tour diary
Disco Diva Jessie Ware Has a New Favorite Word, and It’s “Cunty”
June 7, 2023
“That’s what I do when I’m nervous, I’ll have a shot of whiskey to snap out of it.”
IT GIRL
It’s Coi Leray’s World, Get Used to It
June 7, 2023
“If a guy carries himself like a player, like a boss, I like that,” says the 26-year-old hitmaker Coi Leray. “If you’re not trying to go outside and camp with me, you’re a dub.”
SOUND ADVICE
Chilean Pop Star Alex Anwandter Plays “Fuck, Marry, Kill” With Pop Anthems
June 6, 2023
“I’m a Riis type of guy, I like chaos.”
music
“Total Purity Vibes”: Snow Strippers Meet Club Eat
June 2, 2023
Ren G talks to the rising Detroit-based duo about their late-aughts inspired sound.
POET
Arlo Parks Has Her Head in the Clouds
June 2, 2023
The Mercury Prize-winning musician speaks with Jeremy O. Harris about everything from auto-fiction, to folk-music, to Phoebe Bridgers, and why she’s finally ready to let her fantasies flow freely.
LABEL MATES
Water From Your Eyes and Snail Mail on Getting Signed and Playing Live
June 1, 2023
The rockers and label mates discuss subreddits, opening acts, and the TikTok-ification of live music.
lit
Hayley Kiyoko on Turning “Girls Like Girls” into a Swoony YA Novel
June 1, 2023
“My realization was that I don’t need to be on the top of the mountain.”
SOUND ADVICE
Indie Rocker Miya Folick Can Cry to Any Song on This Playlist
May 31, 2023
“A roach is cringe but a roach never dies.”
GAMER
100 Gecs on Shit Posts, Game Boys, and Mosh Pits
May 25, 2023
“It’s funny when people are like, ‘Is it completely ironic? A joke?’ It’s actually deeply personal.”
sound advice
The Papi Juice Collective Get Us Pumped Up for Pride With a Playlist
May 23, 2023
“Blackout curtains, electrolytes, homemade meals, and sleep!”
TOUR DIARY
Sax God Masego Makes Music With a Mamba Mentality
May 22, 2023
“I’m a super humongous Kobe fan and everyone speaks about how he mentally just beat them up. I like that it’s kind of a jiu-jitsu thing.”
sound advice
Brooklyn DJ Physical Therapy Starts Dancing Once the Drunks Go Home
May 18, 2023
“In NYC the question is not where but when…”
ICONS
Laurie Anderson and Lars Ulrich on Lou Reed’s Love of Tai Chi
May 12, 2023
“He tried to make everything as big, beautiful, and fantastic as it could be.”
SOUND ADVICE
Music Wunderkind Mike Sabath on Tibetan Bowls, Todd Phillips, and Train
May 11, 2023
“My parents said they were taking us to Hibachi for my older brother’s 10th birthday but instead took us to see Train.”
IT GIRL
BENEE on Pinterest, Pets, and Weed Pens
May 9, 2023
“My foster dog just vomited on me!”
sound advice
Jared Abbott of @Assploitation Keeps the Afters Location a Secret
May 5, 2023
“Cheap fetish gear and a hair-part down the middle seems to work for a lot of people.”
RIDE ALONG
Frost Children on Bathhouses, Bodega Coffee, and “Baby Mindset”
May 1, 2023
“I’m a big SpongeBob head and this reminds me of coral reef, like I’m living in a Diet Dr. Kelp kind of world.”
SOUND ADVICE
Josh Landau of Stolen Nova is Praying for an Oasis Reunion
April 26, 2023
“A song that made me cry not so long ago surprisingly was ‘I’ by Kendrick Lamar.”
excerpt
Geoff MacCormack Looks Back on His Lifelong Friendship with David Bowie
April 26, 2023
“During my short stay at Mr Fish I noticed, tucked away, this small rail of heavily discounted men’s gowns.”
pasión
Fame, Dreams, and Romance with Nathy Peluso and Olivier Rousteing
April 21, 2023
The powerhouse Argentinian pop star and the Balmain creative director investigate their inner-most desires.