California
Mood Board: Will Graefe & Spencer Zahn’s I Envy Light
The collaborators share how California, Emily Dickinson, and more shaped their new record.
Fat Tony and Madeline Kenney are Chasing Beauty
The friends (and labelmates) talk LA-vs-the Bay, the natural splendor of California, their new records, and more.
On Finding a Friend Who Knows What You’re Talking About
Pop musician Holiday Sidewinder celebrates Eve Babitz.
BarRoom Blitz: How are Free Drinks the Same as Music Business Nepotism?
Musician/bartender Zachary Lipez probably won’t give you a free beer, but he might play your band at his bar.
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Jessica Pratt’s On Your Own Love Again
Jessica Pratt’s second album is a total beauty. And not just because it illustrates the difference between letting yourself be and capital-B Being.
Harper Simon Talks the Growlers’ Chinese Fountain
The Growlers’ garage-psych might recall California hot rods and surfing, but it speaks to a disaffected contemporary counterculture.
Craig Finn (the Hold Steady) Talks the Donkeys’ Ride the Black Wave
I was introduced to the Donkeys sometime around the release of their 2008 record Living on the Other Side. My friend John Darnielle told me abo
