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Interviews

Frankie Cosmos

Jul 28, 2016 Frankie Cosmos

There’s a moment near the end of Next Thingthe second studio album by Frankie Cosmosthat perfectly encapsulates the disarmingly conversational spirit of Greta Kline’s music. It comes halfway through “Outside With the Cuties,” a playfully longing ballad with oohing backing vocals. More

Yak

Jul 20, 2016 Yak

It’s always striking when such frenzied on-stage performers speak in such a perfectly collected, hushed manner. Yak‘s Oli Burslem has earned himself a reputation as a captivatingly unhinged frontmanoften locking into visceral repetitions so deeply that he seemingly forgets where he is, chanting arbitrary expressions mid-song, hurling his organ into drummer Elliot Rawson’s kit or letting loose on the poor thing with his swinging guitar, leaving both in pieces. More

LUH

Jul 13, 2016 Issue # 57 - M83

When WU LYF finally collapsed in November of 2012, bringing to a close four years of breathless “next big thing” predictions and escalating disenchantment among the Manchester band’s four members, vocalist Ellery James Roberts was ready to move on. More

Amber Arcades

Jul 06, 2016 Issue # 57 - M83

“I was reading Carl Jung’s Synchronicity while writing a lot of the songs,” Annelotte de Graaf aka Amber Arcades explains. “It’s a cool book. In theory, the power of positive thinking is a very nice idea—shaping your own life—but I also can’t help being a little cynical towards it. More

Ani Glass on Her New Single - “Y Ddawns”

Jun 30, 2016 The Pipettes

Former Pipette and The Lovely Wars frontwoman Ani Glass (aka Welsh native Ani Saunders, sister of her Pipettes bandmate, and fellow solo artist, Gwenno Saunders) released a new single on Monday, “Y Ddawns” (“The Dance” in Welsh). More

C Duncan

Jun 23, 2016 Issue # 57 - M83

Though he has spent most of his life preparing for a career in music, Chris Duncan (who uses “C Duncan” as his stage name) was nonetheless surprised by how quickly he realized his potential. More

Mass Gothic

Jun 21, 2016 Issue # 57 - M83

“Breaking up the band was made a bit easier because I never really liked the name Hooray For Earth,” laughs Noel Heroux, the former frontman/main creative force behind said band. T More

Julien Baker

Jun 16, 2016 Julien Baker

It has been two weeks since Julien Baker made a triumphal trek through SXSW, but she is still buzzing. Playing five shows in four days, the 20-year-old singer/songwriter became one of the festival’s breakout acts, taking a victory lap after her 2015 full-length debut, Sprained Ankle, became one of the year’s most-acclaimed breakthroughs. More

Marlon Williams

Jun 14, 2016 Marlon Williams

Marlon Williams has a towering presence wherever he goes, in more than one way. The 24-year-old New Zealand-born singer/songwriter is a lofty six foot three inches, although he thinks his skinniness makes him appear even taller. More