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Summer Salt Aims to Find the Silver Lining on 'Sequoia Moon' [Q&A]

Summer Salt Aims to Find the Silver Lining on 'Sequoia Moon' [Q&A]
June 28, 2021 Life is a rollercoaster of happiness and sadness, and you're just trying to find this silver lining and beauty in all of it.
Author: Alessandra Rincon
indie
interview
indie pop
album reviews
summer salt
Cautious Clay Opens Up on Debut Album 'Deadpan Love'  [Q&A]

Cautious Clay Opens Up on Debut Album 'Deadpan Love'  [Q&A]
June 25, 2021 On his long-awaited debut album, Clay takes major stylistic risks that ultimately pay off and then some.
Author: Carter Fife
soul
singer songwriter
interview
R&B
cautious clay
album reviews
deadpan love
REI AMI Proves Unpredictable and Unstoppable on 'FOIL' [Q&A]

REI AMI Proves Unpredictable and Unstoppable on 'FOIL' [Q&A]
June 25, 2021 "Life is life, don't be ashamed and try to hide certain parts of yourself."
Author: Maxamillion Polo
pop
interview
hip hop
anti pop
album reviews
rei ami
foil
With  'Stains,' De'Wayne Aims to Become a Generation-less and Genre-less Star  [Q&A]

With  'Stains,' De'Wayne Aims to Become a Generation-less and Genre-less Star  [Q&A]
June 18, 2021 "Every song on this record is urgent because it has to be."
Author: Alessandra Rincon
alternative
interview
album reviews
de'wayne
stains
Meet Daily J, the New Zealand Indie Psych Band Made For Summer [Q&A]

Meet Daily J, the New Zealand Indie Psych Band Made For Summer [Q&A]
June 16, 2021 Get to know what's behind the luscious locks of one of New Zealand's must-see summer acts.
Author: Brook Gibson
indie
interview
daily j
psych
venus ate mars
Lillian Hepler Is Aiming to Be a Real Pop Star [Q&A]

Lillian Hepler Is Aiming to Be a Real Pop Star [Q&A]
June 16, 2021 "I don't care to put on this picture-perfect human being. I'm more than willing to show my flaws."
Author: Joey Legittino
singer songwriter
pop
interview
lillian hepler
used to that
There's A Tuesday Is Turning a Close Friendship Into an Indie Pop Dream [Q&A]

There's A Tuesday Is Turning a Close Friendship Into an Indie Pop Dream [Q&A]
June 8, 2021 We sat down with one of the hottest indie bands in New Zealand.
Author: Max Tetlow
indie
interview
indie pop
theres a tuesday
dance with me before we cry
renforshort Paints a Picture of Her World on 'off saint dominique' [Q&A]

renforshort Paints a Picture of Her World on 'off saint dominique' [Q&A]
June 4, 2021 "I've gotten so personal on this project, because I'm just not scared of it anymore."
Author: Rachel Lai
pop
alternative
interview
album reviews
renforshort
off saint dominique
Huron John Invites You to Experience the Trauma-Exorcism of 'cartoon therapy'  [Q&A]

Huron John Invites You to Experience the Trauma-Exorcism of 'cartoon therapy'  [Q&A]
June 2, 2021 "Life is your movie and you are the main character. Allow your adventure to surprise you."
Author: Carter Fife
indie
interview
indie pop
anti pop
album reviews
huron john
cartoon therapy
KIM! Is the 14-Year-Old Indonesian Rising Star You Need on Your Radar [Premiere + Q&A]

KIM! Is the 14-Year-Old Indonesian Rising Star You Need on Your Radar [Premiere + Q&A]
May 31, 2021 And we have the first look at her new music video for "Care 4 U."
Author: DJ Connor
pop
interview
bedroom pop
KIM!
care 4 u
syd B on the Seasons of Hurt and Healing That Inspired  'Are You Feeling It Too?' [Q&A]

syd B on the Seasons of Hurt and Healing That Inspired  'Are You Feeling It Too?' [Q&A]
July 8, 2021 <i>Are You Feeling It Too?</i> sees syd B evolving not just as an artist but as a person.
Author: Tyler Borland
pop
interview
R&B
album reviews
syd B
are you feeling it too
are you feeling it too?
Who Is chloe moriondo? | chloe moriondo on Coming-of-Age and Curing Heartbreak

