personal essay
On Falling Out of Love with Songwriting, and Then Back In
Karl Kuehn (Gay Meat) talks re-learning music’s purpose in his life.
On Making Music Again After Partial Hearing Loss
Aarktica (Jon DeRosa) remembers working his way through a horrific situation.
Spacemoth is Finding Her Path in Indie Rock as a First Generation Afghan-American
Maryam Qudus's mom wants her to be "famous like Beach House!"
Patrick Holland is Starting “Fresh”
The musician/producer on falling out of love with DJing and going where your art leads you.
mewithoutYou Changed Dominic Angelella’s Life
The former bassist remembers his time on the road on the eve of the Philly band’s final shows.
John Strohm (Blake Babies) Revisits the Insecurity, Neurosis, and Big Dreams of Sunburn
On what it was like to be a “college rock” band on the verge in 1990.
Light For the Midnight
Al Spx on relearning how to care for herself and her career after being misdiagnosed as schizophrenic.
Ed Schrader’s Personal Guide to Nightclub Daydreaming
On being their full self, in both art and life.
In An Era Of Smothering Control, The Fall Gave Me Freedom
Morgan Enos (Other Houses) on why Hex Enduction Hour makes him feel alive.
I Can’t Get Anybody Into Jethro Tull (And I Love It)
Morgan Enos (Other Houses) on the prog legends’ new album and the joys of private musical communion.
Do You Like System of a Down?
Sami Martasian (Puppy Problems) on nu-metal and the Armenian Diaspora.
Ode to a Basement
Miles Francis on rebuilding the home studio they grew up in after Hurricane Ida.
