Category: FEATURES

Pine Barons: Isolation Drills
The rural Jerseyites in Pine Barons make the most of their teenage wasteland Speaking of making music in Shamong, a

Tom Hickox: Orchestral Manoeuvres
Songwriter/composer Tom Hickox gets expansive on Monsters In The Deep Tom Hickox’s first album, 2014’s well-received War, Peace And Diplomacy,

Colleen: Less Is Roar
On A flame my love, a frequency, Colleen exorcises her demons—and maybe ours Composer Cécile Schott was on an overnight

Amadou & Mariam: The Sound Of Confusion
Amadou & Mariam write timely political songs you can dance to “There is confusion everywhere/There is illusion everywhere/There is division

Normal History Vol. 456: The Art Of David Lester
Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Barrett Martin: World Party
Former grunge drummer Barrett Martin’s new book explores the power of music Throughout The Singing Earth (Sunyata Books), Barrett Martin

Hiss Golden Messenger: Spiritualized
Hiss Golden Messenger mines faith’s silver lining on Hallelujah Anyhow M.C. Taylor, otherwise known as Hiss Golden Messenger, insists that

Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile: Continental Drifts
Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett and Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile team for a gem of a record Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile admits he’s a

Zola Jesus: Into The Wild
A move back to rural Wisconsin from Seattle has brought renewed faith to Zola Jesus Contrary to author Thomas Wolfe’s

The Dream Syndicate: Sleep No More
Paisley Underground legends the Dream Syndicate release their first album in three decades Given that the first Dream Syndicate album

John Giorno: Poetic Justice
Multimedia legend John Giorno celebrates his 80th birthday with New York City-wide retrospective To say John Giorno is a gentleman,

Dälek: No Boundaries
With Endangered Philosophies, Dälek continues to blur genre lines Since their band’s 1998 inception, the experimental hip-hop outsiders in Dälek

Jonah Parzen-Johnson: The Seeker
Jonah Parzen-Johnson asks questions, listens to the answers Jonah Parzen-Johnson doesn’t look like a storyteller when he steps onstage. With

Cold Specks: Darkness & Light
Cold Specks quietly meditates on a disintegrating universe Ladan Hussein, the woman who records and performs as Cold Specks, is