Fair Visions
Interview by Drew Reynolds. Solo photos of Ryan Work by Drew Reynolds. Photo of band by Rita Iovine. EP Artwork by Erin Axtell. The Brooklyn-based post-punk trio Fair Visions is set to release their debut EP, A Way Out, this Friday, August 14. The trio is led by songwriter Ryan Work, who’s discovery of New York’s perpetual […]
A Day In The Life: Liza Anne
Photography and captions by Liza Anne. Last time we spoke to Liza Anne it was for our 18th issue – released back in May 2018 – for her Fine But Dying release. She’s now back with Bad Vacation, a brand new album that was released last Friday, July 24. Like the previous album, Bad Vacation continues to […]
Sorry
Photography by Sam Hiscox. Interview by Heather Hawke. Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen – along with drummer Lincoln Barrett, bassist Campbell Baum and, lately, keys player Marco Pini – have been amongst London’s music scene since they first formed under the name Fish in 2016. At first, Asha and Louis wrote their songs meticulously, chord-by-chord […]
Dizzy
Photography by Pooneh Ghana. Interview by Heather Hawke. Emerging Oshawa, ON based band Dizzy is about to release their alluring sophomore album The Sun and Her Scorch (out July 31 via Royal Mountain Records). This new record follows their 2018 Juno Award-winning and critically lauded debut album, Baby Teeth. The band’s formation all started when Katie Munshaw and Charlie Spencer, who met in ninth-grade math class and […]
High Waisted
Photography by Jono Bernstein. High Waisted sent over a very rad selection of images depicting how it feels to be in a band throughout the years. “It’s about how touring feels, the people we meet, who we become, and how feeling alone is an important part of finding yourself–taken on a mix of film and digital […]
DMA’S
Photography by McLean Stephenson. Interview by Heather Hawke. Sydney trio DMA’S made up of Tommy O’Dell, Matt Mason and Johnny Took formed in 2012 and made an immediate impression with the release of their 2014 self-titled debut EP. The three members each grew up playing instruments from a young age and had played in various groups together before, but for Tommy […]
Day Wave
Photography and interview by Heather Hawke. Day Wave aka Jackson Phillips released his debut EP Headcase in 2015 followed by his Hard to Read EP a year later. Three years after his debut LP The Days We Had (2017), he’s back with a new EP entitled Crush out April 24 via [PIAS] Recordings. The EP was produced, mixed, and mastered […]
Shopping
Photography by Matt Draper. Interview by Heather Hawke. The Los Angeles / Glasgow-based, queer post-punk trio Shopping are comprised of Rachel Aggs (guitar, vocals), Billy Easter (bass, vocals) and Andrew Milk (drums, vocals). The trio first formed in 2012 after meeting through the London DIY scene and have since put out four albums; their self-released debut Consumer […]
Deeper
Photography and interview by Drew Reynolds. Sophomore Album Auto-Pain was released on March 27th via Fire Talk Records. Most of the band lives in Pilsen, which is a southwest side neighborhood of Chicago. What’s the community like? Is it still filled with artists and what are some of your fave Pilsen spots? Pilsen is really great – it’s a […]
Methyl Ethel
Photography and interview by Heather Hawke. The Australian New Wave/art rock band Methyl Ethel is the brainchild of one sole person – songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Jake Webb. He started the project back in 2013 as an outlet for his adventures in reverb soaked home recordings and quickly released two experimental pop EPs, Teeth (2013) and Guts […]
Loving
Photography by Ft. Langley. Interview by Heather Hawke. David Parry and brothers, Lucas and Jesse Henderson came together to form Loving as a result of their shared summers planting trees in the capitalist ruins of western Canada’s forests. Their eponymous debut EP was written and recorded between Victoria and Toronto in the winter of […]
NYC Artists We’re Psyched About
Photography and interviews by Drew Reynolds. Bambara What are you most looking forward to in 2020? Blaze – We’re gonna be on the road for about half the year which I’m really excited about. I’m also just stoked for people to hear the new record. We put so much into it and I couldn’t be […]
Cautious Clay
Photography by Daniel Topete. Interview by Heather Hawke. Born and raised in Cleveland, OH, Joshua Karpeh first found music through his training in classical flute, which opened the doors to blues and jazz, as his mom wanted him to be super well rounded, he also ran track, was a pole vaulter, and sailed. It […]
Decorated Youth’s favorite EP’s, LP’s and tracks of the decade
Written by Heather Hawke. Coming from a small town that only had variations of top 40 radio (alternative, pop, country), as well as being the oldest in my family along with all my friends being the oldest in their family, I feel like it was hard to “discover” music…. MTV, VH1, and my local Tower […]
MUNA
Photography by Isaac Schneider. Interview by Heather Hawke. With MUNA’s newest album – Saves The World – Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson wanted to convey how taking care of oneself by claiming and owning up to responsibility can be (or lead to) saving the world. We chatted with the band about their beginnings […]
Rachel Phillips
Photography by Drew Reynolds. Interview done by Jenn Dierdorf. Art courtesy of the artist (Rachel Phillips) and Microscope Gallery. How were you first introduced to art? From a very early age I spent a considerable amount of time drawing. I am the youngest of nine children. For me drawing was a way to engage with what […]