music column
Role Models: Susan Alcorn Helped Sam Wenc Stay Curious
The composer and pedal steel guitarist pays tribute to the late artist, his mentor.
Mood Board: Fashion Brigade’s Annie, I Wish You’d Quit Drinking
Elia Einhorn shares how Andy Rourke, Berghain, and Lee “Scratch” Perry inspired his new EP.
Mood Board: Hatchie’s Liquorice
Harriette Pilbeam on how intimacy, long walks, the concept of “what could have been,” and more inspired her new record.
Echoes in the Moonlight
KMRU on carrying on the name and legacy of his grandfather, Joseph Kamaru.
Mood Board: Anna von Hausswolff’s ICONOCLASTS
The Swedish musician/composer on how Lotta Antonsson, Kendrick Lamar, and more shaped her new record.
Stuck in the Land of Loops and Light: Living with Van Dyke Parks’s Song Cycle
Xander Duell (Pegg) on how the record broke his 15 year old brain.
Mood Board: Joviale’s Mount Crystal
The multidisciplinary artist on how Paris Is Burning, Fargo, and James Baldwin inspired their new record.
Mood Board: Jane Inc.’s A RUPTURE A CANYON A BIRTH
Carlyn Bezic on how painter Julie Mehretu, Daft Punk, Carrie, and more inspired her new record.
Mood Board: Bryan Senti’s La Marea
The composer on the personal memories and works of art that shaped his new record.
Role Models: How Janka Nabay Took My Snark Away
Boshra AlSaadi on how playing with the Bubu King helped her lose her “indie shield.”
Role Models: My Bloody Valentine Showed Lathe of Heaven How to Keep It Simple
Drummer Stephen Reader on how Colm Ó Cíosóig rearranged his creative virtues.
Mood Board: Tim Carr’s Pleasure Drives
The LA musician talks Disco Elysium, Blade Runner, and more inspirations for his new record.
