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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…
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Push Ups (Grey Li): Interview
Push Ups is a Brooklyn-based emo-rock band led by Grey Li, who handles nearly every aspect of the project. The band debuted last year with Push Ups Was Here, an EP that channels the raw, grunge-tinged sound of, say, Superheaven’s depraved emo-rock intonation contextualized by the self-seriousness of the modern…
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A (Speed) Walk with Gabi Gamberg of Daffo: Interview
“Should I just get gnocchi alla vodka?” This wasn’t a question to be taken lightly—it was maybe the most important question of the night, even. Gabi Gamberg, lead singer, composer, and guitarist of Daffo, posed it just an hour before their October 18th performance at the Bowery Ballroom. With less…
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Safety Trance – STATIC-ID & Interview
Since his descent into the Venezuelan rave circles of the 2000s, Luis Garban’s sound has known few bounds. His work as Cardopusher was central in the development of breakcore, but quickly expanded into an exploration of darker techno. Cardopusher’s incorporation of reggaeton rhythms into the depths of electronic music marked…
