LADYGUNN NO. 16 COVER STORY: PRINCESS NOKIA
Princess Nokia has developed a cult-like fanbase with no algorithms or formulas to speak of. LADYGUNN gets inside the mind of the queen of all genres.
KEMME IS THE STAR OF HER FIRST GREAT MOVIE
LADYGUNN talks with Kemme about her songwriting processes, the influences and collaborations that have inspired her, and the philosophy behind her debut EP.
FIRST AID KIT
Klara and Johanna Söderberg of Swedish band First Aid Kit have a shared penchant for penning nostalgic lyrics with fresh melodies and impossibly beautiful harmonies, their voices winding around each other like strands of DNA. Story by Mea Cohen.
JAIN
French singer/songwriter Jain is an artist whose music aims to band the divided. Story by Mea Cohen + Photos by Maeghan Donohue for LADYGUNN No. 16!
LADYGUNN NO. 16 COVER STORY: BØRNS
LADYGUNN No. 16 cover star BØRNS is breaking faded hearts everywhere he goes! Story by Angie Piccirillo + Photos by Maeghan Donohue.
LIDO PIMIENTA
Toronto-based artist Lido Pimienta mixes indigenous music from her native Colombia with modern and infectious synth-pop, creating a colorful palette of both foreign and familiar sounds.
HANSON
In a moment in entertainment where the number of likes on Instagram is just as much currency as how good your album is, superstar pop band Hanson doesn’t want to fit in.
LUCY DACUS
Lucy Dacus imparts the wisdom of striving for a life without regrets in LADYGUNN No. 16!
VANCE JOY
Beneath his charisma, attractiveness, and ukulele-punctuated love songs, Vance Joy is still aware that the sweet isn’t as sweet without the sour.
DANI MILLER
LADYGUNN sits with front-girl of blow-your-mind punk band Surfbort, Dani Miller and get to know the anything but typical old soul of a rocker.
Start with ‘70s Rock, add a Dash of Punk, Then *repeat repeat
Nashville-based *repeat repeat talks baptism by fire, the origins of their unique sound, and the upside of being raised on bad music.
DON'T CALL CHASTITY BELT A RIOT GRRRL BAND
As Tom Robbins once wrote of The Doors, Chastity Belt’s new album is “early cunnilingual, late patricidal,” and we can’t stand how good it makes us feel.