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On The Rise

Junior Varsity is Ready to Face the Feeling
On their latest EP Ready, Junior Varsity makes growing up feel like a party you’re finally old enough to attend.
By Ali Royals
Empress Of Comes Home
The artist turns rebuilding after the Altadena fires into an album about home, intuition, and her mother’s fearlessness.
By Lina Abascal
A Lifetime of Harmony Tividad
On her new album, Lifetime, Harmony Tividad makes room for joy, freedom, and every version of herself.
By Gutes Guterman
Josh Conway’s Debut Album is Full of Firsts
How The Marías ’ Josh Conway made his first solo album, plum.
By Ali Royals
KatzPascale Lets the Room Cry
The New York duo make ambient, spell-like music for grief, catharsis, and whatever people need to feel.
By Sarah Fradkin
Tessa Gourin's New Book ‘Concrete Catwalk’ Immortalizes New York Style
Published by Mike Brewer's imprint, Canned Planet, Concrete Catwalk captures the irreplicable looks of Manhattan's streets.
By Amanda Chemeche
Let Ray Bull Change Your Life
On their new album Please Stop Laughing, NYC indie pop artists find their footing.
By Ali Royals
Fifi Will See You on the Dance Floor
We get down with Fifi, AKA Sophia Ziskin, as she spills the details behind her new single, “Ima go down.”
By Ali Royals
Grace Ives is Somebody's Girlfriend
With her third album Girlfriend, Grace Ives reckons with shame, identity, and the possibility of actually feeling okay.
By Johanna Sommer
Tanya Bush Wants You to Feel Something
The Cake Zine co-founder on her new cookbook Will This Make You Happy and and a life that resists neat answers.
By Rafaela Bassili
Yot Club Keeps it Simple
In anticipation of his upcoming album Simpleton, Yot Club’s Ryan Kaiser opens up about projection, suburban mythologies, and finding clarity after going viral.
By Gutes Guterman
Rozzi’s Learning What to Hold On To
With her new single “Hold Tight” and the forthcoming album Fig Tree, the singer-songwriter turns vulnerability into something electric.
By Gutes Guterman
Perusing the Menu of American Culture with Biz Sherbert
Byline sits down with the writer, podcaster, and fashion critical theorist to discuss her new Substack American Style, the contemporary culture complex, and a mutual reverence for style.
By Maya Kotomori
Zoe Dubno Refuses to Square the Circle
The author sits down to discuss her debut novel Happiness & Love, the concept of the “scene,” and the beauty in contradiction.
By Maya Kotomori
Seeking Pleasure with Camille Sojit Pejcha
Sex writer Camille Sojit Pejcha has made a career out of writing what others keep quiet—now she’s turning her audience into a community.
By Alessandra Schade
From GQ Design Director To Free Agent
Why stepping off the clouted career merry-go-round was an essential risk to take.
By Rob Vargas
James Veloria Is The Serious Vintage Hub For Unserious People
Co-owners Collin James and Brandon Veloria talk sourcing, Opening Ceremony, Christopher Nemeth blazers, and their best client stories.
By Sam Falb
Myha'la Herrold is Caught Red-Handed
The 'Industry' star on show tunes, doom scrolling, and her comfort watch.
By Emma Sharpe
Momma’s Music Is Medicinal
The Brooklyn-based band on growing up together, their upcoming tour, and the realities of making it in music.
By Megan O'Sullivan
YHWH Nailgun Plays The Long Game
The rising punk band has played festivals across the globe, signed to WME, and received the TIDAL Rising grant. In short, they're destined for big things. But what matters for them is the journey, not the destination.
By Zans Brady Krohn
For Recho Omondi, Knowledge Has Always Been Power
The host of The Cutting Room Floor is releasing season six of her show on April 2nd. The new batch of conversations with fashion's most educated set is more honest than ever.
By Megan O'Sullivan
How Katarina Zhu Made The Year's Most Haunting Indie
The filmmaker behind Bunnylovr on making a debut feature that’s quiet, personal, and powerfully dissociated.
By Lily Lady
A Velvet Voice Covers A Living Legend
Musician Loren Kramar releases Living Legend, a soulful, stripped-down EP of Lana Del Rey covers that honors the intimacy, melancholy, and mystique of a generational icon—while carving out a new kind of devotion.
