Beyond the Bedroom with Special Friend
Erica Ashleson and Guillaume Siracusa discuss 'Clipping', the indie duo's third album, their move from DIY bedroom sessions to a French countryside studio, and why they'd happily redo a vocal take twenty times.
Ludo Hunter-Tilney — A Five-Star Pop Critic in a Three-Star World
The music journalist reflects on his two-decade tenure at the Financial Times, the tension between covering superstars and unknown artists, and his conviction that transcribing interviews by hand remains a moral compulsion in an age of automated everything.
Burnin' Up in Nova Scotia — The Boojums Bring the Fire
Recording their debut album live off the floor in just seven days, the trio channels garage rock fury and Maritime folk traditions into songs that capture a regional scene experiencing its own creative renaissance.
Two Moons Over Columbus — Saintseneca's World of Song
Five years and 21 songs into 'Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs,' Zac Little unveils an album that mirrors the cycle of a planetary system, its melodies pulled into orbit around a central landscape.
Settler Myths and Reverb — Funeral Lakes Rewrite the Western
Chris Hemer and Sam Mishos discuss their latest release, 'Mountains Turned to Dust,' how revisionist westerns and Willie Dunn's counter-narratives inform their music, and why they remain committed to the album as an organizing principle.