Tori Amos
story / Wayan Zoey It’s a special kind of singer that can be identified simply by their stance—your Freddie Mercurys or Billie Joe Armstrongs—rarer still when that silhouette is set…
ANGEL HAZE
illustration / MISSY MCCULLOUGH story /MEGHAN O’CONNOR Angel Haze has been calling you a cunt since before cunt-calling was cool. And yes, that’s a reference to Twitter foe Azealia Banks…
INTERVIEW WITH GENEVIEVE: COLORS, CLAIRVOYANCE, AND CRAFTING A NEW SOUND
interview / Alyssa Hardy photos / Spencer Kohn Genevieve is clairvoyant. She tells me this about halfway through our conversation and she drops it in casually as if she’s telling…
VIDEO PREMIERE: NOLA WREN – VENOM
Words / Erica Russell photos / Leyla Lacheri Nola Wren—learn the name, because the New York City-based artist is going to be your new go-to for upbeat, punky electro-pop. The…
Roskilde Festival 2015
photos / Djoana Gueorguieva more pictures here!
LIGHTS
photos/ Spencer Kohn writer + stylist / Erica Russell makeup / Alyne Halvajian hair / Lynsey Laskowski “It’s a combination of everything that I know,” Lights explains from the phone,…
CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE WITH THE PLAIN WHITE T'S
interview / Olivia Inkster photos / Tamara Gajic production / Erica Russell With July 4th and the concept of Independence on everyone's brain, the Plain White T's have a new-found…
VIDEO PREMIERE: POEMA – FORGET YOU IN LA
Words / Erica Russell Photos / Austin Lord Listening to Nashville sister-duo Poema is like basking underneath a light-dappled window after a sun-shower: their music is sunny, mellow, brimming with…
VIDEO PREMIERE: SHORT TERM PLAN – MICHELLE XEN
Words / Erica Russell Straight off the forthcoming debut EP, Dynamics of Disobedience, from Australian electro musician Michelle Xen, the video for new single "Short Term Plan" is like…
SONG PREMIERE: EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE POPPY – THAT POPPY
Words / Erica Russell Photos / Meredith Truax She's tiny, she's toony, and she's a little loony—That Poppy is your new favorite pop star-in-the-making. And today, the social media sensation…
INTERVIEW WITH MEG MAC
interview / Alyssa Hardy pictures /Matthew Sprout When I first heard Meg Mac’s music, I would have never pictured that this huge voice—comparable to the vocal lovechild of Adele and Fiona…
SONG PREMIERE: Raw Fabrics / "Move Over"
Raw Fabrics just released "Move Over" and it's awesome. The chilled out rock anthem is the perfect melody to listen to while driving through an overcast morning on an LA highway.…