March 2020

“WHAT I LIKE”: AG picks for BUKU 2020

As you’ve probably heard by now (like literally heard, when the bass rumbles up and down the river every year), The BUKU Music + Art Project packs a lot of punch into the...

Andru Okun, J.V. Mina, Marisa Clogher, Mary Beth Campbell, Raphael Helfand, William Archambeault

February 2020

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Allie Mariano, Andru Okun, Coco Cruse, Danielle Dietze, Jon Kieran, Katie Sikora, Mary Beth Campbell, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry, Saint Agatha, William Archambeault

October 2019

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Emily Elhaj, Erin Hall, Mary Beth Campbell, Michael Kunz, Nick Pope, Raphael Helfand, William Archambeault

July 2019

MATT SURFIN’ GETS BY (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS)

Indie rock is often a solitary endeavor. The scene lionizes tragic, wounded crooners such as Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith, lonely sufferers who transubstantiate their pain into...

Raphael Helfand

July 2019

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Dan Fox, Holly Devon, Jenn Attaway, Nick Pope, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry, William Archambeault

June 2019

PRIESTS: MALL RATS FOR THE REVOLUTION

Nothing Feels Natural, the debut album from Priests, came out a week after Trump’s inauguration. Since then, the Washington DC band has been trying to shake the “political...

Raphael Helfand

June 2019

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Harriet Burbeck, Jenn Attaway, Michael Kunz, Nora Maria Fuller, Raphael Helfand, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault

May 2019

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Dan Fox, Harriet Burbeck, Jamilla Webb, Michael Kunz, Nick Pope, Raphael Helfand, Robert Dean, Robert Landry, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault

April 2019

RABBITS & RADIOACTIVE DELAY: A SOUNDTRACK TO THE END-TIMES WITH GUERILLA TOSS

Art rock quintet Guerilla Toss is not large, relatively speaking, but it contains multitudes. During its nine-year run, Guerilla Toss has drastically shapeshifted its sound and...

Raphael Helfand

April 2019

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Andy Swicord, Emmeline Clein, Harriet Burbeck, Holly Devon, Michael Kunz, Nick Pope, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault

March 2019

THE EXTRA LIVES OF AF THE NAYSAYER

Amahl Abdul-Khaliq (AF THE NAYSAYER) is a driving force in Louisiana’s often overlooked electronic music community. In the late ‘00s, he waded into a scene dominated by...

Raphael Helfand

March 2019

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Andrew Cirac, Dan Fox, Harriet Burbeck, Nick Pope, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault