Two days after giving birth to my first child, a daughter, five years ago, I found myself tearing up on the couch in my New York apartment. There was a decent bit to cry about: severe lack of sleep, a ...

Call your mother: The newly reunited Be Your Own Pet has announced the upcoming release of their first full-length record since 2008. Titled Mommy, the new album — the band's third overall — will be ...

Plenty of bands call it a day after a couple of albums. In 2023, you might only hear a few songs from an act before they disappear forever. But there was always something particularly bitter about Be ...

There is always a fear that when a band hits their official “mature” release that it’s code for “boring.” The punk sensations of Be Your Own Pet called it quits in 2008 after two albums, while they ...

When Be Your Own Pet performed at Lollapalooza in 2006, the Nashville garage-punks played so hard that singer Jemina Pearl threw up midway through their noon-ish set. She was unfazed: After vomiting ...

Of course, the Nashville quartet isn’t the first act of an era to make a comeback. Pulp are fresh from headlining Latitude Festival last month and Blur frontman Damon Albarn is egging on the Gallagher ...