I Liked Them Before They Became Popular
When I was thirteen, I was initiated into what people online called "real music." My cousin encouraged me to listen to the Red Hot Chili...
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Gov Ball 2024, Day 3: Kevin Abstract is Still a Gays Only Event
Photo by Anna Downs “It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now...” There are very few artists that could open their set...
Charli XCX Revisits Her Roots and Redefines The "Pop Star" Title on BRAT
"Wondering about whether I think I deserve commercial success, it's running through my mind. Sometimes, I really think it would be cool...
So Horny I’m Bending Time: Indie Sleaze and the Collapse of Culture
Illustration by Taya Welter Coming straight out of 2024’s winter-spring collection of post-niche-micro-macro-trends, and guaranteed to be...
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...
Rob Lucchesi
- Sep 6
- 5 min
Two-Steppers and Cosmic Saxophones: Dummy's "Free Spirit" is an Extraterrestrial Invitation to the Dance Party at the End of the World
The next attempt, the sophomore outing, tape number two; the second album is a make or break moment in any band's career. When you...
Rob Lucchesi
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Tonitruale Live - Willem Smit Could Be Your Personal Trainer (If You Can Be His Innovator)
Frontman and founder of Dutch indie rock band Personal Trainer, Willem Smit, sneaks onto the show to chat about the band's upcoming...
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- Jun 19
- 3 min
HOMESHAKE Gears Up For New Record 'Horsie'
HOMESHAKE - the long-running solo project of Toronto-based musician Peter Sagar - does not know when to slow down and does not want to at...
Rob Lucchesi
- Jun 12
- 5 min
Gov Ball 2024, Day 3: Husbands’ Danny Davis is Stoked to Be Here
Photo by Mickey Pierre-Louis Day three of Gov Ball had already hit the ground running after a hot plate performance by the School of Rock...
Gianna Cicchetti
- May 23
- 4 min
Lionlimb on the New Album'Limbo,' Following Intuition, and Embracing the Past
While rooted in reality, New York singer-songwriter Lionlimb is creating otherworldly vignettes with his words and atmospheric...
Rob Lucchesi
- May 10
- 1 min
Tonitruale Live: Setting the Example w/ Pillow Queens' Pamela Connolly
Irish four-piece rock band Pillow Queens' Pamela Connolly pokes about to chat about the creative process, writing about the queer experience
Rob Lucchesi
- May 8
- 4 min
Tonitruale (Almost) Live: Guided By Voices' Doug Gillard Chats New Single, "Serene King"
The world is on fire, civil unrest washes over the streets in every city, state, and country. The common man has been thrust into an...
Rob Lucchesi
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Tonitruale Live: Growing Up Along the Hero's Journey with Liam Sheaffer
Liam Sheaffer stops by to chat emotional maturity, compelling storytelling and his new EP, "Make Your Own Life Out of This."
Rob Lucchesi
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Tonitruale Live - Midwest Emo, Regular Show Trivia and Mordecai's "Should've Known"
Wisconsin-based midwest emo band, Mordecai, stops by to chat all things music, their love for Regular Show, the band's beginnings, and...
Kora Elms Fleming
- Mar 28
- 5 min
A Tightrope of Memories: The Rural Alberta Advantage in Chicago
Eight years old, sitting in my mom's caramel-colored minivan, covered in a million political bumper stickers, I sat shotgun digging my...
Kora Elms Fleming
- Mar 26
- 4 min
The “Duh Moment” Turned Into the Musical Mosaic Trio, Coco
Although I wish I was starting this story painting an image of me on my way to a Coco show, I’m writing this half in my bedroom, half in...
Kora Elms Fleming
- Mar 8
- 5 min
Landing on Chicago's Neptune's Core
Arriving on the surface of a planet far far away (The Metro in Chicago), two groups of sisters plant their flag on raw, cathartic rock,...