Interviews

“I don’t want to get more singer-songwritery. I want to curate a space for people to go nuts at a show.”

“I think if I thought about myself the way that people talk to me sometimes, I’d be insufferable.”

Noah Dillon and Chandler Lucy’s music spawned a culture they despise. The L.A. duo’s new album is their attempt to reshape their band’s “perverted” identity.

The grand delusions of an indie-rock auteur living in exile.

A candid convo about pissing off the industry, rehabilitation, and the future of shoegaze’s best modern band.

The former Axios reporter censures Congressional journalism’s entrenched transphobia, and then reveals how her own band’s music is a direct response to the horrors she witnessed on Capitol Hill.

One of metal’s biggest figures gets honest about the genre’s “identity crisis,” the value of criticism, “shitty music” on Octane radio, right-wing metalcore assholes, Charli XCX, and much more.

In his first — and final — honest interview, the shoegaze musician goes deep on his and Whirr’s history, addresses the band’s controversies head-on, and muses about their future.

Reporting from the frontlines of a NYD hardcore matinee. Also: good punk, bad rock, nice dream-pop, and interviewing Sign Crushes Motorist’s cloud-rap alter ego.

Reckoning with my GOAT letting me down, finding a new pop fave, wading through the underground, and interviewing an indie-rock technician.

Frontline reports from the shoegaze, electro-pop, and deathcore trenches. Plus, nu-gaze both good and terrible, and an interview with the maestro of indie-pop Christmas songs.

Checkin’ in on screamo, surveying indie-rock’s seas and skies, and talkin’ twee.

My blog, my rules.

Shoegaze adjacentry, Yo La Tengo worship, and a rare interview with an underrated maestro of indie-rock and ambient.

The only music newsletter to mention Hopesfall, Martin Bisi, and 764 in the same issue.

Niche internet music, mainstream internet music, and some off the grid music.

Crossing my fingers for an impending classic, playing catch-up, and checking in.

Five reviews spanning punk, sludge-pop, and dreamy electronica. Then, unpacking the ‘Female Loneliness Epidemic.’

Why Bassvictim’s twee makeover feels important. And why I let some nu-metal kids mob my newsletter.

Three album reviews, my take on Pittsburgh indie’s biggest night, and a trend-watching Q&A.

An indie-rock dispatch from Chasing Sundays HQ.

Three live reports, a couple record reviews, and an interview with a musician I’ve long admired.

Reviews, an interview, and a living room mosh tutorial in photo form.

Four album reviews -- shoegaze, garage-rock, “cloud-rock,” etc. -- and an interview with a genre-quaking band.

My assessment of indie-rock’s new frontier, an interview with a shoegazer, and a stoner-rock romp: reviewed.

Hardcore, hyperpop, shoegaze, power-pop, post-punk, and my report from the sludge pits.

Gas station gonzo reporting, hardcore revelations, fuzz-rock interrogations, and some very 2025 indie-pop.

Noise-rock redemption. Dream-pop discovery. Screamo salvation. And so forth.

The best hardcore LP of 2025? The year’s most underwhelming shoegaze drop? Plus more catching up and checking in.

Noise-rock ranting, beatdown signal-boosting, shoegaze gushing, and prog-death frontline reporting.

Catching up on shoegaze, “cloud-rock,” emo, and talking pop with an art-rocker.

New intrigues, old favorites, trend forecasting, and, of course, a shoegazey Q&A.

Fuzz-rock, trip-hop, ambient – oh my! Plus, an emotional taste profile with shoegaze’s “it girl.”

Six reviews, a crazy-ass live show recap, and a powerful Q&A with a shoegaze titan.

The only newsletter uniting underground cloud-rap, regional beatdown, and whimsical indie-pop.

My favorite artist returns, a convo with an indie mainstay, a report from the shoegaze frontlines, and screamo.

Gonzo live reporting, a Q&A with a real one, and reviews of four new projects.