music essay
On 10 Years of A Balloon Called Moaning
The Joy Formidable’s Ritzy Bryan talks the band’s breakthrough EP and their new double-album reissue of it.
On 30 Years of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Zachary Lipez’s love letter to the Mekons, a band who takes the win where they can find it.
How I Accidentally Ripped Off the Jerry Garcia Band
Dominic Angelella on the time he unknowingly plagiarized a riff from “Rubin and Cherise” (and learned to appreciate the Dead along the way).
The Roots Are the Only People Who Could Have Made Things Fall Apart
Open Mike Eagle talks his “backpacker b-boy jazz-bo baggy heroes” on the album’s 20th anniversary.
Tom Fleming On Class, Machismo, and Hopelessness in the UK
The Wild Beasts and One True Pairing frontman contemplates the state of his homeland.
Christina Puerto Quit Her Day Job to Join Bethlehem Steel
The guitarist talks insecurity and the importance of playing music with other women.
I Made a Daniel Johnston-Themed Cartoon Video and Daniel Watched It
Morgan Enos (Other Houses) talks the animated music video he made for a Daniel Johnston song as a teenager.
J. Robbins Goes Direct on Jawbox and Un-Becoming
The legendary Dischord band’s frontman talks their reunion and his new solo record.
The Furniture is Disturbed: The (Re)Formation of Disturbed Furniture
The NYC art/post-punk band’s guitarist walks through its re-emergence.
How I Found Myself Opening For KT Tunstall on a 22-City Tour
Maddie Ross talks performing across America with her "lifelong songwriting idol."
Lina Tullgren on Playing Solitaire as a Form of Meditation on Tour
A love letter to the game that inspired their new album.
