Interviews
Dec 23, 2013
By Frank Valish
Web Exclusive
Gabriel Fulvimar is positively jazzed. The singer/guitarist/mastermind behind the indie garage-synth outfit Gap Dream is waiting to see the covers of his band’s sophomore album,Shine Your Light, and he can barely contain his excitement. More
Dec 04, 2013
By Dan Lucas
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
Nov 22, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
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
Nov 19, 2013
By Laura Studarus
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
Nov 15, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
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
Nov 12, 2013
By Dan Lucas
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
Nov 08, 2013
By Austin Trunick
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.
Nov 05, 2013
By Tyler Huckabee
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
Nov 01, 2013
By Danielle Sills
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