D.J.C. ‘s latest release, “Sexy House Thang” emerges as a true testament to the magic of spontaneous collaboration. The much-awaited video has finally graced the screens, leaving viewers captivated and curious about the story behind […]
Julee Cruise: Floating Into the Night
When she was in high school in Creston, Iowa, Julee Cruise was a popular girl with a host of deep-rooted suburban fears—boys, cars, getting sucked down the bathtub drain—and a secret pastime that even those […]
Mikaela Davis: And Southern Star
Fom Alice Coltrane to Joanna Newsom to Mary Lattimore, a rich lineage of artists have sought to liberate the harp from its familiar roles in the symphony and the church. In the worlds of jazz, […]
Siavash Amini: The Sweat of Earth
Siavash Amini makes music of almost unfathomable complexity. Like a weather system, it might appear relatively static from afar, but inside, it churns. On his recent album Eidolon, released in early July, the Tehran-based composer […]
“NarciSecond”: Kara Major’s Evolution From “Everything Works Out” To A Fusion Of Hip-Hop & EDM
Following the impressive release of her track “Everything Works Out,” up-and-coming musician Kara Major unveils her newest single, “NarciSecond.” By fusing her adeptness in hip-hop with the dynamic essence of EDM, she takes the captivating […]
Madeline Kenney: A New Reality Mind
Madeline Kenney sings like she has a lump in her throat: Every time you think she might be on the cusp of sliding into a note that’s soaring and clarion, she hovers for a moment, […]
Bush Tetras: They Live in My Head
Like Mission of Burma or Minor Threat, Bush Tetras are a band whose influence vastly exceeds the quantity of their initial output. They shaped the no wave scene of the early 1980s, made Thurston Moore […]
Mark McGuire: A Pocket Full of Rain
While writing Prefab Sprout’s 1984 debut, Swoon, bandleader Paddy McAloon hatched a character named Green Isaac. “I was fooling around with the word ‘green’,” McAloon said later that year, highlighting his idiosyncratic writing process. “In […]
Florry: The Holey Bible
Like tourmate MJ Lenderman and his other band Wednesday, Florry are a part of a crop of rising DIY rock acts whose influences are more in the vein of Kris Kristofferson or Drive-By Truckers than […]
Iceboy Violet: Not a Dream But a Controlled Explosion
Iceboy Violet found a lifeline in noise. They were 18 years old and making hip-hop beats influenced by Madlib and Dilla—satisfying enough on a formal level, perhaps, but there were deeper, more conflicted emotions that […]
Art School Girlfriend: Soft Landing
As Art School Girlfriend, Polly Mackey blends her experience in the shoegaze band Deaf Club with her love of electronica: Guitars are processed to sound like synths, synths function like lead guitars, and drums flip […]
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
When Pink Floyd first premiered what would become the most successful rock album of all time, it was quite literally too big for the system to handle. A half-hour into the band’s concert in Brighton […]