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Erin Jenkins fronts the Calgary-based band Crystal Eyes. Their latest record The Sweetness Restored is out April 22, 2022 on Bobo Integral.

Erin Jenkins

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Erin Jenkins (Crystal Eyes) and Marlaena Moore on the Art of Stage Banter

Jane Inc is the project of Carlyn Bezic (US Girls). Her record A RUPTURE A CANYON A BIRTH is out now on Telephone Explosion.

Jane Inc.

Carlyn Bezic (Jane Inc.) and Evan J. Cartwright (Cola) on How They Use Their Voices

Nate Mendelsohn, who writes and records with his band Market, is a multi-instrumentalist and an engineer at Figure 8 Recording and Shitty Hits Recording Co in Brooklyn, NY. He has worked on albums by or performed live with Frankie Cosmos, Vagabon, Yaeji, Sam Evian, Wendy Eisenberg, Rebecca Black, Katie Von Schleicher, Dougie Poole, Benjamin Lazar Davis &amp; Bridget Kearney, Lina Tullgren, and many more. He runs a small non-label called Cows at the Edge of the Earth. Market’s new album Well I Asked You a Question is out now on Western Vinyl.

Nate Mendelsohn

Nate Mendelsohn (Market) and Sam Evian Talk Engineering Secrets and What It Takes to Cultivate a Productive Studio Environment

Leah Wellbaum is a musician, artist, and writer living in Los Angeles, CA. She is the principal songwriter, guitar player, and unrepentant aesthete of the band <a href="http://bighassle.com/publicity/slothrust" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bighassle.com/publicity/slothrust&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1622209358966000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGI1diRvKuG6WHbczt4NvwwiWOx2Q">Slothrust</a>, and also has a side project called <a href="https://anmlplnet.bandcamp.com/album/fall-asleep" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://anmlplnet.bandcamp.com/album/fall-asleep&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1622209358966000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGerfGuHHblxrkWwiVFxjFvTpC6PQ">ANMLPLNET</a>. On the upcoming Slothrust album, Parallel Timeline, Wellbaum constructs a luscious, ethereal cosmos perforated with wormy portals and unexpected magical iconography. She is a lover of all things mystical and absurd. When she isn&#8217;t on the road, she offers lessons in music and creativity. You can find her art at <a href="http://www.leahwellbaum.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.leahwellbaum.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1622209358966000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEVfpXiysd2fv7xl6G0h_mtBT5PqA">www.leahwellbaum.com</a>.

Leah Wellbaum

Slothrust’s Strange Astrology: Aries Season

Deer Scout is Dena Miller, a New York-based artist. Her debut LP, Woodpecker, is out April 8, 2022 on Carpark Records.
(Photo Credit: Felix Walworth)

Deer Scout

Deer Scout and Told Slant on Mining the “Swamp of Horrible Feelings”

Heaven For Real is a Toronto-based art rock band. Their latest EP, Sweet Rose Green Winter Desk Top Tell This Side Autumn Of The Fighter Hot In A Cool Way, is out now on Mint Records.

Heaven For Real

Mark Grundy (Heaven For Real) and Blaketheman1000 Talk TikTok Royalties, Crypto Patronage, and More

On his ANTI- Records debut Beginners, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Christian Lee Hutson embeds every lyric with his most intimate self-dialogue, sharing painful confessions and private jokes, imagined conversations and elaborate daydreams. The album — produced by his friend and collaborator Phoebe Bridgers — spotlights a nuanced songcraft and understated candor that all but erases the distance between feeling and expression. Throughout this collection of songs, Hutson ultimately speaks an illuminating truth about regret and forgiveness and the endless confusion in growing up.
Hutson and Bridgers recorded Beginners at L.A.’s legendary Sound City Studios, but purposely preserved the homespun quality of his cell-phone-recorded demos. It mines its subtle textures from Hutson’s warm vocals and graceful guitar work, and also unfolds flashes of sonic brilliance achieved with the help of its guest musicians—including Bridgers herself, as well as Nathaniel Walcott of Bright Eyes (who created all the string arrangements for the album, in addition to playing trumpet).
Hutson also co-wrote a song on the 2018 debut EP from boygenius and two on the 2019 debut LP from Better Oblivion Community Center (with whom Hutson also toured as both a guitarist and support act). Last year, he toured supporting artists including Julia Jacklin and Okkervil River as well. 
(Photo Credit: Gus Black)

Christian Lee Hutson

Codependence Day

<div>Person is the debut from NYC&#8217;s P.E., a band born of the city&#8217;s art-punk underground and dedicated to freaky experimentation. Comprising Veronica Torres, Jonathan Campolo, and Benjamin Jaffe (all of the beloved and freshly defunct Pill) alongside Jonathan Schenke and Robert Jones of the electronic/art-rock favorite Eaters, P.E. features some of NYC&#8217;s most notable experimental voices. Early shows were entirely improvisational, allowing the group to develop a collaborative chemistry that led to an equally free-form recording process.</div>
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<div>The resulting LP displays the group’s collective experience writing memorable songs, matched with a dedication to tearing them apart at the seams. Recorded at Schenke&#8217;s Studio Windows, Person holds the spark of P.E.&#8217;s early improvisations in its clattering industrial percussion, zigzagging synths and sax, and colorful dystopian poetry. The group&#8217;s natural language results in a sonic lexicon reflecting the unnatural surroundings of their adopted home in NYC—chaotic yet alluring, gnarly, and fun. Sold and packaged with a tender tone, this is music for fully-formed persons aware of their ideological discrepancies. Turn on the human music of the 21st century.</div>
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<div>(Photo Credit: Andrew Jansen)</div>

P.E.

Jonathan Schenke (P.E.) and Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) Try to Record Everything

Kevin Devine is an independent singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, New York. He plays alone, with his Goddamn Band, and as a member of Bad Books. The first run of his Devinyl Splits, released between February 2015 and March 2016, consisted of six split 7” singles, each featuring Devine and a different partner.  The series, released by Bad Timing Records and Devinyl Records, returns in 2018 for another run.

Kevin Devine

Kevin Devine and Nandi Rose Talk Spirituality, “Downer” Music, and the Layered Symbolism of the Seal Emoji

Slothrust’s Strange Astrology: Pisces Season

Since 2014, Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller have steadily released what some might call the gold standard of darkwave and new industrial under the moniker Boy Harsher. Their latest is The Runner, which doubles as an album and a short film. The Runner is out now on Nude Club/City Slang.

Boy Harsher

Boy Harsher and LUCY (Cooper B Handy) Started Out as Caterers Together

Steve Gunn is a New York-based guitarist and songwriter. With a career spanning nearly 15 years, Steve has produced volumes of critically acclaimed solo, duo, and ensemble recordings. His latest release, the Nakama EP, is out now on Matador.

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