Who Is chloe moriondo? | chloe moriondo on Coming-of-Age and Curing Heartbreak
September 2, 2021 Meet the artist turning the joys and pains of coming-of-age into euphoric and eclectic sonic meditations.
Author: Maxamillion Polo
pop
indie
interview
anti pop
chloe moriondo
who is
Track By Track: Gardenia Want You to Get Angry in Debut Album 'Knowing You Know Nothing' | THE NOISE

Track By Track: Gardenia Want You to Get Angry in Debut Album 'Knowing You Know Nothing' | THE NOISE
May 31, 2023 Brooklyn-based duo Gardenia have released their debut album 'Knowing You Know Nothing' and throughout the eight tracks, the band aims to tell listeners, "We're pissed, and you should be too."
Author: Alessandra Rincon
Interview
Gardenia
Track By Track
blackwave. Is Crafting a Timeless Aroma With "Perfume" and Forthcoming EP [Q&A]

blackwave. Is Crafting a Timeless Aroma With "Perfume" and Forthcoming EP [Q&A]
August 12, 2022 blackwave. is made for easygoing summer days spent watching the sunset.
Author: Jazmin Kylene
soul
interview
rap
hip hop
perfume
blackwave.
no sleep in la
Crowded Green Rooms, Hotel Rooms and Cars: How Julia Jacklin Made Space For 'Crushing'  [Q&A]

Crowded Green Rooms, Hotel Rooms and Cars: How Julia Jacklin Made Space For 'Crushing'  [Q&A]
March 13, 2019 Jacklin's sophomore album focuses on love wearing thin, love ultimately lost, and an aftermath that embraces scorn and longing in equal parts.
Author: Becca Millstein
pop
folk
indie
interview
julia jacklin
crushing
EBEN on Why Don't We, Car Burning Down, and Biggest Guilty Pleasure | Quick 6

EBEN on Why Don't We, Car Burning Down, and Biggest Guilty Pleasure | Quick 6
March 14, 2019 + EBEN just dropped a new bubbling pop earworm, "Next Ex," in anticipation of the upcoming tour, and we are hooked.  
Author: Maxamillion Polo
pop
interview
hip hop
quick 6
eben
why don't we
Minimalistic-Pop Duo Drinker Urges Us to Go on a "Holiday" [PREMIERE + Q&A]

Minimalistic-Pop Duo Drinker Urges Us to Go on a "Holiday" [PREMIERE + Q&A]
February 27, 2019 "It's a song about the early steps of that transition. I think I was somewhere between denial and acceptance at the time this one came through."
Author: Alissa Arunarsirakul
pop
indie
interview
drinker
holiday
minimalistic pop
dark pop
TOMI on the Heartbreaking Honesty of 'Sweet, Sweet Honey'  [Q&A]

TOMI on the Heartbreaking Honesty of 'Sweet, Sweet Honey'  [Q&A]
October 8, 2021 "Whether it's love, lust, or vices, it all starts from a place of pure sweetness; we want more and more of it until we completely lose ourselves in it."
Author: Alessandra Rincon
singer songwriter
folk
indie
interview
album reviews
tomi
sweet sweet honey
Who Is Eric Nam? | Eric on 'There and Back Again,' Podcasting, and Panda Express

Who Is Eric Nam? | Eric on 'There and Back Again,' Podcasting, and Panda Express
January 7, 2022 Eric Nam's artist journey has been just that, a journey, one rife with unexpected twists and turns.
Author: Ruby Scott
pop
interview
eric nam
there and back again
Jo MacKenzie Explores the Full Range of Being a 'Tourist' [Q&A]

Jo MacKenzie Explores the Full Range of Being a 'Tourist' [Q&A]
March 21, 2022 From teenage insecurity to big-city disillusionment, Mackenzie examines what it feels like to not perfectly belong.
Author: DJ Connor
interview
album reviews
jo mackenzie
tourist

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