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...

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...

An Inner Compass, a Personal Emotional Logic: An Interview with Ella Ion

Illustration by Taya Welter Ella Ion ’s music has many temperaments. Honeyed melodies can collide with thunderous guitar riffs, only to give way once more to her silk-smooth vocals as a song evolves . The Australia-based singer-songwriter channels several of alternative music’s deeper undercurrents: Elliott Smith ’s bruised sentimentality, flashes of dissonant rock, and an almost Interpol -like darkness in Waiting , her debut album, where the drums seem to brood beneath th

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Janset Yasar

Nov 6, 20254 min read