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Joe Goddard, member of Hot Chip and the 2 Bears, is a songwriter, producer, DJ, remixer and co-founder of the Greco-Roman label. Like Four Tet, Caribou and Jamie xx, Joe combines a thirst for experimentation, an instinctive understanding of the dancefloor and a love of left-of-centre pop music.
(Photo credit: Marc Sethi)

Joe Goddard

Voices

Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) Explores Whether ‘Music is the Answer’

I, Thor Harris, am not an activist. This is no time for any of us to wait and see what happens. I am a percussionist and multi-instrumentalist. I play with Thor &amp; Friends,&nbsp;Swans,&nbsp;Ben Frost,&nbsp;Bill Callahan,&nbsp;Adam Torres, Shearwater, Amanda Palmer, and others. I write bossy lists such as &#8220;How to Tour in a Band or Whatever&#8221; and &#8220;How to Live&nbsp;Like a King on Very Little.&#8221;&nbsp;I also talk openly about depression.&nbsp;I&#8217;m pretty good at <a href="https://twitter.com/thorharris666" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>.

Thor Harris

Thor Harris on Getting Suspended from Twitter After His Nazi-Punching Video Went Viral

Victoria Ruiz is frontwoman for Downtown Boys. Their album Full Communism is available now via Don Giovanni Records. You can follow Downtown Boys on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/downtownboys" target="_blank">here</a>.

Victoria Ruiz

Fuck the Police: Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys) on Why You Should Protest the Cops This Weekend, Too

Freda Love Smith is a lecturer and advisor in the School of Communication at Northwestern University. She is a rock drummer and co-founder of the Blake Babies, Antenna, Some Girls, and the Mysteries of Life, is a staff writer for Paste Magazine, and has published short stories in journals such as the North American Review, SmokeLong, Bound Off and Riptide. Her first book, Red Velvet Underground: A Rock Memoir, with Recipes, was published on November 1, 2015 by Agate/Midway.
(Photo Credit: Rebecca Dudley)

Freda Love Smith

Freda Love Smith (the Blake Babies) Plans to March for ‘I Am Women’ Everywhere

Taylor Rice is the vocalist and guitarist for Local Natives.
(Photo credit: Nathanial Wood)

Taylor Rice

What Barack Obama Told Me at a White House Christmas Party

Jonny Pierce (writer, producer, and frontman of the Drums) has been an outspoken advocate for social justice with a focus on fighting discrimination toward the LGBTQ community. He is hard at work on the Drums&#8216; fourth album and divides time between New York and Los Angeles.

Jonny Pierce

Jonny Pierce (the Drums) Talks Gay Conversion Therapy, His True Voice and Fear

Jes Skolnik has been playing in punk bands for a large part of their life and is currently making solo noise as <a href="http://nationaltattler.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://nationaltattler.bandcamp.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1481135204131000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGc6ld3_IPvXVXxRdPt0HAYhwskHw">National Tattler</a>. They are the managing editor at Bandcamp Daily, and a contributing writer at Pitchfork and other places around the Internet and in print. They&#8217;re currently working on a book about the ongoing dialogues between DIY and mainstream rock cultures. They split time between Chicago and New York. You can follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/modernistwitch" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://twitter.com/modernistwitch&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1481135204131000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHl9Do3P9lMhgA2p2dG1M1DwQ95uA">here</a>.

Jes Skolnik

DIY Shouldn’t Suffer in the Wake of the Ghost Ship Fire

Josh Strawn is currently one half of the electronic duo Azar Swan and the lead singer of the moody metal supergroup Vaura. He was closely involved with the now-defunct Wierd Records label and party, at which time he fronted the post-punk band Blacklist and played in the psychedelic doom folk band Religious to Damn with Azar Swan co-conspirator Zohra Atash. He has contributed written works of political and cultural commentary to various publications including Flavorwire and Slutist.
Zohra Atash is a singer, songwriter and musician. Her projects are <a href="http://azarswan.com/" target="_blank">Azar Swan</a> and <a href="http://religioustodamn.tumblr.com/">Religious to Damn</a>. She is an irregular columnist at <a href="http://slutist.com/" target="_blank">slutist.com</a>. Her family founded and runs the <a href="http://www.nooristanfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Nooristan Foundation</a>. You can follow Azar Swan on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/azarswan" target="_blank">here</a>.
(photo credit: Julia Comita)