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GFOTY: Interview
For one night only, hyperpop’s resident girlfriend GFOTY returned to Brooklyn to host the party of the year, featuring elaborate bridal costumes, appearances from DJ’s like Petal Supply, and a sneak peek of her new album. The London based artist Polly Louisa Salmon is known for her raunchy, over the…
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Here’s Kassie Krut — The Trio That Will Spell It Out For You: Interview
There’s an urgency to Kassie Krut’s sound that makes you feel enviably alive. The thirty-something year old narrators, emerging from the beloved Philly-based math rock gig Palm, have traded in their guitars and formal band dynamics for the synthesizer, melting an industrial, electronic sound that’s simultaneously mesmerizing and disheveling. Novelty…
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Eem Triplin: Interview
You may know him as that guy who sampled Tyler the Creator’s “Awkward” and went viral, but in fact he is much more. Eem Triplin, self-proclaimed ‘universal-dude’, is also a self-made producer and rapper, grounded in his craft and growing increasingly by the day. Growing up bored in Johnstown, PA,…
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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…
