RIAH TURNS MEDUSA’S CURSE INTO A BATTLE CRY
Story by Luna Bacce Medusa had her reasons. Riah has the soundtrack. The Denver artist’s debut full-length album, Insurrection, turns rage, desire, and survival into ten tracks of dark pop.…
PLAYLIST: 8 Tracks For Small hours, Wild hearts, and Nocturnal Animals
Story by Adriana Pérez There is always another artist worth discovering. This week’s selection brings together eight names with very different approaches to songwriting, production, and performance. Some…
The Violent Hour Has Nothing Left to Lose on “Already Dead”
Photos by Anabel DeFlux Story by Mariana González “You can’t kill what’s already dead.” Coming from Carla Harvey, it sounds less like surrender and more like an invitation to…
Bryce Xavier Wants the World on “Willing to Die”
STORY // ALEAH ANTONIO PHOTOS // MALLORY TURNER Bryce Xavier is only 24 and has already learned not to settle for less. Maybe it’s because he’s been…
LEO SAWIKIN TAKES A SWING AT THE EGO ON “BLUE STAR”
Photos By Tommy Krause Artwork By Josh Brennan Story By Samuel Aponte In astrophysics, a blue star represents the absolute extreme of cosmic burn. They burn with insane…
SUNNY IS MAKING ROOM FOR EVERY VERSION OF HERSELF
Before Sunny found her audience online, she knew what it meant to perform under pressure. Competitive figure skating demanded discipline, repetition, and precision. There was a routine to…
BEYOND THE MAIN STAGE: THREE SS27 DESIGNERS WHO MADE NYFW FEEL INTERESTING AGAIN
Story / Chelsea Volpe There is the New York Fashion Week you see online: black SUVs, celebrity front rows, step-and-repeats and the names everyone already knows. Then there is the…
EMJAY Brings Bite to Pop Pesado
Photos+ Story / Samuel Aponte Courtesy of Warner Music EMJAY likes her pop with some weight behind it. On her third studio album, Pop Pesado, the Guadalajara-born singer-songwriter mixes…
Written in the Cards
Photos / Neeraj Make / @neerajmake Creative & Art Direction / Neeraj Make / @neerajmake Styling / No Grey Area / @nogreyarea_official Model / Gauri Indulkar @ INEGA / @_g4uri…
Observing GAYLE: Beyond the Breakout
Story // Christine Terrisse Photos // Acacia Evans At 22 years old, Nashville-based singer-songwriter GAYLE has experienced breakout success and all the opportunity and expectations that come with it. Back…
HAYLEY WILLIAMS PROVES SHE IS MUCH MORE THAN MISS PARAMORE AT HER FOREST HILLS DEBUT
Words / Bri Ng Schwartz Photos / Lauren Nakao Winn As New York’s elder emos piled into Queen’s Forest Hills Stadium for night one of The Hayley Williams Show, a…
Rachel Harman on Love, Loss, and What Still Grows
Photos by Kyle Throneberry Story by Mariana González Rachel Harman’s “Flowers in My Hair” is a quiet, aching song about waiting for a love that never fully…