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Interviews and Features
Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.
Spaceface On Making the Jump From Flaming Lips Roadies to National Headliners
Jake Ingalls is the Millennial textbook definition of a working musician: pragmatic and...
Dan Rodriguez On Letting Go Over Emotions & Overcoming Writer’s Block
We first met Dan Rodriguez when we selected him to be our recent Elixir Strings artist of the...
BACKHOUSE : Asbury Park Rockers on Surviving 2020 as a Band
BACKHOUSE is an energetic new rock band from the New Jersey area, who we recently worked with on a cool video project for Electro-Voice (so if you haven’t checked those out yet, head to our YouTube...
COVER STORY: Ben Kweller on the Making of His New LP
Ben Kweller needs no introduction…but he deserves one, so here goes. The mop-topped indie kid who broke onto the scene with Radish two decades ago is now, without question, one of the best pop...
Thurston Moore Opens Up About New LP and Surprise Project
Really good art is often shaped by the time in which it’s created while also reflecting on how the world it exists in is changing, and if you’re lucky, shaping the discussion of the moment itself....
MALIK: Finding a Voice Through the Power of Music and Self-Identity
You’re driving home just as the sun is setting and you feel compelled to pull over because the sun is creating the most magnificent sky, filled with the entire spectrum of colors. Something as...
INTERVIEW: Highnoon on Philly’s DIY Scene
Philly’s DIY Dream Pop Band Highnoon Finds Its Way Through the Largely Straight/White Indie Scene Philly-based indie-rock band Highnoon began as the solo project of 22-year-old songwriter, Kennedy...
DIRTY STREETS open up about new LP ‘Rough and Tumble’
Rough and Tumble Memphis Trio Takes Live Approach on New LP Dirty Streets are a down n dirty (no pun intended) 3-piece rock outfit from Memphis. What can we say? These guys totally rip, and we loved...
COVER STORY: Guitar Gabby & The TxLips Band
ATL Shredder Guitar Gabby on Getting a Law Degree, Empowering Black Female Artists and Surviving a Global Pandemic Guitar Gabby is a fierce axe-wielder, an Atlanta native who’s been busy getting a...
Emma McGann on Maintaining Artistic Momentum During the Pandemic
Originally, I planned to be on an April 20th plane to Seattle to start the ‘Duality Tour,’ the biggest tour of my career to date - 21 dates across North America. No easy challenge for an artist with...
COVER STORY: Cornershop interview with TJINDER SINGH
TJINDER SINGH On Cornershop’s Latest LP, Managing His Own Label and Staying Focused in the time of COVID-19 Photos by Chris Almeida and Marie Remy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvdvaaEe7NE This...
Interview: Synth Sorceress Lisa Bella Donna
Synth ace Lisa Bella Donna opens up about gear, her creative process and what the future holds for electronic music If you’re a true synth nerd, chances are you’ve come across Lisa Bella Donna...