AN ENERGIZING TALK WITH SUNFLOWER BEAN: ‘THERE’S SO MUCH POTENTIAL IN YOUR ANGER’
Watching Sunflower Bean bewitch and amaze the large outdoor crowd during their headlining Waking Windows set, it was surreal to think we had just…
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CHATTING WITH PARROT DREAM AFTER THEIR WAKING WINDOWS SET
“It’s fun to play festivals, because you kind of never know what’s going to happen,” said Kiki (a.k.a. Christina Appel) of the indie-psych-dream-pop band…
COMPLEXITY DRESSED AS SIMPLICITY: ONR. FINDS HIS VOICE
In story and in song, sometimes the most compelling, resonant conclusion is the one that’s left to the mind’s eye. Inspired to write from…
JORDAN COOK ON REIGNWOLF’S FIERY DEBUT LP: ‘IT’S NOT JUST MINE, IT’S EVERYBODY’S’
A moment in time has been sticking in my head like a needle on a dusty record ever since Reignwolf showered Brooklyn in their…
BACKSTAGE WITH WELLES: ‘ANY KID CAN MAKE ROCK & ROLL’
Jesse Wells is the coolest paradox. The music of Welles is an intense storm of sound and emotion that steals all your attention, and…
BACKSTAGE WITH WALKING PAPERS: JEFF ANGELL’S ‘WORD COLLAGE’ & FUTURE MUSIC
In the presence of rock heroes, like those that make up Seattle’s Walking Papers, it’s easy to go into overdrive trying to memorize every…
JOE TALBOT ON IDLES’ DYNAMIC, PROCESS & MORE: ‘WE MAKE EACH OTHER LAUGH ALL THE TIME’
When I called IDLES frontman Joe Talbot, I could hear a few seconds of guitar fuzz and laughter before he found a quiet place…
STEVEN PAGE SHARES SONGWRITING STORIES & BNL MEMORIES
When a voice you remember from well-loved, scratched-up CDs you borrowed for too long and felt very cool possessing at a single-digit age says…
VANS WARPED TOUR MAKES ITS LAST STOP IN NY
It was day 16 of a 20-day stretch for everyone working and performing on the final Vans Warped Tour. Bands ranging in genre from…
WHAT FANS OF WELLES SHOULD KNOW: ‘YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY’
“It wasn’t a rap at first,” he joked. “When I wrote it, it was about twenty clicks slower, so all those words were just…