I’m so excited to share that UK-based UNCUT magazine ran a full-page review and interview of my upcoming album, “Before the Future” and they featured the title track on the sampler CD! It’s the August 2025 issue.

UNCUT has been my favorite music magazine of recent years, and we have a family tradition of looking for the new issue at Vroman’s in Pasadena. (There’s a delay of a few weeks before new issues reach the states).

The writer John Lewis wrote very thoughtfully, and I appreciate that the magazine did fact-checking. I find it hard to bring myself to read write-ups about my music because, among other reasons, so often they will have glaring factual errors where the writer (if there really was a human writer) made an illogical assumption based on information provided.

I also always assumed that you had to pay like 10K to be on a sampler CD. I could see that being a thing back in the early 00’s when record label budgets were huge, so I was relieved to find that it is completely free at UNCUT, they simply ask that you wave the mastering license fee for using the song on the CD.

I wrote “The Mercenary” as part of a Los Angeles edition of The Bushwick Book Club, where we each had to write a song about Jonathan Ames’s novella “You Were Never Really Here.” 

Here’s the music video – the first one I’ve made myself. You might recognize some heavily edited footage from Lynn Ramsey’s film based on the book. 

Eventually I recorded the song with Luke Temple producing, Steve Marion (Delicate Steve) on guitar, Kosta Galanopoulos on drums, and Doug Stuart on bass. We tracked the band live at Altamira Sound in Alhambra, with Rob Shelton engineering and later mixing. Jake Supple engineered some overdubs, and Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering mastered the song along with the rest of the album.

“Bubble of Love,” the second single from my upcoming album is out now along with a music video directed by Renata Zeiguer, who happens to be a great songwriter as well as stop motion artist.

The song traces a relationship from the honeymoon phase when you could spend all your time with someone and anything is possible, to a time when it feels claustrophobic and you might want to pop the bubble.

Luke Temple produced, and we tracked the band live at Altamira Sound in Alhambra with Rob Shelton recording and mixing, Kosta Galanopoulos on drums, me and Steve Marion on guitars, Doug Stuart on bass. I played the Moog courtesy of Feminist Synth Lab’s lending library. Mike Nolte at Eureka mastered the song along with the rest of the album.

After years in the making, I’m excited to share that my new album “Before the Future” is coming out July 25, and the first single, “Little Mr. Civility,” is out today, along with a music video!

Here are some links:

• Pre-save Before the Future wherever you listen to music
• Watch the video for Little Mr. Civility—directed by Faryl Amadeus, with a cameo by my kid
• Listen to and save the single “Little Mr. Civility”
• Pre-order the album on cassette from Lost Sound Tapes

I finally remembered to start recording my Christmas song early enough in the year so it would be ready to release in time for the holiday season. You could call it an anti-Christmas, or ambivalent, or Jewish Christmas song.

“Merry Xmas*” is available on bandcamp, spotify, apple music, and most other streaming platforms.

I asked Ben Varian to produce – I love his Riddle Rock EP among other works.

We recorded the basic tracks live in February with me on guitar, Nico Leibman from Harmony Index on bass, and Ben on drums.

Ben did a lot of the rest of the arrangements on his own, and we got together to finesse a few things, and I brought over my old toy xylophone for some overdubs. We visited Clinton Patterson who played trumpet, and I recorded my vocals and harmonies at home.

With Ben sporadically on tour, and me sporadically with a toddler cold preventing me from singing, the song wasn’t ready for mastering until early November, much later than I had hoped. I brought it to Stephen Kaye at SunKing Studios for that, and just caught Miles Wintner in time to do the artwork.

I guess I could have started recording in a previous year and been less rushed, but from a motivation standpoint, starting it in, say, the summer, and not releasing it during the upcoming holiday season was not appealing.

I wrote “Merry Xmas*” quickly around 7 years ago when Andrés Du Bouchet invited me to perform at a holiday-themed “Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions and also There is A Game” at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. Here is a live recording of “Merry Xmas*” from that first performance.

This is my first music release in a few years and it felt like peeling off a band-aid, or breaking a seal, forcing myself to put it out there. I’m hoping this will help me let go and release my next album sooner than later which is in the works.

Years ago, I was the musical guest on the first episode of Talk Show, an interview series by the Safdie brothers. Now this episode is included as an extra on the new Criterion Collection Blu-Ray release of “Daddy Longlegs,” the brothers’ first feature film.

Playing with Calvin Johnson and Wished Bone at
All Star Lanes in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles.
4459 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041
Music starts at 8pm. Here’s the Facebook event page

I’m playing a show with SASAMI and Slut Island at The Echo on January 4, 2019.
The show is free with RSVP at THIS LINK.

