INTERVIEWS
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It feels like a comeback, even if Ripe never left
Back Cove Festival might be brand new, but when Ripe took the stage, it didn’t feel like a debut. It felt like…
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Weakened Friends rebuild, rewire, and return with ‘Feels Like Hell’
The early afternoon sun was beating down at Back Cove Festival’s main stage, but Portland’s own Weakened Friends are used to playing…
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An annulment reversed, this is Head Automatica decadence two decades resurged
“We’re fucking hardcore kids from the suburbs in the ’90s.” That’s how Daryl Palumbo pins it down – what raised him, what…
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Exclusive — Return to Dust press conference
Not too long ago, I was provided the most amazing opportunity of covering Summerfest in Milwaukee, it was three weekends packed with…
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Somewhere in the multiverse, Maya Manuela is born again
Under the smoldering sun on the fairgrounds of Marshfield, Maya Manuela does more than just perform. She confesses. In the soft-spoken, thunder-hearted…
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Samantha McKaige talks her Levitate Festival debut, her new album, and a surprise Sting obsession
At this year’s Levitate Music Festival, Samantha McKaige and her band brought a mix of raw earnestness and offbeat charm to their…
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Lily Fitts isn’t just “Getting By.” She’s taking over
Lily Fitts didn’t set out to be a musician. Not really. She was studying microbiology and biochemistry at UMass Amherst. An aspiring…
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Interview with Would You Kindly?: A very nerdy love story
I met Would You Kindly?, or at least part of the band, when I was photographing Sad Summer Fest at The Rave/Eagles…
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Sink With Me releases an intimate and tender single “Stranger”
On July 10, 2025, post-hardcore band Sink With Me released their newest single “Stranger” which captures the sadness and grief of losing…
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Interview with Moonbow: One of Milwaukee’s premiere EDM DJs
Tanner Bliesner — professionally known as Moonbow — and I were once coworkers. I knew he was an EDM DJ in the…