Interviews

Ryan Kearns (Ryan Kearns): What pushed you to begin your singing profession in the first place?
Pridemore, Brook: A few years ago, my grandmother reminded me that when I was a youngster, I would stay in front of the TV, playing with toys or anything else. I’d tune out the shows but tune in to sing along with the advertisements. I don’t recall that, but as I grew older, I remember desiring to sing. Like Nirvana or Boyz II Men, I longed to be a musician.
But, because I only fit in with other geeks, and it would be generations before being a geek was deemed excellent, I didn’t think I could …

Ryan Kearns (Ryan Kearns): What motivated Bree and The Whatevers to form?
Bree Klauser (Bree): It all began when a hairstylist in the East Village contacted me when I was performing in a gay club about co-writing and recording dance-pop songs. I’d been performing for a long time and had strong jazz and musical theater background, but I’d never thought about writing my songs. That little encounter gave me my initial experience of how rewarding it was to compose, play, and produce my original songs. Following the completion of that work, I moved around with a few colleagues for a year or so, making music …

“Old Friends,” the opening track on Pinegrove’s superb debut album, Cardinal, from Montclair, New Jersey, blends all of the group’s best qualities.
There’s frontman Evan Stephens Hall’s golden voice with its country-Esque twang, soaring guitars that move up and down, and thoughtful lyrics that unveil themselves more with repeated listens. Zack Levine is the band’s drummer.
As Stephens Hall reflects on his small-town settings, he thinks, “How come every ending is such a letdown?” He has a strong desire to flee, but he also recognizes that this area will always be a part of him…

Talk Less Say More is a London-based artist, and he recently released his music video “Repeating.” We spoke with Talk Less Say More to learn more about the outstanding, unique video as well as his backstory:
When asked about how the video for “Repeating” came to be, Talk Less Say More said that Ieva from Blake House Filmmakers Cooperative revealed that she had recently acquired a pup. This was when he proposed that they include him in the movie to make the experience more fun.
He needed it to be lighted so that Bernie appeared to be in a Caravaggio artwork. Apart from that, not much was …