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My Favorite New Band: Madeline Kenney on Dante High

Nov 16, 2018 By Madeline Kenney Web Exclusive

For My Favorite New Band we ask an established artist to tell us about their favorite new artist. This installment is by Madeline Kenney, who writes about Dante High. More

Vision Quest: Helena Deland on the Video for “Claudion”

Nov 12, 2018 By Helena Deland Helena Deland

Vision Quest is our recurring series where an artist writes about one of their music videos, from the concept to the execution. For this edition Montréal’s Helena Deland writes about her video for “Claudion.” More

Protest: Jonathan Meiburg of Loma and Shearwater on the Voting Choice He Most Regrets

Nov 06, 2018 By Jonathan Meiburg Loma

To help motivate our American readers to get out to the voting booth today, we’ve asked some musicians to share words of encouragement. In this piece, Jonathan Meiburg of both Shearwater and Loma writes about the one election choice he once made that he sincerely regrets. More

Protest: Drown Out the News With Loud Music: Think of This as Your 2018 Midterm Playlist

Nov 05, 2018 By Steve King Nine Inch Nails

If you’re like me the last couple years have been… challenging. Public discourse is toxic and even the people on your side of the aisle are annoying the shit out of you. There are too many damn Nazis. Every other news story is about sexual assault. More

Protest: Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Why You Should Vote in Next Week’s Midterm Elections

Nov 02, 2018 By Brian Chase Web Exclusive

To help motivate our American readers to get out to the voting booth next week, we’ve asked some musicians to share words of encouragement. In this piece, Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs writes impassionedly about why you need to vote next week.

Protest: Moby on Why You Should Vote in Next Week’s Midterm Elections

Oct 30, 2018 By Moby Web Exclusive

To help motivate our American readers to get out to the voting booth next week, we’ve asked some notable musicians to share words of encouragement. In this piece, Moby writes plainly about why you need to vote next week. More

Protest: Trumposophy

Oct 12, 2018 By Steve King Web Exclusive

The American president is a stand-in for whatever god you want to believe in, and He is given almost absolute power by His subjects and their courts. He is a man who can be in all rooms at all times. Religion (and history) are a lie agreed upon, so the Church of Trumposophy should have come as no surprise. It’s not just a religion. It’s not a conspiracy theory. It’s not a belief structure. It’s a way of life. More

Underrated Album: Madeline Kenney on Paul Simon’s “One-Trick Pony”

Oct 05, 2018 By Madeline Kenney Madeline Kenney

Madeline Kenney released her sophomore album, Perfect Shapes, today via Carpark. In this guest post for us, she writes about one of her personal favorite albums, an album she considers underrated, Paul Simon’s 1980 album One-Trick Pony. More