If you haven’t heard, I’ve got news for you. DICE, the indie rock group from Perth, Western Australia, released their second album, I Thought The Altitude Would Make It Worth The View, at the end of July to celebrate my birthday month. Actually the release date has nothing to do with my birthday month. IContinue reading “DICE on Finding Connection Through I Thought the Altitude Would Make It Worth the View”
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With the Future in Mind: Behind the Art and Storytelling of Mae Krell’s “i think i’d like to have a daughter”
By Indi Tejeda – September 8th, 2026 Some artists answer questions, yet Mae Krell inhabits them. Every response arrives with the careful hesitation of someone unwilling to simplify a complicated feeling, tracing ideas through grief, hope, identity, and possibility until they settle somewhere unexpectedly honest. That same intentionality lives inside “i think i’d like toContinue reading “With the Future in Mind: Behind the Art and Storytelling of Mae Krell’s “i think i’d like to have a daughter””
Silver Cup’s Hadley Nelson on Finding Her Voice Through STILL SILVER
By Indi Tejeda — September 13th 2026 Following a period of creative exploration apart, Silver Cup has returned with STILL SILVER, a seven-track EP that captures siblings Hadley and Logan James Hope during a new period in both of their creative journeys. Rather than revisiting the sound that first introduced the Utah-born duo, the projectContinue reading “Silver Cup’s Hadley Nelson on Finding Her Voice Through STILL SILVER”
Making Space for the Unexpected: A Conversation with XBYRDX
By Indi Tejeda – July 28th, 2026 Creative breakthroughs rarely announce themselves. More often, they begin with a question, a frustration, or the quiet realization that the old way of doing things no longer fits. For XBYRDX, Anthems for the End Times began with exactly that kind of realization. What started as a response toContinue reading “Making Space for the Unexpected: A Conversation with XBYRDX”
The Backfires on Stardust, Storytelling, and Building a World Beyond the Song
By Indi Tejeda – July 14th, 2026 The Backfires have always approached music as something larger than a collection of individual songs. With their upcoming second album, Stardust, the NYC-based rock band, consisting of frontman Alex Gomez, lead guitarist Harry Ruprecht, bassist Matt Walter, and drummer Dylan Spiro, expands that idea into a full world built around storytelling, atmosphere, andContinue reading “The Backfires on Stardust, Storytelling, and Building a World Beyond the Song”
Don’t worry, Moon Darling is Releasing an Album – INTERVIEW
Moon Darling isn’t just a cool name. When I look up Moon Darling, I get links to the font or type face, and various Moon Festivals around the world. But it is also the name for a Los-Angeles based band, birthed in Seattle and led by vocalist-guitarist Michael Julian and bassist Eliza Karpel. Their newContinue reading “Don’t worry, Moon Darling is Releasing an Album – INTERVIEW”
The Upsides on Musical Brotherhood and Creative Trust
By Indi Tejeda — July 14, 2026 For The Upsides, the past two years have been about learning how to trust the creative process. The New York alt-rock/indie band has shifted from individual songwriting toward a more collective creative process, allowing each member to contribute ideas, influences, and personal experiences to the music they createContinue reading “The Upsides on Musical Brotherhood and Creative Trust”
Alani Is Somewhere Between Saying It and Releasing Her New EP
Meet Alani, a singer-songwriter born in London with French, Lebanese, and Brazilian roots. She is an overthinker, older sister, and John Mayer fan since she was seven and the next alternative pop artist to watch. We love to talk about liminal spaces. There’s nothing like the liminal space between friend and (potential) lover. It locksContinue reading “Alani Is Somewhere Between Saying It and Releasing Her New EP”
The First Piper Connolly
By Indi Tejeda – June 20th, 2026 Piper Connolly has a theory about identity: you don’t find it, you build it. Song by song, collaborator by collaborator, visual by visual, until one day you look back and realize the whole thing has a shape. “Beautiful Life” is where that shape starts coming into focus. Bright,Continue reading “The First Piper Connolly”
Billie Rude, I Loved You: Sean Gunner Lee Reflects on Nostalgia & Authenticity
By Indi Tejeda – June 13th, 2026 Sean Gunner Lee’s music lives in the space between emotions. His debut solo album, Billie Rude, I Loved You, embraces melancholy and hope, nostalgia and growth, and certainty and ambiguity. Rather than chasing perfection, Lee focuses on the moments that exist between extremes – the feelings that areContinue reading “Billie Rude, I Loved You: Sean Gunner Lee Reflects on Nostalgia & Authenticity”