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Tag: music essay

Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) Talks Taking His Mother to the Oscars

Film
By Yung Chang | March 7, 2015
By Yung Chang | March 7, 2015

Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) Talks Taking His Mother to the Oscars

The Final Oscar Word from Mamarazza Chang or (An Academy Member’s Mother’s Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).

Kid Millions Talks the Importance of Mentors

Music
By John Colpitts | February 28, 2015
By John Colpitts | February 28, 2015

Kid Millions Talks the Importance of Mentors

Kid Millions digs into the facets of an ideal mentor.

Greg Fox (Guardian Alien, Zs, Liturgy) Talks Bathhouse & Sauna Therapy

Music
By Greg Fox | February 21, 2015
By Greg Fox | February 21, 2015

Greg Fox (Guardian Alien, Zs, Liturgy) Talks Bathhouse & Sauna Therapy

A well traveled drummer extols the healing pleasures of sweating it out in bathhouses and saunas around the globe.

Gretchen Peters Talks the Difficulties of Writing an Effective Love Song

Music
By Gretchen Peters | February 14, 2015
By Gretchen Peters | February 14, 2015

Gretchen Peters Talks the Difficulties of Writing an Effective Love Song

The hit country songwriter notes that anyone can write platitudes, but getting to the heart of true love is hard work.

Steve Taylor Talks Maintaining Romantic Relationships While Being in a Band

Music
By Steve Taylor | February 7, 2015
By Steve Taylor | February 7, 2015

Steve Taylor Talks Maintaining Romantic Relationships While Being in a Band

A veteran road dog offers advice to touring musicians about how to keep the home fires burning.

Adam Schatz (Landlady) Talks D’Angelo, His New Year’s Resolution and Respecting the Humanity of Artists.

Music
By Adam Schatz | January 17, 2015
By Adam Schatz | January 17, 2015

Adam Schatz (Landlady) Talks D’Angelo, His New Year’s Resolution and Respecting the Humanity of Artists.

Even if you pay for it, music is a gift. Don't ever forget that.

Austin Brown (Parquet Courts) Talks Houston Rap and Growing Up on the Gulf Coast

Music
By Austin Brown | January 3, 2015
By Austin Brown | January 3, 2015

Austin Brown (Parquet Courts) Talks Houston Rap and Growing Up on the Gulf Coast

The moving story of how a kid from “Big Money Texas” found solace and salvation in rap music from the poor side of Houston.

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Losing Your Voice

Music
By Mish Way | January 2, 2015
By Mish Way | January 2, 2015

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Losing Your Voice

After a disastrous set at the Pitchfork Festival, a punk rocker learns to respect her instrument.

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Why They Might Be Giants Are a Punk Rock Band

Music
By Meredith Graves | December 31, 2014
By Meredith Graves | December 31, 2014

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Why They Might Be Giants Are a Punk Rock Band

I started having trouble on the bus when I was six years old. I was a little nerd who couldn’t keep my mouth shut. I would lip off to boys twice my...

Zohra Atash (Azar Swan) Talks the Anxiety of Influence and the Double Standard of Female Fandom

Music
By Zohra Atash | December 30, 2014
By Zohra Atash | December 30, 2014

Zohra Atash (Azar Swan) Talks the Anxiety of Influence and the Double Standard of Female Fandom

Azar Swan’s singer talks about the feeling of having the music you love held against you.

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