DOE PAORO FINDS HEALING IN “THE LANGUAGE OF PAST LIVES”
The music of singer, songwriter, and sound healer Doe Paoro feels like peace, like walking away from the city, turning off your phone, and sitting by the river to…
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ELLISE ON TOURING, TRANSFORMATION, AND THE WORLD OF “PRETTY EVIL”
Fresh off the release of her debut album, “PRETTY EVIL,” a dark pop confessional woven with raw emotion, unfiltered storytelling, and powerhouse collaborations, Ellise has officially stepped into a new…
JADE LEMAC IS IN MOTION: NEW SINGLE ‘RUNNING HOME’ AND FALL TOUR WITH MAREN MORRIS
Story/ Ariana Tibi Photos / Meredith Traux Jade LeMac is in motion — literally and artistically. In the past month, she’s played two major summer festivals back-to-back (Osheaga and Lollapalooza),…
KENTON TURNS HEARTACHE INTO ART WITH NEW SINGLE “GIFT OF LONELINESS”
With a touch of 80s pop nostalgia fueled by synths, queer Asian-American singer-songwriter Kenton arrives on digital platforms with his new single “Gift of Loneliness,” a song steeped in…
MARIACHI HERENCIA DE MÉXICO TALKS BICULTURAL SOUND AND “VIVA LA MÚSICA”
Some albums arrive like declarations, and Viva La Música is one of them. The album is an expansive, genre-bending offering from Mariachi Herencia de México and feels less like a…
AN INTERVIEW WITH MITCH GRASSI: THE MAKING OF MESSER’S “CUTS”
Photos /Austin Macedo Messer is Mitch Grassi’s solo project, but calling it “solo” feels almost misleading. Messer is a dismantling of the scaffolding that held up a more curated version…
LOLLAPALOOZA 2025: K-POP QUEENS, RISING POP STARS & VIRAL SENSATIONS RULE THE WINDY CITY
story / Bri Ng Schwartz photos / Lauren Nakao Winn Chicago’s Lollapalooza 2025 brought fans across genres and generations together for this weekend to remember. LADYGUNN caught up with pop-girls…
AVERY COCHRANE CAPTURES THE COMPLEXITY OF SELF IN “SHAPESHIFTING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT”
We’re proud to introduce you to a little gem we recently discovered. Her name? Avery Cochrane. She is ready to set the world on fire with her style and…
JESSEY ADAMS PAYS TRIBUTE TO APPALACHIAN SPIRIT IN “OLD APPALACHIA”
Jessey Adams is a rising country singer-songwriter whose sound blends outlaw grit with old-school country soul. Her music and her restless spirit have taken her all over the U.S.,…
RACHEL GRAE’S SECOND CHAPTER IS EMOTIONAL AND EMPOWERING IN EQUAL MEASURE
WORDS // EMILY WHITCHURCH PHOTOGRAPHY // MALLORY TURNER STYLING // GEMMA CROSS From posting covers on YouTube during high school to building an extensive global community of fans –…
MAYA UNAGI ON “PIECES”: BUILDING AN EP FROM FRAGMENTS OF FEELING
Crafted during a period of deep introspection, Maya Unagi’s Pieces weaves years of emotional and aesthetic evolution into a rich, soul-saturated collection. Each song feels self-contained yet connected by…
LEXIE DELIVERS A SOFT GIRL GROOVE IN “PLANE JANE”
Often, finding peace is about learning to embrace chaos along the way. That’s what Lexie captures in "Plane Jane," her new single, which transforms the emotional exhaustion and nomadic…