July 18, 2011

By Brian Kindle Photo by Aaron Wojack A few months back, the New York Times ran an odd story about a mystery captivating the city of Miami. It seemed someone had placed a massive grand piano fully upright on a sandbar, surrounded on all sides by the salt waters of Biscayne Bay. Read More

By Ryan O’Connell Photo by Travis Shuggin The three women in Mountain Man are Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath. Their names are not simple, but their music is. The music of Mountain Man is vocally driven, accompanied only by sparse acoustic Read More

By Patrick Wall, with reporting by Jessica Selby Photo by Paul Phung Though it may not be noticeable, the beginnings of dream pop quartet Wild Beasts front man Hayden Thorpe’s musical career started in an unlikely place – sitting in the back of his nanny’s car Read More

By Megan McClure Photo by Matthew Welch When we spoke, Nikka Costa was in the midst of coordinating rehearsals with her band, gearing up for her United States tour in support of her newly released EP, Pro*Whoa! The goal, Costa said, is to release a series of EPs rather than go Read More