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1. How is Real Music Defined in the Age of AI?

   When one of the world’s biggest DJs and electronic music producers, John Summit, released his latest album, CTRL ESCAPE, he posted on social media that, “No AI was used on my album and I’m really proud about that fact. I wish there was a way to label that on Spotify/Apple – like an organic label […]

2. Anderson .Paak’s Secret Weapon Maurice MOBETTA Brown: Playing Stadiums By Day, Running the Afterparty By Night

   Maurice MOBETTA Brown may be best known as the trumpet player posted up beside Anderson .Paak. But reducing Brown to “the guy with Paak” misses the bigger picture. Sure, he’s an indispensable and charismatic part of Paak’s live world, injecting brilliant bursts of brass and pure adrenaline into every set. But the Grammy-winning musician, producer, […]

3. Villanelle’s Gene Gallagher: “I’d be happy to play In-N-Out Burger”

   They speak from three different locations, little smirks sneaking out at intervals during our conversation.  Guitarist Ben Taylor, quiet but offering the occasional gem of input, is on a rooftop, bundled up against the chilly wind. On ground level, bleach-haired bassist Jack Schiavo is squinting in the sun. Vocalist-guitarist Gene Gallagher, whose screen name reads […]

4. Kraftwerk Reissues ‘Radio-Activity’ For Its 50th Anniversary

   Despite forming in 1970, Kraftwerk’s imperial period didn’t begin until four years later with the release of Autobahn, home to the nearly 23-minute title track. Things gelled on this cinematic journey that endeavored to recreate the feeling of cruising along a Germany highway. For the next seven years, Kraftwerk released a series of masterpieces, peaking […]

5. It’s Time We Give Jena Malone, The Musician, Her Flowers

   Before Jena Malone and I can get deep into a discussion about her new album, Flowers for Men, we get to talking about the other thing May flowers bring: allergies. “If you think about the fact that flowers were some of the last things to evolve, it makes sense,” the musician/actress/poet/deep thinker begins as we […]

6. No Melody Left Behind

   Rivky’s body has always had its own rhythm. Three songs. Maybe five, if the adrenaline is gentle. For her, lights flare too bright. Sounds layer into a storm. The very act of standing on stage — even for a few minutes — can feel like running a marathon she never trained for. And yet, somehow, […]

7. All Things Go NY Nabs Zara, Carly, Lola

   The third and final lineup for this year's All Things Go festival has landed at New York's Forest Hills Stadium on Sept. 25-27.

8. Smashing Pumpkins Set ‘Mellon Collie’ 30th Tour

   The Smashing Pumpkins are going big for the 30th anniversary of...

9. Don’t Hold Your Breath: mal sounds Will Take You Back to Where You’ve Always Been

   Amal Salem performs as mal sounds, a Brooklyn dream pop project born while spending five months stranded in Valencia, Spain, as the world shut down during the pandemic. The music is softly distorted, spacious, and liminal. Walls of sound envelop lyrics that feel written in single breaths, whispering of intimacy, alienation, and the spaces in […]

10. At 84, Bill Wilson Is Still the Soul of Charleston

    “Two Bills are better than one!”  That’s the caption of the now-famous Instagram post of musician Bill Wilson and Bill Murray posing next to each other at the Commodore music venue in Charleston, South Carolina, back in March.  Wilson—who’s known the famed actor for about six years now—was surprised to see him during his set. […]