Profiles

Erika de Casier Sharpens Signature Sound on Sophomore LP Sensational

But the other part was spent doing something most people struggle to do - putting...

Sara Barron

Toronto's Bernice Mix Mindfulness and Imagination on New LP Eau De Bonjourno

On Eau De Bonjourno, Bernice covers themes of isolation, disconnecting self-worth...

Sara Barron

These Six Musicians Have Embraced Twitch Livestreaming - And You Should, Too

A few months after the initial shock of shows and tours being postponed indefinitely, I discovered Twitch. Twitch is primarily a streaming app for gamers, but it has a growing music and performing arts section with a swirling vortex of supportive creative energy. It's more like an interactive music...

Tarra Thiessen

Kären McCormick Shatters Genre Constraints On Debut EP

Genre boxes mean very little when it comes to creating true art. Kären McCormick had to give herself permission to leap beyond those expectations. Once she did, the rising singer-songwriter bounded away from strict musical constraints to settle upon a healthy country, pop, and soul mix. Her debut...

Bee Scott

INTERVIEWHow Briana Marela Finds Balance With Music

Catch her at Baby's All Right this Wednesday when she headlines our showcase at Baby's All Right with Gold Child and Wilsen! Photo by Eleanor Petry Seattle often seems like a mystical place for those of us who have never visited: tall trees surrounding a beautiful city on the edge of the ocean....

Ashley Prillaman

INTERVIEWBedouine Turns Refugee Struggle into Universal Truth

Displaced by the Armenian genocide, Korkejian’s parents raised her in Saudi...

Sara Barron

INTERVIEWSpowder Summons the Spirit of Rock with Health Palm

Health Palm on Vinyl, released by State Champion Records Like many a band to come out of New Jersey's unofficial rock capital, New Brunswick swamp rockers Spowder have a wild and passionate energy and melodies that appeal to punkish tendencies. They display a chaotic authenticity in their live...

Elizabeth Wakefield

PLAYING BLOOMINGTONAmy O on Zine Culture and Basement Pop

Seventy low laps around the track You’ll want to look back From Ohio to the east onto the midwest Time pools in the past Amy Oelsner (otherwise known as Amy O) has been fine-tuning her brand of grunge-infused basement pop since 2004. Although some might know her as one-half of the Bloomington-based...

Rebecca Kunin

ARTIST INTERVIEWRose Suau of Djustin

But creating music virtually? It still takes a lot of talent and drive to create a cohesive vision from continent away. Rose Suau and Johan Angergård work from Detroit and Stockholm respectively; their virtual...

Ashley Prillaman

ARTIST PROFILEAngelo Vasta

Angelo Vasta is an Italian-born, Brooklyn-based videographer who works primarily with the dance community. He came to the US to study filmmaking at The New School in New York, and quickly fell into documenting dancers as a means of reconnecting with his earlier unfulfilled ambitions to pursue dance...

Marianne White

ARTIST PROFILEPeter Bjorn and John

From "Young Folks" to "Domino", Peter Bjorn and John have cultivated the indie pop landscape with a sound that is unapologetically theirs.

Ysabella Monton

INTERVIEWRachael Pazdan/Hypnocraft of The Hum and LPR Presents

The world of curation, booking, and promotion. It’s a tough industry to traverse, but tastemaker Rachael Pazdan of Hypnocraft Presents, LPR Presents, and The Hum, is quite frankly kicking its ass.

Madison Bloom