music essay
Every Day, I Try to Sing Like Jon Brion
For Morgan Enos (Other Houses), Meaningless is a power-pop masterpiece worth shamelessly emulating.
Don’t Date a Songwriter
Danielle Durack on how (not) to navigate your love life as a confessional artist.
On the Future of the Live Music Economy
Izzy Reidy (Izzy True) talks Live Nation, NIVA, and the proposition of worker-owned music venues.
Do You Believe in Life After the Cher Dance Party?
Anna of the North talks the “Believe” sing-alongs of tours past, and covering the song on her new EP.
Overcoming Plastic Ono Band
For Morgan Enos (Other Houses), the 1970 album is "less a listening experience than a fact."
Aesop Rock Presents: The Bobcat Challenge
The verbose hip-hop legend shares a tour story and maybe a life lesson.
On The Tragic, Unjust Death of Stonechild Chiefstick
Buick Audra of Friendship Commanders walks through the difficult process of writing a true song.
The New Necessary
William Tyler on trying to move forward, personally and politically, this year.
Danko Jones on Eddie Van Halen’s Hidden Musical Desires
The singer-guitarist sees a lot beneath his hero’s musical surface.











