music column
Mood Board: Maria BC’s Marathon
The experimental-folk artist shares how Denis Johnson, the Port of Oakland, and more inspired their new record.
Mood Board: Blackwater Holylight’s Not Here Not Gone
Sunny Faris on how Buddhism, sunsets, Carmen Maria Machado, and more inspired the band’s new record.
Role Models: Silver Liz Bonded Over Beach House
Carrie and Matt Wagner talk their love for the dream pop band, and making music as a couple.
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.