My new single “Song for a Writer” is out today everywhere. It’s a two minute song I’ve been playing live for years and finally made a recording! It’s available for streaming or downloading at these sites:

SPOTIFY

BANDCAMP

SOUNDCLOUD

ITUNES

I’m going on tour with my old friend Jack “Lesser” Lewis/Awkward Energy! Details are on the Rebecca Schiffman Shows page.

I’m opening four shows for Baths and No Joy in early May!
May 2 – The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ – tickets
May 3 – Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA – tickets
May 4 – The El Rey – Los Angeles, CA – tickets
May 5 – The Independent – San Francisco  – tickets

Buy tickets here.

I’m very excited to be performing alongside Yeardsley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson and who I also watched on Herman’s Head growing up!

Sunday, July 23, 2017
Uncabaret at Au Lac
710 West 1st Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90012
There’s a parking garage with validation.
Doors 7:15pm, Show 8pm – 10pm
Tickets.

June 10, 2017, 7pm

Emperor X, Rebecca Schiffman, Christian Club, Ex-Tomboys, Tristan Puig, Bob and the Astronauts

at BridgetownDIY
1421 N Valinda Ave
La Puente, CA
7p • $5 – 7 • notaflof

Facebook event page

I’ll be playing a half-band show on Saturday, April 15.

The Hi-Hat (<— tickets)
5043 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042

8:15pm Rebecca Schiffman
9pm Draag
9:45pm Hott MT
10:30pm James V

Sunday, Feburary 19, 2017
Alias Books on Sawtelle is closing. I’ll be performing a few songs, solo, at a farewell night with readings by Deenah Vollmer, Erin Mizrahi, Jennifer Croft, Ginger Buswell, John Searcy, Dani Fine, and music by Rebecca Schiffman and DANyDANY. Refreshments provided. Donations/tips will go to Planned Parenthood.
Facebook Event Page

Saturday, February 25, 2017
Full band show

Art in the Park in Hermon Park. With Secret Names, Charlyne Yi, and Shekhan.
Facebook Event Page

I’ll be playing a few songs and introducing (and accompanying one song in) Exodus: A Musical, at three performances this weekend.  It’s a musical farce written by Alec Coiro, who directed the music video for my song “Tips for Conquering Fear of Flying.” Starring Erin Falls, Caitlin Rider, Alec Coiro, guest appearance by Rhys Coiro, music by Jay Israelson, Abigail Chapin, Rhys Coiro.

Friday, January 27, 2017
Moving Arts Theater
8pm Tickets
9pm Tickets

Saturday, January 28, 207
Sqirl (dinner theater)
7:45pm Tickets

Playing a few songs at a fundraiser for Los Angeles Downtown Women’s Center, organized by the O’Shea brothers. The event is free but there will be tons of raffle prizes, and raffle ticket sales benefit DWC. Featuring performances by Laurie Kilmartin, Emily Heller, Will Weldon, Andrés du Bouchet, Kevin Camia, Kate Willet, Rebecca Schiffman, the Blood Sugar Xmas Magik Band (members of Terry Malts, Lemonade, Nite Jewel)

12/18 at Little Joy in Echo Park, Los Angeles, 8pm

Walking to the Subway – Directed by Scott Jacobson

I’m playing a show this Sunday, November 13, with Waxahatchee and Swanning at the community art space Junior High in Hollywood. 5656 hollywood blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

$5 Tickets:
http://www.welcometojuniorhigh.com/calendar/2016/11/13/waxahatchee-solo-swanning-solo

Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1773337006266556/

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Erik Coates for his show “A Face for Radio” on CITR, University of Vancouver’s radio station. We had so much to talk about that it ended up spanning two episodes! You can hear us talk about songwriting and other stuff and hear some of my songs and music picks at the links below.

Download Part 1
Download Part 2

https://www.facebook.com/events/116540032137002/

It’s official, my third LP (which happens to be called “Rebecca Schiffman”)  is available today!

It’s streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

You can show extra support by pre-ordering the vinyl
which comes with MP3s at Fayettenam Records
or purchase the digital album at one of the sites below.

Bandcamp
iTunes
Amazon

I’ve been busy recording my new album with Money Mark producing. We’re just about done tracking. Hopefully 2016 release…

Pic by Charlotte Kidd

I’m opening for my old friends CHIEF at The Satellite as part of their April residency!

Details are on the SHOWS page.

Photo by Gary Ho

Photo by Gavril Lourie

Photo by Shanee Pink