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"When music comes to you as pure catharsis, it’s very dark, very beautiful." (An Interview With Taylor Robert Hawkins of Western Daughter)

"When music comes to you as pure catharsis, it’s very dark, very beautiful." (An Interview With Taylor Robert Hawkins of Western Daughter)

Music can reveal itself as simply escapism or enjoyment, but it can also be something much deeper, more abstract and substantial.

Music, InterviewsKate WilsonJuly 8, 2019Taylor Robert Hawkins, Western Daughter, mewithoutYou, Joyce Manor, American Football, Big Thief, Hop Along, The Sidekicks, The Menzingers, The Book, Songs Ohia, Yo La Tengo, Animal Collective, Fugazi, The Spirit of The Beehive, Frank Ocean

“There’s a sense of peace that comes with soft sunlight in the early mornings.” (An Interview with Lynn Werner)

“There’s a sense of peace that comes with soft sunlight in the early mornings.” (An Interview with Lynn Werner)

When combined, the arts create redemption, gratitude, connections we’d never have bridged on our own.

Art, Interviews, MusicKate WilsonMay 18, 2019Lynn Werner, Conan Gray, Hozier

"The song is not autobiographical, but fragmented bits of reality always slip in." (An Interview with Meg Olsen)

"The song is not autobiographical, but fragmented bits of reality always slip in." (An Interview with Meg Olsen)

Today, we bask in the uproarious gentleness of Issue I contributor Meg Olsen, and her latest single “Capture the Moon.”

Interviews, MusicKate WilsonMarch 17, 2019Meg Olsen

"I gave myself permission to write without asking for forgiveness." (An Interview with Rona Wang)

"I gave myself permission to write without asking for forgiveness." (An Interview with Rona Wang)

Many of the truths within this book are about the impossible debt of love and the tremendous gift of lineage.

Interviews, Literature, MusicKate WilsonFebruary 1, 2019Katherine Ho, Julie Otsuka, Jenny Zhang, Jennifer S. Cheng

“That rare moment of being so awed by a combination or chords or lines that it stops us. We want to be stopped again.” (An Interview with Jill Mceldowney)

“That rare moment of being so awed by a combination or chords or lines that it stops us. We want to be stopped again.” (An Interview with Jill Mceldowney)

There is a dichotomy that exists in poetry that allows both intimacy and distance.

Interviews, Literature, MusicStephanie ChangJanuary 22, 2019HAIM, Under the Influence of Giants, The Civil Wars, M.I.A., Lissie, Jill Mceldowney

“I hope my work can bring you a sense of quiet.” (An Interview with Joyanna M.)

“I hope my work can bring you a sense of quiet.” (An Interview with Joyanna M.)

Most sounds are music to me.

Art, Music, InterviewsKate WilsonDecember 4, 2018Joyanna M., Lily Bell, Jennifer Patterson, Aquamarine Space Unicorns

“In order to discover truth, art has to push into unexplored territory.” (An Interview with Human Kitten)

“In order to discover truth, art has to push into unexplored territory.” (An Interview with Human Kitten)

Take a crucial idea, distill it down to its skeleton, and then just let the listener project their own flesh onto it.

Art, Interviews, MusicKate WilsonOctober 7, 2018elijah llinas, human kitten

“If this is art, we should be pushing bounds, not sticking with the common pattern.” (An Interview with CVLTVRE)

“If this is art, we should be pushing bounds, not sticking with the common pattern.” (An Interview with CVLTVRE)

This group of musicians is doing just that—expanding our view to encompass that which is untouchable.

"This book is both a letter to my past self and written for young people." (Adrienne Novy on Crowd Surfing With God)

"This book is both a letter to my past self and written for young people." (Adrienne Novy on Crowd Surfing With God)

I hope my readers are able to embrace the awkward younger versions of themselves, and forgive those past selves.

“I live for art that startles me, shocks me, unsettles me, consumes me.” (An Interview with Eden Ariel)

“I live for art that startles me, shocks me, unsettles me, consumes me.” (An Interview with Eden Ariel)

I can't explain why but I do feel like I was born close to some kind of portal to elsewhere, to other memories and places.

Interviews, MusicChristina ImJuly 4, 2018adele, bon iver, bright eyes, claude debussy, eden ariel, lana del rey, nina simone, pink floyd, sara bareilles, kendrick lamar, bob dylan, bruce springsteen