It is the eve of the release of Victoria Canal’s much-anticipated debut album, Slowly, It Dawns, and the singer/songwriter is just getting off the ski slopes in Seattle. This is not where Canal is supposed […]
Astronomía Interior Wants You to Find Your Own Meaning In Their Music
“I met Chucho when we were 16, and since that moment we started making music,” Mosqueda tells me about Báez, whom Mosqueda calls by his nickname, a common term of endearment in Mexico. “So we […]
Flipturn Is Shining Light On a Personal Subject
The latest single from indie rockers flipturn has it both ways: “Sunlight” is an alluring, catchy track that builds on the band’s successful sonic character. But it’s also a deeply personal song that explores issues […]
Erick the Architect’s Love Letter To New York City
Rapper-producer Erick the Architect thinks a lot about New York City. Born Erick Arc Elliott, he grew up there and learned to love music and how to create it, first as part of the acclaimed […]
SPIN Records’ Kiss Bang Premiere “Drag” Video
Kiss Bang, the upstart duo of lead singer Kaya Stewart and guitarist/producer Max Mercier, is the latest addition to the growing SPIN Records roster. Equally influenced by rock and pop, Kiss Bang explodes with youthful […]
Immanuel Wilkins: Jazz Innovator, Time Traveler
Immanuel Wilkins is visiting his hometown of Philadelphia. Shhh. Don’t tell his folks. “I’m actually at my partner’s house right now,” he says on a video call. “I’m chilling out. I’m hiding from my parents.” […]
Wild Rivers Roll On
When the Chicks canceled their Nashville show in July 2023, their opening act had to scramble. Wild Rivers, the Toronto trio blending country songwriting, Laurel Canyon folk harmonies, and indie rock guitars, had friends and […]
The Rebel Girls of the Linda Lindas
On the road this summer with Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins and Rancid, the young ladies of the Linda Lindas had important questions for their elders. So, at one tour stop, they sat in on a […]
Keith Richards’ Daughter Wants to ‘Feel You’
I’m chatting with Alexandra Richards—daughter of Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards and supermodel/actor Patti Hansen—on a virtual call from her home in Brooklyn. I notice a large piece of art hanging on the wall behind […]
Samara Joy Dreams in Jazz
One day last February, inside a fairly plain, concrete-block building in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Samara Joy stood in a glass booth. She closed her eyes, took a breath and said to herself, “This is it. […]
Jaden Smith Is Teaching Us a Thing or Two About Love
Jaden Smith loves going to the movies alone. He visits the same theater regularly and knows every employee there. “Every single one of them,” he says, on a virtual call from Los Angeles. “And when […]
Wendy Eisenberg Ponders Outer Vision and Inner Space
Wendy Eisenberg – ViewfinderAmerican Dreams In the liner notes to Viewfinder, Wendy Eisenberg talks about how getting Lasik surgery changed the guitarist’s relationship to the visual world. Does clearer vision lead to greater understanding? Or […]