The Boulet Brothers on Drag, Horror, and Embracing Your Inner Monster
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MONSTER Story / LEXXE Photos / Courtesy of The Boulet Brothers What do drag, horror, filth, and glamour have to do with a ten-year-old…
PALOMA MAMI IS LUCID DREAMING HER WAY TO THE TOP
In 2018, an 18-year-old Paloma Rocío Castillo Astorga found herself freshly relocated from the bustling city life in New York City to her family’s home of origin nestled in Santiago,…
AVENUE BEAT ON GENRE-BENDING, GEN Z’S ACTIVISM, AND RELEASING THEIR VIRAL TIK TOK SONG “F 2020”
If nothing else, 2020 has united the world with a shared feeling of: "What the actual f*ck?" We're only halfway through the year, but already, enough has happened to make…
FINNISH POWERHOUSE ALMA ON HER BOUNDARY-BLURRING POP AND DEBUT ALBUM
ALMA is stepping out of the writer's room and onto the stage. With her neon-green hair and equally electrifying pop sensibility, it seems like the spotlight is natural for her.…
WINONA OAK ON GROWING UP IN THE FORESTS OF SWEDEN AND HER HYPNOTIC DEBUT EP
I meet with rising alt-pop singer Winona Oak days after her show at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn, which I’m shocked to learn was her first show...ever. The Sweden-born artist…
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ARMED WITH OLD SCHOOL CHARM AND MIDWESTERN GRIT, CYN IS CARVING OUT A NEW GENRE WITHIN POP
“People tell me I have a Transatlantic accent. I have no idea why,” Cyn says as she politely lowers her croissant to avoid eating while talking. Though she hails…
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AFTER A ROLLERCOASTER DEBUT, JACK GARRATT WAS LEFT BROKEN. TODAY, HE’S BACK.
story / Catherine Santino “THE WHOLE DAMN THING. TAKING ME TO CHURCH,” reads a fragment of the exclamatory texts I sent a friend after my very first listen of Jack…
INDIE SINGER BIRCH RETURNS WITH SWEEPING POP BALLAD “YOUR GOLD”
Story / Catherine Santino Photos / Tim Seguin The last time you saw indie-pop singer Birch, she was throwing punches at the patriarchy in her feminist concept album, femme.one. After…
WITH THE DROP OF EP7, QVEEN HERBY FINALLY OPENS UP ABOUT ‘KILLING KARMIN’ TO GIVE LIFE TO HER HIP HOP PERSONA
Story / Catherine Santino If you came to know Amy Noonan through her pop duo Karmin, her current pursuits might be a bit confusing. After all, it’s jarring to see…
RAINNE BLENDS CLASSICAL TRAINING AND SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTION ON BROODING POP CREATIONS
Story / Catherine Santino Photo / Abel Rodriguez If someone were to blindly listen through RAINNE's body of work, they might not know they were all from the same band. Their…
POP SINGER FRANKIE TAKES HER PLACE AS AN “UNDERDOG” IN BRAND NEW TRACK
Story / Catherine Santino It’s easy to feel like the underdog in a big city where everyone’s chasing a dream; a dream that might look identical to yours. This is…
SKOTT EXPLORES MYTHICAL LOVE ON HYPNOTIC NEW TRACK “MIDAS”
Story / Catherine Santino Photo / Peter St. James There’s something in the air in Sweden. Skott is yet another immeasurable talent to emerge from the Scandinavian nation, but…