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Tag: music essay

The Way Forward: Dan Deacon

Music
By Dan Deacon | August 26, 2020
By Dan Deacon | August 26, 2020

The Way Forward: Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon talks slowly finding peace in quarantine.

What Does It Even Mean To Be a “Successful” Musician?

Music
By Widowspeak | August 24, 2020
By Widowspeak | August 24, 2020

What Does It Even Mean To Be a “Successful” Musician?

Widowspeak’s Molly Hamilton talks unemployment and creating art under capitalism.

No Calm Before the Storm

Music
By Logan Farmer | August 21, 2020
By Logan Farmer | August 21, 2020

No Calm Before the Storm

An “apocalyptic folk” musician is suddenly confronted by apocalyptic times.

Jimmy Chamberlin on his New Complex Song, Social Media, and the Future of the Pumpkins

Music
By Jimmy Chamberlin | August 20, 2020
By Jimmy Chamberlin | August 20, 2020

Jimmy Chamberlin on his New Complex Song, Social Media, and the Future of the Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins drummer on working in 2020 and new Pumpkins music.

How To Score a Video Game

Music
By Asy Saavedra | August 19, 2020
By Asy Saavedra | August 19, 2020

How To Score a Video Game

Asy Saavedra (Chaos Chaos) talks creating the Trover Saves The Universe soundtrack.

From Passive to Passionate

Music
By Haley Blais | August 18, 2020
By Haley Blais | August 18, 2020

From Passive to Passionate

How E.T. the Extra Terrestrial changed the way Haley Blais experiences and consumes art.

Buzz Osborne Gives Us His Collaboration Wish List

Music
By Buzz Osborne | August 14, 2020
By Buzz Osborne | August 14, 2020

Buzz Osborne Gives Us His Collaboration Wish List

The Melvins singer-guitarist on who else he’d like to work with.

On the Highway of Tears

Music
By Crown Lands | August 12, 2020
By Crown Lands | August 12, 2020

On the Highway of Tears

Kevin Comeau of Crown Lands writes about the National Inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and working with Tanya Tagaq.

David Berman: I Don’t Know, Adonai

Music
By Julie Weitz | August 7, 2020
By Julie Weitz | August 7, 2020

David Berman: I Don’t Know, Adonai

Video artist Julie Weitz remembers her unlikely friendship with the musician a year after his passing.

Write Ugly, Edit Pretty

Music
By Gracie and Rachel | July 17, 2020
By Gracie and Rachel | July 17, 2020

Write Ugly, Edit Pretty

Gracie Coates of Gracie and Rachel on the duo’s newly refined writing process.

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