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Navigating Romance as Both Path and Place — An Interview with Fontaines D.C.
Love is a sacred feeling, perhaps the most sacred of all—a complex, multifaceted force that requires not just passion, but a willingness...
Tonitruale Live - Thurston Moore is New in Town and Looking to Set Up Shop
The legendary Thurston Moore dials in to chat about everything you need to know about his upcoming album, "Flow Critical Lucidity."
I Liked Them Before They Became Popular
When I was thirteen, I was initiated into what people online called "real music." My cousin encouraged me to listen to the Red Hot Chili...
Gov Ball 2024, Day 3: Kevin Abstract is Still a Gays Only Event
Photo by Anna Downs “It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now...” There are very few artists that could open their set...
Charli XCX Revisits Her Roots and Redefines The "Pop Star" Title on BRAT
"Wondering about whether I think I deserve commercial success, it's running through my mind. Sometimes, I really think it would be cool...
So Horny I’m Bending Time: Indie Sleaze and the Collapse of Culture
Illustration by Taya Welter Coming straight out of 2024’s winter-spring collection of post-niche-micro-macro-trends, and guaranteed to be...
Cheryl Ong
Oct 31, 20243 min read
The Sincere Heartbeat of The Drums
What I needed but didn't expect.
Helen Howard
Oct 30, 20243 min read
Live at The Himbo Dome with MJ Lenderman
Earlier this month, I returned to The Waiting Room in Omaha to see MJ Lenderman on his third stop of his 2024 tour with his band, The...
Janset Yasar
Oct 25, 20246 min read
Devotion as a Guiding Compass: An Interview with Veronica Everheart
Being a "successful" and "viral" artist—whatever that means—comes with a set of textbook guides to follow if that’s the kind of thing...
Helen Howard
Oct 14, 20245 min read
5 Albums To Know: September 2024
Each month, we as listeners are inundated with many new releases to absorb. It's a blessing in the grand scheme, to have so much to...
Janset Yasar
Oct 12, 20243 min read
A Place to Bury Strangers: An Interview with a Band Restless in Their Pursuit of Sound
Brooklyn’s A Place To Bury Strangers doesn’t just turn up the volume. They obliterate the decibel scale. Over two relentless decades,...
Helen Howard
Oct 8, 20247 min read
Nothing's Gonna Change: An Ode to College Radio
Exiting college and entering post-graduate life allows for an abundance of much-needed time to reflect and understand why the lack of...
Kora Elms Fleming
Oct 1, 20244 min read
Flying the Nest with Becky and the Birds
Shedding her shell, and leaving the nest once again, Thea Gustafsson aka Becky and the Birds is gearing up to release her comeback album,...
David Feigelson
Sep 28, 202420 min read
Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart Discusses Leaving Los Angeles, Collecting Candy, Guitar Aversion and More
The band's prolific front-person elucidates life as an incessant creative and unpacks their newest unexpected musical pivot.
Adam Cherian
Sep 25, 20243 min read
My Roommates and I Lost 33 minutes of our Lives Listening to Katy Perry’s '143'
I turned to my roommate one night when we were sitting in the living room; “I need to listen to the new Katy Perry album for a review...
Helen Howard
Sep 24, 20243 min read
The Waiting Room Shines For Magdalena Bay's Imaginal Mystery Tour
On September 12, the Los Angeles-based duo, Magdalena Bay , brought the magic of their sophomore full-length album, Imaginal Disk , to...
Janset Yasar
Sep 23, 20244 min read
If You Sit and Watch Her Then You'll Start To Get The Hype: Introducing Ruby Bell
There’s a point in every music journalist’s journey where the music landscape starts to blur together. After immersing yourself in genres...
Adam Cherian
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Wallow in LSDXOXO's Sexual 'DOGMA'
If I get you to listen to any new artist this year, let it be the drum n’ bass/techno musical wizard that is LSDXOXO . In this debut...
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