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Fievel Is Glauque Wants to Make You Laugh. Then Cry.

October 25, 2024

To mark the release of the pop duo’s sophomore album, “Rong Weicknes,” Zach Phillips joined us to talk theology, song structure, and the art of an effective joke.

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“We’re Like the Black Bruce Springsteen”: The Boys of Enumclaw Have Something to Say

August 30, 2024

“This feels like our first record,” says Aramis Johnson of the indie-rock quartet Enumclaw. “Like, I know the music is good and I feel proud of these songs.”

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Nate Amos of Water From Your Eyes Just Can’t Stop Making Music

June 19, 2024

Nate Amos is one-half of two different bands, Water From Your Eyes and My Idea. In his new venture, the more conceptual This Is Lorelei, he’s branching out on his own.

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DIIV Frontman Cole Smith on Streaming Monopolies and the Shoegaze Renaissance

May 23, 2024

“The analogy is really about the temperature being turned up,” the DIIV frontman says of the band’s new album. “We’re trending towards collapse or dystopia.”

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How 1010Benja Went From Church Boy to Hitmaker

April 18, 2024

“What an artist does, now more than ever, needs to hark towards freedom,” says the singer-songwriter of his major label debut. “It’s not enough to have talent.”

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How Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee Learned to Tune Out the Noise

March 20, 2024

As the singer-songwriter prepares to drop “Tigers Blood,” her follow-up to the pandemic smash-hit “Saint Cloud,” she talked to us about love, fame, and starting a Substack.