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The Vision Became Clear to Me: Louis Cole Interview
John Cage prophesied in his famous speech “The Future of Music: Credo” that “percussion music is a contemporary transition from keyboard influenced music to the all sound music of the future.” This declaration speaks to the central role that the drums have always played in pushing music into unexplored territories. …
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Checking In with The Hellp
The Hellp, the nine-year electro-rock project between Noah Dillon and Chandler Ransom Lucy, has been teetering on the verge of virality since its inception. Dillon and Lucy had no lifelong dreams of musicianship. Both were raised in rural pockets of the Western U.S. and share pasts of working odd jobs…
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A Place to Bury Strangers: Interview
Photo: Ebru Yildiz, courtesy of the band “If you’re holding a guitar, that’s a dangerous weapon.” – Oliver Ackerman I first saw A Place to Bury Strangers headline at the Brooklyn Monarch in 2023. Admittedly, I had never heard of them before and had been to see the openers. Oliver…
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Cosmopaark: interview
Bordeaux-based shoegaze group Cosmopaark dives deep into introspection, modernity, and musical maturity with their latest EP, Backyard. Across its five tracks, the band blends intensity and intimacy, creating a sound they describe as “more self-assured and a little darker, though not outright gloomy”. Composed of Clément Pelofy (vocals, guitar), Wanda…
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Oldstar: Interview
After finally deciding to leave their life-long Florida home in October, alt-country rocker Zane McLaughlin, who makes music under the moniker Oldstar, has recently made the move up to New York City. They’re joining the rest of the band here as they work on finishing up their next album and…
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MAN LEE: Interview
“We are allergic to everything manliness stands for”, explained MAN LEE’s Sam Reichman and Tim Lee. The Brooklyn-based band broke out into the New York rock scene this year preceding their debut album, although these tracks have been a long time coming. The pair brings a playful edge to the…
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Fusilier: Interview
Community during uncertainty is the ethos of Fusilier, the Atlanta-born, New York-based artist who performed at Purgatory, a bar in Bushwick, to celebrate the release of their new single “Birds.” Much like the glitter-stained floors and twinkly LED lights, the atmosphere of Purgatory was bright and cheery, full of support…
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Ezra Feinberg: Interview
Ezra Feinberg has lived a thousand lives. West coast folk-rock aficionados will recognize the name from Citay, the San Francisco ensemble, founded by Feinberg, which worked its way into a sizeable presence in the early 2000s microscene. Two decades later, Feinberg has pivoted into warmer harmonic arms. He began releasing…
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Jeff Rosenstock: “I’m Also Just a Weird Person Navigating This Planet”
“Seventy-five hundred…dollars…for us…to play this festival,” Jeff Rosenstock said flirtatiously on stage at Pitchfork Music Festival back in 2017. “Just don’t believe any of this shit,” he said at the time, “just because you’re charging your phone at the HBO’s Insecure charging station doesn’t mean you have to like that…
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Holly Macve: Interview & Session
On October 21, Holly Macve performed an intimate show at Mercury Lounge to an attentive, admiring crowd. The British singer-songwriter played solo, switching between piano and guitar with her dreamy vocals as the centerpiece. To witness Macve perform that night, was to witness an artist slip into a world of…
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Tsunami: Interview
Photo courtesy of Pat Graham and Tsunami Hailing from Washington D.C. and informed by its punk rock sound and politics, Tsunami, fronted by Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson, made their mark on the music scene in the 90s with just three records and a handful of singles. The duo were…
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Half Waif, the world, and all of its colors: Interview
“Isn’t it so beautiful that we are all connected in a way?” Nandi Rose, singer, songwriter, and co-producer of the alternative music project Half Waif, flipped the roles of our conversation, and in turn, planted the most important question of my day onto me. It’s become an overwhelmingly important question…
