Smith’s debut short story collection, and more. Here are our picks this week. MOVIES/TV Nancy Drew Kennedy McMann plays an all-new, grown-up Nancy Drew on The CW’s latest adaptation, premiering October 9. Check out our preview of the show here. Lucy In The Sky Natalie Portman stars in this film, loosely based on a true story, as Lucy, an astronaut whose life gets complicated once she comes back to earth.

If you're tempted to think crunchy electric guitars and pop-punk choruses about heartbreak are the domain of emotional bros, the music of Lisa Prank is a convincing reminder that's not the case. Robin Edwards' one-woman pop-punk project juxtaposes catchy cuteness with vulnerable, relatable honesty and just enough tongue-in-cheek humor. Even the charming, cartoony album art for Adult Teen — Lisa Prank's full-length follow-up to 2014's Crush On The World —manages to combine girlishness and strength.