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…
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…
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…
INTERVIEW: CRIS CHIL Steps Out From Behind the Hits
Photos / Roger Guarisma Story / Samuel Aponte You have probably listened to CRIS CHIL for years without realizing it. Her pen sits directly behind massive global records for…
Violet Days Lets “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” Grow Wild
Photos / Paige Strabala Story Luna Bacce Violet Days, the Swedish artist, returns with her most personal body of work yet, exploring escapism, desire, heartbreak, grief, and self-awareness.…
Dylan Chambers: A Master Amidst A Retro-Pop Renaissance
STORY // JAMES CHRASTA PHOTOS // MALLORY TURNER Some artists might wear the soul sound like something anachronistic and trendy found in a flea market secondhand. Los-Angeles-based singer-songwriter…
Jaymin Searches for a Signal Through the STATIC
Story: Mariana González Photos: Gianni Gallant Generally, falling in love is the easy part of a love song. In that space, everything happens quickly, emotions flow freely, and…
INTERVIEW: Eli Derby Finds Power in the Messy Side of Romance on “LOVESHY”
Story / Luna Bacce Photos Cheryl Fox Eli Derby picked up drumsticks at two years old before moving through choirs, piano keys, and guitar frets, learning early that…
ONE OR EIGHT Goes All In With EN-GÏNE
Words / Jovita Tedja Special Thanks / Anthony Kim In Japan’s rapidly evolving music landscape, where new idol groups debut at a record pace, standing out is no small feat.…
Funk’s Not Dead: 6 Artists Rewiring Soul for Right Now
Story by Luna Bacce NuFunk and indie soul are vibrant hybrid genres blending the nostalgic touches of classic funk/soul with current electronic pop production sensibilities and the indie urge to…