Total disaster? Most likely. Entertaining? I’m sure there will be moments.

Honus Honus Will (Try To) Play Any Holiday Song You Want

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Claire Cronin is a writer, musician, and occasional illustrator, based in Berkeley, CA.

Claire Cronin

Music

Mood Board: Claire Cronin’s The Bruise

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Dan Deacon’s newest score, for the HBO dog-grooming documentary Well Groomed, follows the release of his fifth studio album Mystic Familiar and is the latest addition to his collaborative repertoire which includes soundtracks for films Rat Film, Time Trial, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt, as well as works with the NYCBallet, LAPhil, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Well Groomed immerses the viewer in the colorful and surreal subculture of competitive creative dog grooming, a world where prizes are awarded transforming dogs into flamboyant living art objects. The lighter tone and largely upbeat subject matter of the documentary offered Deacon an opportunity to compose with more playful tones and organic instrumentation not usually found in his work such as vibraphone, guitar, and piano. From Vangelis-inspired soundscape to Krautrock-influenced anthems, the Well Groomed soundtrack channels the ecstatic energy of Deacon’s legendary live shows more than any of his film work to date.
(Photo Credit: Phil Kilne)

Dan Deacon

Podcast

Son Lux Talks with Dan Deacon on the Talkhouse Podcast

Benjamin Lanz is a producer, arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist, as well as a long-time member of the bands The National and Beirut.

Ben Lanz

Flora Hibberd is a musician from the UK. She lives in Paris. Her record Mammoth is out October 16, 2026 on 22TWENTY.

Flora Hibberd

Ben Lanz and Flora Hibberd Let Chaos Happen (When They Want It)

Shannon Lay is a singer-songwriter based in LA. Her latest record, Past the Veil, is out now.

Shannon Lay

Sean Solomon is a musician and animator based in LA. His debut solo record The World Is Not Good Enough is out now. 
(Photo Credit: Michael Schmelling)

Sean Solomon

Shannon Lay and Sean Solomon Used to Be Roommates

Savannah Harris is a New York City-based drummer, composer, and producer. She’s recorded with indie and experimental artists Helado Negro, Kate Davis, Justin Allen, and Standing on the Corner.

Savannah Harris

Nicole McCabe is a Los Angeles-based alto saxophonist, composer and educator.

Nicole McCabe

Savannah Harris and Nicole McCabe Never Met Before All Together Now

Jess Williamson is a singer-songwriter based in Texas. Her latest record, A Mile South of Heaven, is out now on New West. 
(Photo Credit: Jackie Lee Young)

Jess Williamson

Mood Board: Jess Williamson’s A Mile South of Heaven

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Cara Jade Myers is currently starring in the Native period drama How We Stand, which she also produced. She had her breakthrough role acting opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert DeNiro in Martin Scorsese&#8217;s Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon in 2023. A member of the Wichita and Kiowa tribes, she also starred in the 2025 action thriller Ice Fall, opposite Joel Kinnaman. Myers is also a writer, documentarian, and passionate about showing the next generation of Native kids that they too can get a foot into film and television; she teaches workshops on reservations and also created CRASH Cares to create care packages for the unhoused. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two pups. Follow her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cara.jade.myers/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. (Photo by Darklisted Photography.)

Cara Jade Myers

Film

Stories of Beauty and Strength

Ryan Kattner (aka Honus Honus), is a musician-songwriter, film/theater score composer, screenwriter, mustachioed multi-hyphenate living in Los Angeles. Texas-born, he grew up in the Philippines, South Carolina, Germany, Illinois, Alabama and Missouri before finally settling in Philadelphia and pouring his scattered upbringing into his bands Man Man and Mister Heavenly. He&#8217;s releasing his <a href="http://www.pledgemusic.com/HonusHonus" target="_blank">first solo album in 2016</a>. Michael J. Fox as Teen Wolf is his spirit animal. You can follow him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/honushonusbandband/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/honushonus">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/HonusHonus">Twitter.</a> (photo credit: Mike Gerry)

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Synthesist and composer Emily A. Sprague bridges intuitive sonic structures and expressive songwriting, yielding expansive terrains that are immediate and immersive. From early experimentation with guitar and keyboard as a teen, Sprague went on to form indie band Florist in the early 2010s, gaining a devoted audience. After a series of celebrated EPs, Florist went on to record five studio albums, immediately recognizable for their intimate world-building and Sprague’s emotive vocals.
Emily’s latest solo record, Cyano, is out now on RVNG Intl.

Emily A. Sprague

Hannah Pruzinsky (they) is a musician and creative based in Queens, NY. Hannah is also a co-editor and creator of the New York City show paper, GUNK. The latest h. pruz record, Red sky at morning, is out now.