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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...











Jeff Buckley: Reflecting on ‘Grace’ 28 Years After Artists’ Passing
It has been just over 28 years since the 30-year-old singer-songwriter, Jeff Buckley, drowned in the Mississippi River, at the very...
Anaïs Turiello
Jun 17, 20253 min read


7 Years Later, Forth Wanderers Return with “7 Months”
Needless to say, when Forth Wanderers unexpectedly released a song, the corner of the internet that still cries over Title Fight or...
Cheryl Ong
Jun 13, 20252 min read


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
Janset Yasar
May 22, 20255 min read


Twin-Duo, KAIRO Illuminates Chicago’s Lincoln Hall with Enlivening and Soulful Set
Twin brothers, Ej and Ak Odjighoro, better known as KAIRO , are the opener of the night at Chicago’s iconic Lincoln Hall, but despite not...
Anaïs Turiello
May 21, 20253 min read


Brigid Broderick Rides Off Into the Sunset at Her Music Comedy Show 'Horse Girl Nation'
Brigid Broderick, what can’t she do? She’s a comedian, podcaster, shop girl, nanny, surveyor of every scene, and jack of literally all...
Kora Elms Fleming
May 8, 20253 min read


Between Absence and Radiance, the Push and Pull of Maria Somerville’s "Luster"
Photo credit: Cait Fahey There’s a swinging door that waits between reality and reverie, unpushed. Not because it’s immovable, but because so few can summon the force to swing it wide open. Maria Somerville’s music, dreamy, vast, and blurred at the edges yet never without footing, lets a wisp of that otherworldliness drift in. Even the track names on her new album Luster hint towards the ethereal: Halo, October Moon, Projections, and Trip all seem designed to blur the bounda
Janset Yasar
May 5, 20253 min read


Tonitruale Live: Babe Rainbow and the Perennial Funk
Babe Rainbow's Jack Crowther on Tonitruale Live!
Rob Lucchesi
May 2, 20251 min read


Japanese Breakfast's For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) Album Review
Coming from their hit and highly praised album Jubilee, Japanese Breakfast had some pretty big shoes to fill. Arguably, that 2021 album...
Kora Elms Fleming
Apr 25, 20253 min read


Flipturn plays their biggest headline show to date at The Anthem in Washington D.C.
Live at The Anthem: Florida-band flipturn played what they declared to be their "biggest headlining show to date." Flipturn had support...
carolinharvey
Apr 23, 20253 min read
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