Jan 07, 2019 By Matt Conner Web Exclusive

There's a title track for Peter Bjorn and John's new album, but you'll never hear it—at least not now. More

Jan 03, 2019 By Charles Steinberg Web Exclusive

The reasons for art needing the outlier are self-evident but one is worth mentioning when considering Spencer Krug's solo work. There is great potential in eccentricity. For over a decade of searching from within, and far outwith, under the guises of Sunset Rubdown and Moonface, Krug's personal departures have given definition to contours of the outer banks of his medium.  More

Dec 20, 2018 By Jordan J. Michael Web Exclusive

Professionally making music for close to 20 years, Matthew Dear has been to many different places. He's hitched plane rides all over the map and completed uncountable collaborations while maintaining a solo career. Basically, he's a militia man of the international electronic scene, producing whimsical music at a militaristic rate.  More

Dec 14, 2018 By Mark Redfern Web Exclusive

To end out the week, we ask Graham Wright of Tokyo Police Club some questions about endings and death. Wright talks about how he'd like to die, what song he'd like performed at his funeral, his favorite endings to books and movies, his concepts of heaven and hell, and his unique plan for not dying. More

Dec 12, 2018 By Austin Trunick Issue #64 -  Kamasi Washington

With a career that spans three decades and four Academy Award nominations, Ethan Hawke is among the premiere names in film. First making his mark as a young actor in movies such as Dead Poet's Society, Reality Bites, and Before Sunrise, Hawke has remained one of the most consistent American actors, going on to win further acclaim for his roles in such works as Gattaca, Training Day, and Boyhood.  More

Dec 07, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Web Exclusive

To end out the week, we ask Anatole "Toto" Serret of Parcels some questions about endings and death.

Dec 06, 2018 By Mark Redfern Web Exclusive

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Dave Tattersall of The Wave Pictures. More

Nov 30, 2018 By Matt Fink Issue #64 -  Kamasi Washington

Rickey Washington has told the story more times than he can count. He was a young college student, almost completely ignorant of the history and culture of West Africa, the first time he went to Ghana on a school-building mission in 1975.  More

Nov 29, 2018 By Mike Hilleary Issue #64 -  Kamasi Washington

With her parents at work, Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan has the house to herself for the next several hours. Though she still lives at home, the 18-year-old's time back in the Baltimore suburb of Ellicott City, Maryland is more or less a stopover between several days of promo in New York City earlier in the week and a flight in a few days' time that will take her across the Atlantic for her first European tour. More