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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...

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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...

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Devotion as a Guiding Compass: An Interview with Veronica Everheart

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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...

The Gritty Pulse of Singapore's Largest Free Alternative Music Festival, Baybeats

Cheryl Ong

Oct 236 min read

The Gritty Pulse of Singapore's Largest Free Alternative Music Festival, Baybeats

Singapore is a speck on the map—fondly called the "little red dot"—sometimes mistaken for being part of China or dismissed as just...

Helen Howard

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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...

Fuck Project X; The SWEAT Tour Is the New Cultural Reference for a Good Party

Mike Amodei

Oct 145 min read

Fuck Project X; The SWEAT Tour Is the New Cultural Reference for a Good Party

Charli XCX’s rise to the top of pop is less a meteoric ascent and more of a slow burn, the kind of arc only a true pop architect could...

Telling Stories, Singing with Ghosts: Christian Lee Hutson at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

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Oct 123 min read

Telling Stories, Singing with Ghosts: Christian Lee Hutson at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

“This is the first time, and probably the last time I will ever do this,” singer-songwriter Christian Lee Hutson announced at the top of...

A Place to Bury Strangers: An Interview with a Band Restless in Their Pursuit of Sound

Janset Yasar

Oct 123 min read

Interviews

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,...

Long Live Frog Pop: By George Brings Audience to Tears at Final Charlotte Show

Rob Lucchesi

Oct 107 min read

Concert Coverage

Long Live Frog Pop: By George Brings Audience to Tears at Final Charlotte Show

By George have nurtured promising ripples into colossal waves of genuine love, and will have forever left their mark on the Carolina sound.

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