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Josephine Network is an NYC project fronted by multifaceted singer/songwriter Josephine. Her music is a fluid mix of power pop, glam rock, and bubblegum, with touches of twang (“No One’s Rose”) and AM Gold (“Music is Easy”).” In 2021, the title track from Music is Easy was featured on an episode of NPR’s This American Life. Her eight-piece ensemble has been called “the quintessential New York bar band… then you accidentally hear enough of the lyrics and it changes your life” (Hell Gate). The Network’s hook-heavy harmony-laden rock has led them to tour with notable acts such as Shannon and the Clams and The Lemon Twigs. The band&#8217;s latest EP, Tall Buildings, is out now on House of Feelings. 
(Photo Credit: Loren Lenox)

Josephine Network

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Best of 2024: Star Moles Was the Soundtrack to Josephine Network’s Winter Wonderland

Dinahfire is a New York-based femme producer and DJ bridging elements of electronica, house and punk/alternative to create a transgressive open format experience. She is releasing her first single, &#8220;sen•si•tive,&#8221; as part of the full-length LP for 2025 on Brooklyn micro-label DEADDHOTTRECORDS, and a music video self-directed with assistance by Brik Olson and Dominique Shaw. She is also a writer with pieces published in Club Curran and Playthey Magazine U.K. You can find her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/futuredeadwoman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dinahfire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soundcloud</a>.

Dinahfire

Best of 2024: For Dinahfire, the New Ms. Boogie Record Is Brooklyn

fantasy of a broken heart is a Brooklyn-based band formed by Al Nardo and Bailey Wollowitz. Their debut record, Feats of Engineering, is out September 27, 2024 via Dots Per Inch.

fantasy of a broken heart

Best of 2024: Bailey Wollowitz (fantasy of a broken heart) Got Back Into Vampire Weekend This Year

Wishy is an indie rock band from Indianapolis, Indiana. Their debut record, Triple Seven, is out now on Winspear. 
(Photo Credit: Conor Shepherd)

Wishy

Best of 2024: The New 22º Halo Record Was So Good It (Almost) Made Kevin Krauter Mad

Sheer Mag is a rock band from Philadelphia. Their latest record, Playing Favorites, is out now on Third Man.

Sheer Mag

Best of 2024: Sheer Mag’s Favorite Record of the Year Was Made By Their Friends

Allegra Krieger was born a selkie in the Atlantic Ocean in 1845. Taking a more conventional corporeal form, she moved to New York City, where she maintains a residence on the sixth floor of a hotel in East Midtown. She writes songs, bad checks, love letters, and poorly formatted emails and trusts that terrible things can have extraordinary outcomes.
QVC has been playing on the small rectangular TV in her room at a low volume for 13 years straight. She drinks a lukewarm beer on blue cotton sheets and watches two women hawk a tropical blouson sleeve top for three easy payments of $15.99 on the distant screen before drifting into a fitful sleep. How remarkably human! 
Her new album, Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine, will be out on September 13 via Double Double Whammy.

Allegra Krieger

Best of 2024: Le Bonheur Was Allegra Krieger’s Favorite Piece of Art This Year

Katy Kirby is a singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn. Her latest record, Blue Raspberry, is out now on ANTI-.

Katy Kirby

Best of 2024: Katy Kirby Will Associate Allegra Krieger’s Record with 2024 Forever

Pleaser is the music of Carrie Furniss and Travis Hagan, a very loving couple based in New York City. This experimental pop duo draws inspiration from the “true love” tropes of Reality TV and their own marriage while overcoming the limitations and learning curve of their superfluous gear obsession. Their diverse musical backgrounds in jazz, punk, noise, modular synthesis, and free improvisation culminate into a wonky top-40 fantasy.
(Photo Credit: Steph Rinzler)

Pleaser

Best of 2024: Carrie Furniss (Pleaser) Was Blown Away By Ryan Power’s World of Wonder

PACKS is an indie rock band from Toronto led by Madeline Link. Their latest record, Melt the Honey, is out now on Fire Talk.

PACKS

Best of 2024: Yves Jarvis Is One of the Few Artists PACKS Believes In Anymore

Astrid Sonne is a Danish composer and viola player, currently based in London.

Astrid Sonne

Best of 2024: Astrid Sonne Got The Diary of Anaïs Nin For Her 30th Birthday

Eugene S. Robinson has written for GQ, The Wire, Grappling Magazine, LA Weekly, Vice Magazine, Hustler, and Decibel, among many others. He has also been Editor-in-Chief of OZY, Code, and EQ. Robinson is the vocalist and frontman for Oxbow, a rock group-cum-fight club. He is also the vocalist for the critically acclaimed punk-metal supergroup Buñuel. His memoir A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight into Murderer&#8217;s Row was published in October 2023.

Eugene S. Robinson

Best of 2024: BUÑUEL’s Mansuetude, Like Frankenstein’s Monster, Kills Its Creator

Cat Martino is the Brooklyn-based artist behind the electronic project Stranger Cat. Stranger Cat’s new record, Slow Jam Love Letters To My Body In Pieces, is out now.
(Photo Credit: Dima Cherniak)

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