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Basia Bulat

The Long Goodbye

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

There are days you realize love is not enough, is not forever. There are days you pack up your things and change cities. There, you write s...

Alabama Shakes

Work It

PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2015

"It's easy to get lazy. I feel like that's success's worst enemy: being lazy."   So says Brittany Howard, lead singer, songwriter and guita...

Young Galaxy

The Metamorphosis

PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2015

"They don't respect the boundaries of our profession," Stephen Ramsay jokes quietly over the phone. It's a Friday evening, and while settin...

The Plight of Deafheaven

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2015

George Clarke is not exactly the esoteric or brooding metal frontman you'd expect. Though he bellows existential shrieks into a microphone...

Coeur de pirate

Map of the Heart

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2015

"All my fears and anxieties and all that crap that humans go through — I didn't face them because I was so busy putting my energy int...

Miguel

California Dreamer

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2015

Miguel loves L.A. He hopes you feel the same.   "I wanted the album to feel like twilight in Los Angeles," he says of new album, Wildheart....

Jamie xx

Dancing On His Own

PUBLISHED May 27, 2015

Whether alone or on tour with his critically acclaimed band the xx, Jamie xx is in his own world. "On tour, most of the time, Jamie is jus...

METZ

Come On, Feel the Noise

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2015

If you were to examine METZ on an atomic level, they would be all electron — excitable and agitated, yet very much in control. The To...