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Interviews

Younghusband

Dec 17, 2013 Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Two childhood memories seem to subconsciously inform, or perhaps retroactively explain, Younghusband frontman Euan Hinshelwood’s path thus far in music. More

East India Youth

Dec 04, 2013 Web Exclusive

Few artists can have made left turns quite so dramatically as William Doyle. Two years ago I saw him live as the frontman of Doyle & The Fourfathers, a kind of ‘90s revivalist pop outfit; earlier this year, though, under the moniker of East India Youth, he released the Hostel EP, a record of dizzyingly vast electronic soundscapes that owed more to Krautrock than Britpop. More

San Fermin

Nov 22, 2013 San Fermin

While particularly verbose in conversation, needing only the simplest prompt to launch into the details of his life and work, songwriter and composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone is completely silent as a frontman. More

NONONO

Nov 19, 2013 NONONO

NONONO producers-turned-band members Tobias “Astma” Jimson and Michel Rocwell have been working with hip-hop luminaries for over 10 years in their native Sweden. So perhaps, on some level, it’s appropriate to say that Swedish pop trio NONONO arrived with significantly more experience than the average musical newbies. More

HAERTS

Nov 15, 2013 HAERTS

If they were ever to fuse their collective DNA in some future sci-fi experiment, the members of HAERTS are in full agreement that their resulting progeny would be unlike any other. “It would be beautiful,” laughs frontwoman and vocalist Christina “Nini” Fabi. “But I would have to give birth to it, don’t forget.” More

Temples

Nov 12, 2013 Temples

About an hour’s train ride north of London, Kettering, England has the country’s second oldest theme park, was once a hotbed for Britain’s boot and shoe industry until many of the factories closed in the 1970s and ‘80s, and was visited several times by Hollywood actor Clark Gable during World War II (he was stationed at a nearby air base), but it isn’t particularly well-known for its music scene. More

Postiljonen

Nov 08, 2013 Postiljonen

The cool, breathless dream pop on Postiljonen‘s debut, Skyer, has a transportive quality to it. Their rolling synthesizer lines and love for big, audacious saxophone solos may call back to some of the 1980s’ cheesier pop songs, but in this producer trio’s skilled hands, it never feels anything but earnest and modern. It’s their sound’s ability to induce nostalgia that gave the project its name.

AlunaGeorge

Nov 05, 2013 Issue #47 - September/October 2013 - MGMT

Talking to Aluna Francis, you get the idea she was born to do this sort of thing. She sounds thoughtful without being pretentious, candid without appearing bitter, and articulate without sounding canned. Simply put, she seems like the sort of person who should be famous. More

Childhood

Nov 01, 2013 Issue #47 - September/October 2013 - MGMT

One of the best parts of being a kid is the ability to dream without bounds. The world is just waiting for you to accomplish anything and everything. Doubts don’t cloud your vision; incredible thoughts seem close and obtainable. More