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The Soundtrack to an America I’ve Never Been To
America is a desire machine, and a well-oiled one at that. As a kid, it didn’t seem like a real place so much as a fever dream with neon lighting. Loud and impossibly vast, it sold me a fantasy of red Solo cups, fake IDs, and toothpaste-commercial smiles. I imagined myself partying, laughing and getting my heart broken in those dorm rooms and college dive bars, believing that somewhere over the hill, in a place stitched together by celebrity tabloids, pop songs and John Hugh
Navigating Romance as Both Path and Place — An Interview with Fontaines D.C.
Illustration by Taya Welter Love is a sacred feeling, perhaps the most sacred of all, a complex, multifaceted force that requires not...
Tonitruale Live - Thurston Moore is New in Town and Looking to Set Up Shop
The legendary Thurston Moore dials in to chat about everything you need to know about his upcoming album, "Flow Critical Lucidity."
A Day with Gurriers
I meet Charlie, Daniel, and Pierce on a private-ish floor of a bar in the heart of Lille to kickstart the day with pints, as one often...
It's Pronounced Mc-Gee: Two Star & The Dream Police Review
As I'm sure our readers are well aware of now, I'm a sucker for some sappy shit. Give me an album with three instruments and a souped-up...
A Conversation with Dustin Payseur of Beach Fossils on Touring, Nostalgia and "Bunny"
From their humble beginnings, navigating the challenges of tour life in a van that almost didn't function, to achieving household name...
Tonitruale Live - Sittin' Around, Doing Nothing w/ DITZ
"I like going into work sometimes... beats sitting around doing nothing."
Rob Lucchesi
Jan 23, 20251 min read
Tonitruale Live - Greg Freeman vs. The Vinyl Industry
Greg Freeman talks longevity of physical media, the roots resurgence of the 2020s, and the reissue of his 2022 debut album, I Looked Out."
Rob Lucchesi
Jan 17, 20251 min read
Tonitruale Live - For Daryl Johns, Worse is Best
"Wait... this sounds like shit!"
-Daryl Johns, Tonitruale Live, 2024
Rob Lucchesi
Jan 8, 20251 min read
zzzahara Finds Their Way Forward with Upcoming Album, Spiral Your Way Out
zzzahara's finds the light at the end of the spiral in in Spiral Your Way Out
Cheryl Ong
Jan 5, 20254 min read
Tonitruale Live - Forgetting How to Use Our Inside Voice(s) with Bathe
Corey Smith-West and Devin Hobdy of Brooklyn-based slow jam hit machine, Bathe , stop in to chat all about the release of their album...
Rob Lucchesi
Nov 13, 20241 min read
Devotion as a Compass: An Interview with Veronica Everheart
Illustration by Jooeun Choi Veronica Evertheart lifts her laptop during a moment in our conversation to show me her bathroom wall, a literal shrine to The Strokes filled with posters and memorabilia. What I'm seeing is more Hard Rock Café than a place for a shower. I find her makeshift museum endearing and immediately warm up to her further. It gives me a lot of signifiers as to what kind of an artist Everheart is, one who doesn't just make music but immerses herself in it co
Janset Yasar
Oct 26, 20245 min read
A Place to Bury Strangers is Still Restless in Their Pursuit of Sound
If you’re familiar with A Place To Bury Strangers' frontman Oliver Ackerman’s pedal company, Death by Audio, the band’s ethos clicks into focus. They don't make music that can slip past you; you'll surely feel, and hear (loudly), if they are around the corner. Ackerman's obsession with sound—jagged and often abrasive—drives the band. When we spoke on the phone, he described feeding off that raw energy of loudness. It's evident that what some people might have a headache from
Janset Yasar
Oct 12, 20243 min read
Flying the Nest with Becky and the Birds
Shedding her shell, and leaving the nest once again, Thea Gustafsson aka Becky and the Birds is gearing up to release her comeback album,...
Kora Elms Fleming
Oct 1, 20244 min read
Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart Discusses Leaving Los Angeles, Collecting Candy, Guitar Aversion and More
The band's prolific front-person elucidates life as an incessant creative and unpacks their newest unexpected musical pivot.
David Feigelson
Sep 28, 202420 min read
Tonitruale Live - Being Dead is a Flight Risk at Best (and Your Favorite Band at Worst)
Being Dead's Falcon Bitch and Smoofy take a break from developing a new clean energy source to tell us all about their new album, "EELS."
Rob Lucchesi
Sep 25, 20241 min read
If You Sit and Watch Her Then You'll Start To Get The Hype: Introducing Ruby Bell
There’s a point in every music lover's journey where the music landscape starts to blur together. After immersing yourself in genres too obscure for their own good, and spinning through the catalogues of countless artists, and soaking in five albums before breakfast you begin to grow fussier than the average listener. It’s not that you’re over it, just that you’ve heard it all (or almost.) And that’s when the chase begins. You're searching for that elusive spark, something to
Janset Yasar
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Two-Steppers and Cosmic Saxophones: Dummy's "Free Energy" is an Extraterrestrial Invitation to the Dance Party at the End of the World
The next attempt, the sophomore outing, tape number two; the second album is a make or break moment in any band's career. When you...
Rob Lucchesi
Sep 6, 20245 min read
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