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Sergio Kupriychuk is a member of the Kiev-based bands Bichkraft and Pree Tone.

Sergio Kupriychuk

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What It’s Like To Be a Musician in Ukraine Right Now

Morgan Enos is a musician, essayist and music journalist specializing in classic rock. He records and performs as <a href="https://finalhouse.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://finalhouse.bandcamp.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567703426703000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE969PQS5H6jwcQaH3Zb_8LZ4WVew">Other Houses</a> and has bylines in Billboard, HuffPost, the Recording Academy, Vinyl Me, Please, TIDAL and more. He is also the co-founder and editor of <a href="https://northoftheinternet.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://northoftheinternet.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567703426703000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGi0xmSRKyGPRseoPZ41v4L7WkbQw">North of the Internet</a>, a series of conversations with creative people. He can be found at <a href="https://www.morganenos.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.morganenos.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567703426703000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG79-8vfghEO9sl4msNRI9Ts-3rdQ">his website</a>.
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Morgan Enos

I Can’t Get Anybody Into Jethro Tull (And I Love It)

MAITA is a Portland-based band led by Maria Maita-Keppeler. Their album Best Wishes is out May 2020 via Kill Rock Stars.

MAITA

In Defense of Teen Soaps

Sami Martasian is a freelance illustrator and teacher in Boston, MA. They are the front person of Puppy Problems, whose album <a href="https://sleeperrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sunday-feeling-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday Feeling</a> is out on Sleeper Records, and are one-half of Rose, Water, Fountain, which just self-released <a href="https://rosewaterfountain.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an album</a> this past summer. They can be reached at Samanthamartasian@gmail.com.

Sami Martasian

Do You Like System of a Down?

Sam Goblin currently lives in Tallahassee, FL and plays music with Mister Goblin and Deady. He hopes to never, ever, ever become a music writer.

Sam Goblin

Welcome to Buttland

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Miles Francis is an artist from NYC. Their first full-length album, <a href="http://www.milesfrancis.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.milesfrancis.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639143349441000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1abiipoku1WnzYmP6DaGXH">Good Man</a>, releases March 4, 2022. They have collaborated extensively with Will Butler (2015-present), Antibalas (drummer and conductor, 2010-2016), and EMEFE (bandleader, 2009-2016), plus Angelique Kidjo, Amber Mark, TEEN, and more. They have a dog named Tony. Follow them on <a href="http://instagram.com/instamiles" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://instagram.com/instamiles&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639143349441000&amp;usg=AOvVaw31q0d_q6MNBF2igKIIEL7X">Instagram</a>.
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(Photo Credit: Charles Billot)

Miles Francis

Ode to a Basement

Meric Long is the frontman of the indie rock band The Dodos. Their latest album, Grizzly Peak, is out now on Polyvinyl.
(Photo Credit: Sheila Gim)

Meric Long

Meric Long Talks Arthritis and Finding Hope in Impermanence

Test Subjects is the New York-based pop duo of Sam Glick and Melody English. Their debut album Study is out now.

Test Subjects

Test Subjects Love the Voyeuristic Fantasy of This Old House

Only a place like Montana could have fostered the splintered artistic visions of someone as wonderfully askew as Izaak Opatz. With his time split between Big Sky wilderness and the bohemian oasis of Missoula, Izaak’s muses are varied. Sojourns to the more bustling music cities of Nashville and Los Angeles notwithstanding, Izaak’s songs can be attributed to no real regional wellspring—they’re from the State of Izaak.

Izaak Opatz

Izaak Opatz Wants to Tell Other People’s Stories

K Nkanza Hansen is a musician and visual artist from Maryland. They’re the producer and multi-instrumentalist behind projects Spring Silver and Blonde Duluth. As of May 2020, they have graduated from University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a BFA in Visual Arts.

Spring Silver

Saturday Night Wrist Is the Outlier of Deftones’ Catalog

Mo Troper is a power-pop artist from Portland, Oregon, who just released his fourth album Dilettante.

Mo Troper

Power Pop Is Camp

John Colpitts, aka Kid Millions is a drummer, composer, drum teacher and writer based in Queens, NY. He is best known for his work in the experimental rock band Oneida and his percussion group Man Forever. His latest album with Oneida, <a href="https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/products/expensive-air" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Expensive Air</a>, is out now on Joyful Noise.

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