People who make music.
Music Makers
Holy mackerel, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Julia-Sophie! Julia-Sophie is an Anglo-French artist—she's based in Oxford and grew up between there and Lyon—whose career
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Maybe it's my early-and-often consumption of the movie Almost Famous but I really romanticize the idea of "going on tour." The ultimate road trip, playing tunes across the land, getting weird and making friends as you go...doesn't that sound nice? I know the
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Cowabunga, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Noo Jii! Noo Jii is the musical identity of Paul Hannouche, who put out a beautiful experimental pop album called Vision Virgo
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It's one of those June days in Los Angeles that features weather so pleasant it's almost boring, and I'm in the bar area of the downtown music venue The Moroccan Lounge, talking to Sasha McLeod, the musician known as Sycco, about the LSD trip
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I find that if you are known among your friends as a music enjoyer, you are likely to become a sounding board for friends who send you links to new and intersting music. It's a good spot to be in. Case in point: a few weeks ago, my
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Ooo la la, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Tall Mary! Tall Mary is a Vancouver-based noise punk band led by Cole Klassen that just put out a behemoth
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I discovered the music of Canadian electronic artist Debby Friday, as ya do, through social media. Last year, she put out her debut studio album, Good Luck, an industrial-tinged alt-pop album with an almost tactile intensity to it throughout. Her latest single "To the Dancefloor" is, in a
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Get outta town, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Miserable chillers! Miserable chillers is the musical identity of Miguel Gallego, who just put out an intriguing project called Great
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Let's freaking go, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have (leave) nelson b! (leave) nelson b is the solo musical identity of Nelson Brodhead, a producer in Garfield
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Ooh la la, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Gender Warfare! Gender Warfare are a London-based trio—Zoe Oxymoron on vocals, Mia Thunderska on vocals/guitar/bass/synths, and
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There's nothing I love more than an exciting internet-based musical journey. Imagine me jumping from hyperlink to hyperlink, discovering a wild new musical zone and bugging out entirely... ...this is what happened the other day when I visited albumoftheyear.org for the first time, which is a thing
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My my, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Riggings! Riggings is the stage name of Alex Riggs, who just released her album Egg on June 21st via Horse Complex