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Annie DiRusso is a musician based in Nashville. Her debut record, Super Pedestrian, is out now.

Annie DiRusso

Hannah Cole is a musician based in Nashville. Her debut record, Switchbacks, is out now on Tight Knit.

Hannah Cole

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Felix Walworth is a Brooklyn based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Their songwriting project, called Told Slant, has been described as &#8220;very sad&#8221; and &#8220;like church.&#8221;

Felix Walworth

Allegra Krieger was born a selkie in the Atlantic Ocean in 1845. Taking a more conventional corporeal form, she moved to New York City, where she maintains a residence on the sixth floor of a hotel in East Midtown. She writes songs, bad checks, love letters, and poorly formatted emails and trusts that terrible things can have extraordinary outcomes.
QVC has been playing on the small rectangular TV in her room at a low volume for 13 years straight. She drinks a lukewarm beer on blue cotton sheets and watches two women hawk a tropical blouson sleeve top for three easy payments of $15.99 on the distant screen before drifting into a fitful sleep. How remarkably human! 
Her new album, Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine, will be out on September 13 via Double Double Whammy.

Allegra Krieger

Told Slant and Allegra Krieger Get to the Fountain

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

Claire Cronin

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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

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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

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Episode 344-Wrath of the Math Retrospective

Devin Smock is an independent filmmaker, writer, and small business owner based in Jacksonville, Illinois. He is the writer-director of the feature film <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hollerfilm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Holler</a>, co-founder of Subterranean Sound &amp; Vision, and co-owner of both Street Trash and Pizza Records. He also contributes film writing and reviews to MoreHorror.com and Critical Screening. His work is rooted in independent film, regional filmmaking, and creating art and businesses outside the traditional industry system.

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The Record Store That Accidentally Became My Film School

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Born and raised New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis leads a double life as both a comic book artist and a songwriter, and tours the world with his indie-rock-folk-art band. His latest record, The EVEN MORE Freewheelin&#8217; Jeffrey Lewis, is out now.
(photo credit: Sonya Kolowrat)

Jeffrey Lewis

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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.