Wanted/Needed/Loved: Taylor Mulitz’s Social Media Mentors
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...moreThis is fault-line music, dangerous in an unassuming way.
...moreIt felt like someone had taken my memories from me.
...more“The green path takes far more work to even recognize—it takes bushwhacking.”
...more“I felt that Meredith Hunter was the invisible figure at the center of the story.”
...more[T]hese are albums to distract you from the horrors taking place daily in the theater of American political life.
...moreI’ve worked through the pain, and made something useful and creative out of it.
...moreThe point is not to control the medium, the point is to interact with the medium, to find out what’s natural to it and what’s native to it and work with that, respond to that.
...moreTo pull into a rest area and get a bag of KFC or McDonald’s or whatever is kind of soul crushing, or at least it is for us.
...moreWhat myths or distortions have you been told about your own family?
...more“I wrote this book. I worked really, really hard on it, and I was a little scared by it.”
...more“These songs are not just sweet confections. They’re talking about real things, like pain, and not being able to connect.”
...more[I]t’s taken me back to those memories of recording at my dad’s, and the stuff that took him back into his past, and ultimately into my future.
...moreA great step forward in Kline’s approach to songwriting, VESSEL is a true indie pop gem.
...moreJulien Baker discusses her latest album, Turn Out the Lights, the ways in which she approaches writing about difficult subjects, and the redemptive power in being open about sadness.
...moreAside from his endless capacity for self-invention, Bowie changed the way we experience our own sense of identity.
...more“The songs often find their inspiration in real-life moments that caused Bag to take stock and assess her own blueprint—to take a stand or fix a problem: personal, political, or both.”
...moreI’m not a trained musician, but my grandma helped me to become fearless…
...more“I’d always wanted my music to sound this way, I just didn’t have the means before.”
...moreAll around me were strangers. All around me were friends. A dark glittering sea of fists. What a terrible, wonderful thing, to be welcomed into this fellowship at last.
...moreDessa discusses her recently released album, Chime, where she stands on the intersection of poetry and performance, and self-care for busy artists.
...moreA retrospective exhibition of Bowie’s life and work makes its final stop in Brooklyn!
...more“Remember Sinead?” I asked. My mom nodded her head and shrugged.
...more“Amezcua’s synths and Sanchez’s vocals craft the perfect soundtrack to get lost in…”
...moreAllyson McCabe talks with Ray Padgett about his new book, Cover Me, and the blog that inspired it, giving us a fascinating window into the craft and business of making music.
...more“[T]here was an unspoken feeling of urgency, and a sense that a big change was coming for all of us, and I think we all tried to channel that into the work.”
...moreThere is hope, and hopelessness, whenever wrecking balls are sung.
...moreCanadian musician Bruce Cockburn discusses his new album, Bone on Bone, songwriting, and the benefits of not selling out.
...more[T]he one thing I wake up next to, that I couldn’t imagine living without, isn’t an object at all. It’s a dog.
...more“The past is in your blood, it’s about genetics, it’s about love, your heart.”
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