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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...











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...
Janset Yasar
Feb 19, 202410 min read


Tonitruale Live: Prize Horse's Jake Beitel on "Under Sound," Playing First Avenue, and Prince Impersonators
Since the supposed "death of grunge" signaled by the oversaturation of the genre during the early 2000's, it has become near impossible...
Rob Lucchesi
Feb 17, 202414 min read


The Everyday Profundity in Ruby Hant's Music
Listening to Ruby Haunt is like watching a Terrence Malick movie. It makes you want to look up in mere curiosity to see if the leaves have started falling yet. It's the embodiment of the simplest, yet the most beautiful of the mundane moments: the shared warmth within clasped palms, blowing out birthday candles, drawing words on the back of someone for them to guess, licking around the ice cream cone to avoid drips. Even though each song from their discography paints a vivid
Janset Yasar
Feb 14, 20243 min read


Paramore's Spin on Talking Heads' "Burning Down The House" is a Vibrant Homage to a Timeless Classic
A24 Music announced the compilation Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, which comes in...
Mike Amodei
Feb 14, 20242 min read


Is it a Musically Inclined Frankenstein or Chicago Band Lonnie?
The Empty Bottle, soft blue light, two guitars, one bass, drums, piano, and the band Lonnie–acting as a jazzy Frankenstein monster, their...
Kora Elms Fleming
Feb 13, 20245 min read


From Payola to "Billboard"- The Chart-Obsessed Music Industry
When Billboard launched its widely popular charting system in 1940, no one could have imagined how it would become an iconic part of its...
faith logue
Feb 13, 20244 min read


"You're Losing Me": My Dying Love for Taylor Swift
The first time I heard a Taylor Swift song, I was in elementary school. “Tim McGraw” —the single that catapulted a teenage Swift into the...
jadesham500
Feb 13, 20245 min read


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...
Rob Lucchesi
Feb 12, 20244 min read


Gouge Away Gets Deeper Into Introspection on "Dallas"
Best known for their biting, grunge-filled brand of hardcore, Florida band Gouge Away has returned with “Dallas,” the third single...
Gianna Cicchetti
Feb 8, 20243 min read
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