Madeline Johnston | |
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 Johnston performing as Midwife in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Madeline Elizabeth Johnston |
| Origin | Denver, Colorado |
| Genres | |
| Labels | The Flenser |
| Website | heavenmetal |
Madeline Elizabeth Johnston [1] is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and audio engineer. She is best known for her work under the moniker Midwife, and has also released music as Mariposa and Sister Grotto. Johnston describes her music as "heaven metal". [2]
Johnston's debut album, as Mariposa, was titled Holy Ghost and released in 2013. [3] As Sister Grotto, Johnston released You Don't Have to Be a House to Be Haunted, [4] Blindside, [5] and Song For An Unborn Sun (alongside Devin Shaffer as Yarrow) in 2016. [6]
In 2017, Johnston released her first album as Midwife, Like Author, Like Daughter accompanied by Tucker Theodore on instrumentation. [4] [7] [8] Her next two albums as Midwife were Forever (2020) [9] [10] and Luminol (2021). [11] [2] As Midwife, she would later release Orbweaving (2023) a collaborative LP with Vyva Melinkolya (Angel Diaz). She also featured on the second single from Vyva Melinkolya’s album Unbecoming (2023), titled "Doomer GF Song". [12] Johnston's fourth album as Midwife, No Depression in Heaven, was released in 2024. [13] Paste named it the 66th-best album of 2024. [14] "Killdozer" was Consequence 's 17th-best and Stereogum 's 37th-best song of 2024. [15] [16]
Midwife was named as an Artist in Residence for the 2025 Roadburn Festival. [17]
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Emma Ruth Rundle is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, visual artist and poet based in Portland, Oregon. Formerly of the Nocturnes and Marriages, she has released five solo albums and is a member of Red Sparowes.
Charly Bliss are an American power pop band from Brooklyn, New York, who formed in 2011. The band's line-up is composed of siblings Eva and Sam (drums) Hendricks, lead guitarist Spencer Fox, and bassist Dan Shure. To date, the band have released three studio albums, Guppy (2017), Young Enough (2019), and Forever (2024).
Misþyrming are a black metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland. The band formed in June 2013 and are currently signed to the French record label Norma Evangelium Diaboli. They released their debut studio album Söngvar elds og óreiðu on 7 February 2015 to widespread critical acclaim. The band have since toured Europe and the United States, performed at Eistnaflug, and were named an 'artist in residence' at the famous Roadburn Festival in 2016.
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how i'm feeling now is the fourth studio album by English singer Charli XCX, released on 15 May 2020. Released eight months after her previous LP, Charli (2019), the album was conceived in the span of six weeks during the COVID-19 lockdown in a "do it yourself" collaborative process with her fans. Charli XCX, A. G. Cook and BJ Burton served as the album's executive producers.
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