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SOUND ADVICE

Whistling Wunderkind Molly Lewis Finds Safety in Her Wired Headphones

March 18, 2024

The LA-based musician and whistler, whose new album “On the Lips” came out last month, makes us a playlist of “beloved tunes,” she says, “sealed with a kiss.”

IN CONVERSATION

The Kills Talk to Ethan Hawke About God, Mortality, and Trashy Art

March 18, 2024

As Jamie Hince and Allison Mosshart tour their first album in seven years, they got deep with Ethan Hawke about out-of-body sensations and the pursuit of happiness.

IN CONVERSATION

Devon Welsh And Sean Nicholas Savage Aren’t Afraid of Sincerity

March 13, 2024

Before releasing his first album in five years, Welsh caught up with friend and fellow Canadian Sean Nicholas Savage to talk poetry and border agents.

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Bad Gyal Takes Us From Her Dressing Room to the Afters

March 12, 2024

“Usually I go party,” the Spanish singer says of her post-show routine. “I start smoking my cigarettes and drinking all the champagne.”

SOUND ADVICE

HOMESHAKE’s Peter Sagar Makes Us the Dream Alt-Rock Playlist

March 11, 2024

For this week’s Sound Advice, the Toronto-based musician reveals his studio uniform, current cocktail of choice, and pushes back against the shoegaze allegations.

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“I’m Normal as Fuck”: Ekkstacy Takes Us Inside His Worldwide Tour

March 8, 2024

“I want to be more of a human on stage,” says the Canadian singer-songwriter. “I don’t want people to think that I’m some stuck-up kid.”

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SOUND ADVICE

Hitmaker Tayla Parx Makes Us a Playlist for International Women’s Day

March 8, 2024

For this week’s Sound Advice, the songwriting maven curated a playlist for the girls, featuring Hemlocke Springs, Bree Runway, and Doja Cat.

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“If You’re Cool, Aren’t You Sexy?”: Kim Gordon, in Conversation With Chloe Sevigny

March 8, 2024

Before the release of her brand-new solo record, the alt-rock icon met up with Chloe Sevigny to talk fashion, womanhood, dystopian futures, and the “dirty” 90s.

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Ice Spice Rides the Chopper for Alexander Wang Spring 2024

March 7, 2024

The rapper, who fronts the new Spring 2024 campaign from Alexander Wang, revealed what’s inside her Wang bag: “lip gloss, a tiny mirror, and gum.”

NOSTALGIA

“I Was a Grumpy Bitch”: Bananarama, in Conversation With Boy George

March 6, 2024

“Before Kylie [Minogue], all the queens in the universe were obsessed with Bananarama,” says Boy George, who interviewed his old friends before the release of their brand-new compilation album.

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Tour Diary

“The Vibes Are Incredibly Strange”: On the Road With the Boys of Militarie Gun

March 5, 2024

In this week’s Tour Diary, Ian Shelton, William Acuña, and Waylon Trim called us from the slopes at Elk Mountain to talk pre-show tequila and aux chord policy.

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Julie Ragbeer Invites Her “Ragdolls” to Listen to This Playlist

March 4, 2024

For this week’s SOUND ADVICE, the viral bedroom pop sensation made us a playlist of songs by the women she stans.

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Sound Advice

Twin Peaks Composer Angelo Badalamenti Drops a Posthumous Playlist for Balenciaga

February 29, 2024

For this week’s SOUND ADVICE series, Danielle Badalamenti answers a few questions about her late-father’s career.

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Bktherula Is Always Up

February 27, 2024

The Atlanta-based rapper spills on house parties, Pedialyte, and her go-to order at American Deli.

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Houston Rapper KenTheMan Makes Us a Playlist Fit For a Gemini

February 26, 2024

In this week’s Sound Advice, the “He Be Like” rapper confessed to a DoorDash snafu ahead of the release of her punchy new single, “Pussy.”

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Kelela and Bambii on the Power of the Remix

February 23, 2024

“I’m so freed by the idea that this will have many different lives,” says the singer, who joined Bambii to talk lunch table-hopping and the power of the remix.

PRINCESS

Doechii Tells JT Why Nobody Touches the Swamp

February 22, 2024

The Tampa-born star chops it up with fellow Floridian Rapper JT ahead of her highly-anticipated debut album.

GIRLS

Kim Petras and Carmen Electra on Sex Work, Stripper Heels, and Slut Pop Miami

February 21, 2024

To celebrate the release of her raunchy, new Miami-inspired EP, Kim Petras got on the phone with Carmen Electra to exchange steamy stories from the 305.

SOUND ADVICE

Singer-Songwriter GAYLE on Opening for Taylor and Praying to Aretha

February 21, 2024

Fresh off her gig opening for Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour, the 19-year-old “ABCDEFU” singer stopped by to give us some sound advice.

Sound Advice

French Musician Oko Ebombo Named His Speaker Joséphine

February 20, 2024

As he readies for two headlining shows at The Bourse de Commerce in Paris, the multi-hyphenate curated a soundtrack for us that’ll make you dance and cry.