The Welsh musician explains how to unleash your creative side and create fake holidays.
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LOW-KEY LOCAL SWOON: BIRTHING HIPS, KAL MARKS, MORE PLAY MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
It’s nights like this where you turn to folks who left for New York City and taunt them for leaving a city with music this stacked.
SOLO RABBIT: ESKIMEAUX AND THE STRENGTH OF BEING SINGLE
How one singer-songwriter shows defiance in a world of hurt.
GET A YES: HOW SAD13 OF SPEEDY ORTIZ MAKES CONSENT COOL
Speedy Ortiz's frontwoman goes solo and tackles demisexuality, consent, comics, and everything in between.
WHEEL OF TUNES: ULTIMATE PAINTING
The breezy garage pop duo answer questions about The Rolling Stones, garlic bread, and Weirdo Records inspired by their new album, Dusk.
SHONEN KNIFE: WHY THE JAPANESE TRIO STILL ROCKS 30 YEARS LATER
The band that captured the hearts of Nirvana and Sonic Youth talk cult followings, DIY ethos, and the secret to writing a good punk song.
SWEET AND HALFSOUR: THE GRUMBLED CHARM OF BOSTON’S RISING POWER POP TRIO
Local trio halfsour talk about social graces, city betrayal, and the pros of boredom.
FITZ FEST: REGIONAL ROCK GETS LOUD
Dirty Dishes, Funeral Advantage, Daephne, Black Beach, and more headline the return of Fitz Fest.
SUGAR HIGH: THE CONFIDENCE AND CROCS OF IAN SWEET
Ian Sweet talks finding your freak voice in a sea of jazzy Berklee kids.
TABLE FOR ONE: JULIANNA BARWICK CREATES A MUSICAL FEAST ALL BY HERSELF
Experimental electronic musician Julianna Barwick on how she enters a studio empty-handed but leaves with more magic than she can hold.