The Staves

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page

The Staves

The Best Songs You Missed Last Week: Hayley Kiyoko, Tove Lo, More

The 10 Best Overlooked Albums of 2015

Watch: The Staves Perform ‘Make It Holy’ Featuring Justin Vernon of Bon Iver

Most Recent Posts on Observer

Grażyna Kulczyk Has Spent 50 Years Collecting Artists Who Were Difficult to Place

In Gherdëina, Curating a Biennale Around the Politics of the Garden

The Tech Billionaires Funding A.I.’s Next Chapter on Campus

The Next Career Ladder Is Business Ownership

The Case for the Campus Art Museum in an Age of Cuts

Higher Education Doesn’t Need a Better Story. It Needs a More Believable One.

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

For Adblock:

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

For Adblock Plus on Firefox: