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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 playground 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 Hughe


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...











The Sound of Honesty: A Folk Music Starter Park
Some of you may remember a few months ago when we dipped our toes into the endless sea of post-punk sonic tsunamis. Now we’re back again...
Roisin Ferguson
Nov 13, 20224 min read


Smut's How The Light Felt & Grief In Music
We’re now deep into November, and I don’t know about you, but between the changing seasons and daylight savings, I’ve been finding a lot...
Alex M
Nov 13, 20223 min read


BAND-AID: Warming Up to Kat King
Kat King is a Kansas City indie-pop rock group that evolved from a single 2nd grader with an acoustic guitar and a piano to a full...
Yaa Mensah-King
Nov 10, 20222 min read


Ninajirachi Breaks Down Her 'Second Nature'
Photo courtesy of twnty three 23-year-old Australian triple threat Nina Wilson, better known as Ninajirachi, is one of the music...
Yaa Mensah-King
Nov 8, 20228 min read


Moriah Bailey and Bittersweet Harp Songs
Moriah Bailey is an Oklahoma-based harpist and songwriter, formerly known as Sun Riah. Self-describing her work as “(mostly)...
Alex M
Nov 4, 20222 min read


“Open To Interpretation:”Talking With The Terrys About New Record, 'True Colour,' Touring, and More!
Born in the quiet chaos of the COVID-19 lockdown, The Terrys came together and created a sound unique to only them, and the praise as...
Anaïs Turiello
Nov 3, 20225 min read


Belly-Laughing to a Joke with No Translation: A Review of 'Being Funny in a Foreign Language'
Thinking about The 1975 can get quite metaphysical quite quickly. They’ve been around for over a decade. Not only that, but they’ve been...
Roisin Ferguson
Oct 30, 20224 min read


GIFT's Momentary Presence Gives Us a Present Worth Hearing
Autumn is considered by many to be a season of bountiful harvests, and in the music world, it’s no different–we’re getting absolutely...
Alex M
Oct 28, 20223 min read


Sitting Down With Ruth Radelet
Earlier this month, I met up with Ruth Radelet out front of a coffee shop in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles to discuss her...
Ben Billand
Oct 25, 20228 min read
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