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Amirtha Kidambi is invested in the creation and performance of subversive, anti-hegemonic music, from free improvisation and avant-jazz, to Indian carnatic and devotional, experimental bands, electronic music, noise and new music. She is an educator, activist and organizer working to challenge systems of white supremacist, colonial, capitalist, patriarchy, and is co-founder and co-organizer of South Asian Artists in Diaspora and Musicians Against Police Brutality. As a bandleader and composer, she is the creative force behind the incendiary protest group Elder Ones. She is also the host of Outernational, a podcast that explores the relationship between music and revolution, featuring discussions with musicians who are using their music and platforms to grapple with the intersecting global crises of our times.
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Amirtha Kidambi

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Outernational: Amirtha Kidambi and Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) Talk DIY, Spotify, AI, and More

Other Lives is an American band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma by multi-instrumentalists Jesse Tabish, Jonathon Mooney, and Josh Onstott. Their latest record, Volume V, is out now on Play It Again Sam.

Other Lives

Kerala Dust and Other Lives Let the Song Lead the Way

Casey Dienel is a producer, singer, and songwriter known for their genre-defying solo work and earlier releases as White Hinterland. Raised on the New England coast, they’ve released four acclaimed albums marked by bold emotional depth and sonic invention. From their studio in Scituate, MA, Dienel continues to evolve a sound Nylon once called “wild, vicious, poetic, feminine, brash, and singular.” Their latest, My Heart Is an Outlaw, is out now on Jealous Butcher Records. 
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Casey Dienel

Casey Dienel and Adam Schatz Talk About Real Stuff

country girl’s upbringing was steeped in orchestral tradition and solitude. As a home schooled teenager, he enrolled in Juiliard’s Precollege program to study flute. At the age of 16, he discovered contemporary genres, now citing minimalist composers such as Steve Reich and slick projects in the vein of Air as key influences.
country girl is based in Brooklyn, and his latest EP, patience, is out now on FADER Label.

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What Zohran Means For Alternative Music in New York

Hannah Frances (b. 1997) is a vocalist, guitarist, composer, and poet melding avant-folk, progressive rock, and jazz. Her latest record, Nestled in Tangles, is out now on Fire Talk.

Hannah Frances

Hannah Frances and Flock of Dimes Share a Super Power

Described as &#8220;virtuosic&#8221; (NY Times) and &#8220;barrier-defying artist&#8221; (Mix Magazine), Osaka-born and New York-based pianist Erika Dohi is a multi-faceted artist with an eclectic musical background. From highly polished traditional classical to bold improvisation, she is a dynamic performer whose timeless style and unidiomatic technique set her apart in contemporary NYC avant-garde circle. Her latest record, Myth of Tomorrow, is out October 24, 2025 via Switchhit/Figureight.

Erika Dohi

Erika Dohi and Shahzad Ismaily Are Trying to Slow Down

Lea Bertucci is a NYC based experimental musician whose work bridges performance, installation and multichannel activations of acoustic space. Her latest record, The Oracle, is out October 17, 2025.

Lea Bertucci

Lea Bertucci and Lawrence English Channel Their Inner Kate Bush

Vivian McCall established her career as a multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer with Chicago’s off-kilter retro-pop band Jungle Green. After years of engineering sessions for her bandmates, and recording a Jungle Green album with Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado, she recorded Pansy (Earth Libraries, 2021) on her Tascam 488 tape machine. In taking a lo-fi emotional inventory of her transition, Vivian drew from the music that helped her endure it: The Magnetic Fields, Liz Phair, and the eclectic punk of New Zealand’s Dunedin sound.
Shortly after releasing Pansy, Vivian moved to Seattle, where the band became a bona fide four-piece with guitarist Liz Perlman, drummer MJ Harbarger, and bassist Syd Brownstone. Pansy is about coming out. The Skin Graft EP is about trying to live a normal life as a trans woman in America, where the political temperature is rising.
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Pansy

Introducing: Pansy’s “Walk Dangerous (Chasers)”

Paul Grimstad is a composer, writer, professor, and actor. His latest record, SONGS, is out now.

Paul Grimstad

Paul Grimstad and Sean Price Williams Have Been Careering

Griff Lynch is a Welsh singer-songwriter who performs solo and with the band Yr Ods. His debut solo record Blas Melysa’r Mis is out now on Lwcus T.
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Griff Lynch

Griff Lynch and James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) Keep Going

Destiny Bond is a hardcore band from Denver, Colorado. Their latest record, The Love, is out October 17 on Convulse. 
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Destiny Bond

Scowl and Destiny Bond Connect Really Hard

Golden Apples is a prolific group of musicians formed and heralded by singer and songwriter Russell Edling. Shooting Star, their fourth album, is a sprawling new work packed to the brim with playful eccentricities and dynamism, one that owes as much of its inspiration to mid-century folkies like Michael Hurley and Karen Dalton as it does to alt rock of the ‘90s like Yo La Tengo and Stereolab. Shooting Star is out now on Lame-O Records.

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