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Every Day, I Try to Sing Like Jon Brion

For Morgan Enos (Other Houses), Meaningless is a power-pop masterpiece worth shamelessly emulating.

January 23, 2021

Don’t Date a Songwriter

Danielle Durack on how (not) to navigate your love life as a confessional artist.

January 14, 2021

On the Future of the Live Music Economy

Izzy Reidy (Izzy True) talks Live Nation, NIVA, and the proposition of worker-owned music venues.

January 11, 2021

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.

December 16, 2020

Overcoming Plastic Ono Band

For Morgan Enos (Other Houses), the 1970 album is "less a listening experience than a fact."

December 11, 2020

Aesop Rock Presents: The Bobcat Challenge

The verbose hip-hop legend shares a tour story and maybe a life lesson.

December 7, 2020

The End is New

Matt Lorenz of The Suitcase Junket on the art of salvage.

December 2, 2020

PYNKIE Talks Nursing at the Height of the Pandemic

Lindsey Radice reports from the front line.

November 23, 2020

On The Tragic, Unjust Death of Stonechild Chiefstick

Buick Audra of Friendship Commanders walks through the difficult process of writing a true song.

November 19, 2020

Dominican Cowboy

Nané’s Daniel Sahad on creating your culture as a first generation American.

November 18, 2020

The New Necessary

William Tyler on trying to move forward, personally and politically, this year.

October 30, 2020

Danko Jones on Eddie Van Halen’s Hidden Musical Desires

The singer-guitarist sees a lot beneath his hero’s musical surface.

October 19, 2020