By Jack Ryan
Larissa Lockshin’s Secret Language
With hand-dyed satin and hand-carved frames, Larissa Lockshin crafts a new series of tactile abstractions during her Ace Hotel Brooklyn residency.
By Gutes Guterman
Ramisha Sattar On Building A DIY Popstar
As creative director for Chappell Roan, she is quite literally your favorite artist’s favorite artist.
By Gaby Gloria
Lina Sun Park Weaves A Spell From The Every Day
As an artist drawn to life's small details, Lina Sun Park creates delicate, dreamlike worlds. Her exhibition at Ace Hotel Brooklyn is no exception.
By Gutes Guterman
Blu DeTiger Brings The Bass Front And Center
The bassist known for bringing the background forward sits down with her brother to talk beauty, bass, and breaking boundaries.
By Rex DeTiger
Illyse Singer Sets The Scene At Roxy Cinema
On the heels of The Downtown Festival, festival director Rebekah Sherman-Myntti sits down with Illyse Singer, the programming director of Roxy Cinema, to talk about the state of movies, festivals, and theaters.
By Rebekah Sherman-Myntti
Ashley Reese Has a Bad Brain
The author behind the Substack Bad Brain, talks writing, grief, and weaving the two together.
By Jane Drinkard
Shifting Gears with Maya Binyam
Debut novelist Maya Binyam considers the role of the writer, what makes for a bad omen, and moving to LA to give her BMW convertible a better life.
By Cora Lee
Bassvictim Is London's Rising Underground Act
Ike Clateman, one half of Bassvictim, discusses their latest EP, Basspunk, Wes Anderson, a Golden Kiss Theory and more in a rare cross-contintential interview with his identical twin.
By Charlie Clateman
Chanel Beads Forages A Dream
Shane Lavers on his musical act, approach to sound, and the new album, 'Your Day Will Come.'
By Dale W Eisinger
Sadie Is Rewriting The Rules Of Music
The New York-based artist on being a woman coming up in music, coaching soccer on the side, who she looks up to now, and her upcoming album.
By Megan O'Sullivan
How José Criales-Unzueta Became The Internet’s Favorite Fashion Writer
José on his Instagram persona, the importance of writing about “queer shit” and landing the job a million girls would kill for at Vogue Runway.
By Nicole DeMarco
Anastasia Coope Is Cementing Time With Music
On the heels of her new single, "Woke Up and No Feet," the singer and painter invites us into her studio to talk about her songwriting, the physicality of recording music, and straddling everything at once.
By Saoirse Bertram
John Roseboro Started Over. Now, He’s A Bossa Nova Trailblazer.
The “post-bossa nova” darling is revolutionizing a traditional sound to fit today’s context, but not without some mysticism.
By Meher Qazilbash
The New York Artist Mur Is Moving Into A New Dimension
The composer and director, who once lived in his art studio full-time, talks about his upcoming opera, covering spiritual ground, and moving into a new home.
By Megan O'Sullivan
Laura Reilly Says Her Readers Are All Really Hot
The newsletter maven on escaping fashion, her writing routine, starting her own line one day, and objectifying her followers.
By Megan O'Sullivan
The Siren Basics Sisters Are No Strangers To The Perils Of Family Business
Clara and Brenda Liang, the sisters behind Siren Basics, talk working together, building worlds, and embracing the panopticon.
By Alex Jhamb Burns
Danya Issawi Is Putting It In Writing
The New York-based media maven has plans to expand her horizons, setting her sights on Snoopy, a few novels, and maybe even a quaint cottage.
By Tyler McCall
June McDoom Carries A Tune
The New York City based musician has learned that in order to make music, she needs space and solo time.
By Linnie Greene
Reigning The Internet With Rayne Fisher-Quann
Cultural critic Rayne Fisher-Quann discusses parasocial relationships, her upcoming book, and the performance of being a woman on the internet.
By Cora Lee
Clara Perlmutter Is Betting On Herself
The fashion-focused TikToker, otherwise known as Tiny Jewish Girl, broke from the traditional path to becoming a lawyer to become a creator. Now, she's ready to put pen to paper.
By Clara Perlmutter
Anna Ling Is A Creative Cupid
The New York-based art director, model, and founder of creative agency Maruchi wants to normalize embracing our multitudes in how we approach work.
By Tiana Randall