The Modern Edge of Anabella Paige’s “That’s The Point”
Story / Luna Bacce Photo / Anna Henderson Artwork / Josefine Cardoni After stepping away from the spotlight to refine her sound at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute and finding perspective…
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…
Blythe Woods The “Loser’s Guide to Life”
Photos / Ella Gillespie Bailey Story / Mariana González Blythe Woods has spent years writing at least one song a day, keeping her ideas in notebooks, voice memos, and whatever…
Gabriella Lin Leaves the Light On
Photos Yining Wang Story Luna Bacce There is a particular kind of heartbreak that arrives before the goodbye actually happens. You can feel it coming—the silence, the empty space…
Lee Emi Will “Smoke in Empty Rooms” By Herself
Photos Lori M. Gottschling / Story Luna Bacce Simple yet delicate, carried by acoustic guitar and a versatile voice that moves with effortless lightness, singer-songwriter Lee Emi introduces her…
Lora Mouna Embraces “The Difference”
Lora Mouna has never been interested in standing still. With each release, the indie-pop artist pushes further into her own evolving sound, pairing emotional vulnerability with an instinct for experimentation.…
problemas Turns Heartbreak Into a Blueprint for Reinvention on “Prototype”
photos / Tim Black Story / Karla Solarte Los Angeles artist Ollie Stone, the creative force behind problemas, turns emotional wreckage into something transformative on “Prototype.” Born from manipulation, deception,…
SOPHIE TRUAX EMBRACES THE BEAUTY OF BEING “TOO MUCH”
Some artists spend their careers trying to fit neatly into a genre. Sophie Truax has no interest in that. The Seattle-born singer-songwriter has quietly built a world all her own,…
FIA JAMES OPENS HER DIARY FOR SPOTLESS STATE OF MIND
photos /Bree Fish story / Shaila Fisher In the murky aftermath of a breakup where no one is truly to blame, the mind can easily become a relentless echo…
GIRL AS WAVE TURNS MEMORY INTO A MIDNIGHT SOUNDTRACK ON “RECORDS”
Girl as Wave has been crafting warm, dreamy synthwave for some time now, blending touches of new wave and darkwave to create something both distinctive and emotionally rich. The…
A 2 AM BEDROOM SESSION BECAME CALI RODI’S “THE LAST DAY THAT YOU LOVED ME”
What does it feel like to be loved on a Tuesday and forgotten by Wednesday? Cali Rodi wanted every granular detail. Was she smiling? Did he hold her on…
HEAVENLY DISILLUSIONS: MAYA KURIEL TURNS HEARTBREAK INTO ALT-POP ATMOSPHERE
Maya Kuriel returns with “Heavenly,” a single that acts as an emotional manifesto for her upcoming EP. The song unfolds through haunting synths and immersive production. At its core,…