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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...











BLANKY - "FREEDOM" MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE
Already back with the second music video from their upcoming album, No Summertime, Blanky is making waves in the Midwest DIY music scene!...
Wayne Moots
Sep 24, 20201 min read


The Things We Left on Repeat
For all of my life, music has been very important to me. Not only did I grow up listening to my dad’s favorite artists, but I...
Susan Moore
Sep 19, 20205 min read


BRING BACK L8 60s/ EARLY 70s FASHION
Late sixties/early seventies fashion is an absolute dream. The conservative style of the earlier sixties was thrown away...
Charlotte Magee
Sep 18, 20203 min read


How Activism Became Fashion Capitalism
Before there was LGBTQ+ Pride, there was police brutality and riots. Black Lives Matter started with protests against the senseless killings
Jesse Sandler
Sep 18, 20203 min read


Online Shopping is Rewriting My Life
“You are a post office unto yourself,” my dad tells me. My third package of the week has just arrived, wrapped in starry blue plastic...
Paige Pfeifer
Sep 14, 20203 min read


Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: Finding Herself Within The Poetics
Unexpectedly releasing her 8th studio album, Folklore, Taylor Swift seems to have left pop behind, fully embracing the realm of indie and fo
Anaïs Turiello
Sep 13, 20204 min read


A Conversation With: Sean Bolton About The Music Industry, Music Post-Covid and Independent Artists
I wanted to have you on Tonitruale as the first guest of the new “conversation series” as I’ve reached out to you 2-3 years ago
Janset Yasar
Sep 13, 20208 min read


Fontaines D.C.'s 11 Rules For Life
Life ain't always empty... A month after the release of Fontaines D.C's. sophomore album A Hero's Death, now is as good a time as any to...
Annie Doyle
Sep 11, 20204 min read


Music is Cult! A Roundup of Cinematic Sounds
Cult movies, contrary to popular belief, are not particularly "unknown" or more "cool" than the movies that sell out for zillions of dollars
Ash Paris-Carter
Sep 10, 20206 min read
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