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Andrea Bejar on Where and What Made Her

Written by Kieran Kohorst on September 28, 2023

AWKWARD CROSSOVERS: Faye Webster As Theme Music

Written by Kieran Kohorst on September 1, 2023

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Nate Traveller Knows What He Wants To Hear

By Kieran Kohorst on February 5, 2024

Sinbad Zaragoza It helps to try and establish an artist’s priorities throughout an interview – whether it be fame, the acclaim, the art, the fans, etc. There was only one thing on Nate Traveller’s mind when he joined our Zoom conversation – chicken wings, with Primal Kitchen buffalo sauce. “Feeling blessed,” he opens, immediately following […]

Aimee Vant on Surviving the "Life or Death" of Her 20's

By Kieran Kohorst on January 18, 2024

I’m catching Aimee Vant at a good time – the night before, she performed a backyard concert where the intimate setting allowed for casual conversation during the set. It’s her favorite type of show to play, and the support from those in the audience feels more meaningful to Vant now more than ever: today she […]

"I Think I Wanna Make Cursed Music": PIAO on Taking Her Time and Having Fun

By Kieran Kohorst on January 18, 2024

For the chronically online, the bored-scrollers, and the sporadic users alike, an unofficial community guideline for TikTok is that judgment be suspended when you open the app. In a place with unpredictable content and an untrustworthy algorithm, one’s feed is not a fair representation of their character. And before you hold content creators to a […]

The Music of 2023

By Kieran Kohorst on January 18, 2024

This year was a doozy. In the end, I take away what it took to get through it. From the angry to the soothing to the crushing to the comforting, here's the sounds that carried me through. Honorable Mentions: PinkPantheress, Heaven knows - A riveting album where each song possesses moments that can feel cinematic […]

"It Was Never, Ever In The Plans": dee holt's Success Is a Welcome Surprise

By Kieran Kohorst on October 2, 2023

For most artists, seeing their name on global playlists and their face on a billboard is part of the dream. It's almost as if none of it is possible unless first imagining these accomplishments as a distant fantasy. But this was never part of the plan for dee holt, the 19-year-old Quebec-born pop darling whose […]

Andrea Bejar on Where and What Made Her

By Kieran Kohorst on September 28, 2023

Music’s evolution has brought us to a place of ubiquity, to the point where it is often described nowadays with vague terms: music is genreless, music is fluid, music has no bounds. Genres are less categories than they are archetypes, segments of sound whose influence is meant to inform its subjects and not classify them. […]

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