Scrolling through the whimsical, trippy photos on Harry Hains’s Instagram account, you might peg him as the kind of person who would have a fantasy world inside his head. You would be right—as ANTIBOY, the Australian model and actor will…
Album Review: The Kooks – “Let’s Go Sunshine”
The fifth LP by The Kooks is titled Let’s Go Sunshine. Yet this latest release by the British rockers sounds more like night music than daytime listening. The easygoing, yet moderately dark songs are best suited for hazy evenings during…
Interview: Shonen Knife
You might not expect a punk group to have song titles like “Twist Barbie,” “Banana Chips,” and “Ramen Rock,” but Shonen Knife is far from your traditional punk group. Since 1981, these Japanese rockers have taken pride in writing about…
Album Review: Ariana Grande – “Sweetener”
It’s hard not to think of Sweetener as a post-Manchester album. Nowhere in the lyrics does Ariana Grande directly address the tragic bombing; yet memory of the event colors the record in subtle ways. The final track features 40 seconds…
Warped Tour 2018 in Photos
How do you say goodbye to the beloved Vans Warped Tour? “Thks fr the Mmrs?” “Though you’re dead and gone, believe me; your memory will carry on?” It’s not easy to write a eulogy for one of the centerpieces of…
Interview: Holy Pinto
As the name of his EP, Tales from the Travelling T-Shirt Salesman, suggests, Aymen Saleh is the kind of artist who will let his love for music lead him down any road. His indie pop band, Holy Pinto, originally was…
Interview: Story Untold
Photo credit: rocksound.tv Every year, Warped Tour welcomed several rising stars into its family for the first time. This year, some of those rising stars were the boys of Story Untold. The Canadian pop punk quintet started out as the…
