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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...











Grief, Hope and Meeting at the Maypole: An Interview with Haif Waif
If you listen to any of the singles from Haif Waif’s upcoming album, See You at the Maypole , you may feel transported to a physical...
jadesham500
Sep 29, 202414 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


See You Later, Sea Cowboy: Harrison Lipton Redefines His Brand of Sexy and Sultry on "Synchronized Swimming"
The Brooklyn native's latest single, "Synchronized Swimming," is an undeniable left turn that couldn't feel more right.
Rob Lucchesi
Sep 25, 20243 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


My Roommates and I Lost 33 minutes of our Lives Listening to Katy Perry’s '143'
I turned to my roommate one night when we were sitting in the living room; “I need to listen to the new Katy Perry album for a review...
Adam Cherian
Sep 25, 20243 min read


The Waiting Room Shines For Magdalena Bay's Imaginal Mystery Tour
On September 12, the Los Angeles-based duo, Magdalena Bay , brought the magic of their sophomore full-length album, Imaginal Disk , to...
Helen Howard
Sep 25, 20243 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


Reinventing the Wheel and the Price of Constant Change with Toro y Moi's Hole Erth
A musician’s career has never hinged more on creative direction than it does in today’s digital, social media-driven world. To be...
Cheryl Ong
Sep 23, 20244 min read


I Crashed My Car to This: Omar Apollo in Charlotte, NC
“Charlotte, sing the fuck out of this shit!”
Rob Lucchesi
Sep 20, 202411 min read
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