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Who Are We This Christmas?

Music
By Pleasure Systems | November 22, 2024
By Pleasure Systems | November 22, 2024

Who Are We This Christmas?

Clarke Sondermann (Pleasure Systems) on the holidays as a reminder of the passage of time.

Role Models: Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Is Ded Hyatt’s Guiding Light

Music
By Ded Hyatt | November 20, 2024
By Ded Hyatt | November 20, 2024

Role Models: Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Is Ded Hyatt’s Guiding Light

“The most important thing was to sing with feeling, like the master…”

Problem Solving with Adam Schatz: Green Room Rock Photos

Music
By Adam Schatz | November 13, 2024
By Adam Schatz | November 13, 2024

Problem Solving with Adam Schatz: Green Room Rock Photos

A new column from the Landlady artist/problem-solver-at-large.

In Defense Of: Bob Dylan’s Christian Era

Music
By Chat Pile | October 30, 2024
By Chat Pile | October 30, 2024

In Defense Of: Bob Dylan’s Christian Era

Chat Pile’s Raygun Busch thinks Slow Train Coming, Saved, and Shot of Love deserve a reappraisal.

Role Models: Elliott Smith Inspires Liv Greene to Be the Whole Band

Music
By Liv Greene | October 16, 2024
By Liv Greene | October 16, 2024

Role Models: Elliott Smith Inspires Liv Greene to Be the Whole Band

The singer-songwriter/guitarist on how a fateful listen to his Cat Stevens cover eventually shaped her as an artist.

Callahan & Witscher’s Think Differently Is a Songwriter Record

Music
By Dominic Angelella | October 9, 2024
By Dominic Angelella | October 9, 2024

Callahan & Witscher’s Think Differently Is a Songwriter Record

Dom Angelella talks how the NYC duo captured “the beauty and stupidity” of dedicating one’s life to music with their debut LP.

On the Ethics of Using GenAI in Creative Practices

Music
By Hannah Liuzzo | October 4, 2024
By Hannah Liuzzo | October 4, 2024

On the Ethics of Using GenAI in Creative Practices

little bit's Hannah Liuzzo (with Diana Walsh) talks Sabrina Carpenter, Collina Strada, ChatGPT, and more.

Music For Talking

Music
By Adam Schatz | September 13, 2024
By Adam Schatz | September 13, 2024

Music For Talking

Adam Schatz (Landlady) debates the purpose of live music in public settings.

Role Models: Green On Red Showed Shawna Virago Where to Go

Music
By Shawna Virago | September 10, 2024
By Shawna Virago | September 10, 2024

Role Models: Green On Red Showed Shawna Virago Where to Go

A Negroni sends the punk-country artist back in time to when she first heard Gas Food Lodging...

Role Models: Vashti Bunyan Is a Familiar Place for Liana Flores to Return

Music
By Liana Flores | August 20, 2024
By Liana Flores | August 20, 2024

Role Models: Vashti Bunyan Is a Familiar Place for Liana Flores to Return

“In a way Vashti’s impact on my current life is not so much an influence as it is its reason.”

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