Interview: Snask

The Stockholm-based creative agency on the provocative nature of pink and questioning 'stupid rules'

Stockholm-based creative agency Snask likes to have fun. So much so, their company manifesto declares having great social skills is just as important as knowing how to spell. And their particular brand of fun is contagious; it seems with every project they launch or lecture they give, these Pied Pipers of parties are able to lure the industry in a new, atypical direction. Fredrik Öst …

Interview: Drummer Mike Calabrese of Lake Street Dive

On the new recording process for their album, Side Pony

Wearing his signature bandana headband, Lake Street Dive’s drummer Mike Calabrese keeps the beat and the energy going on stage at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. The sold-out crowd is more than game to sing along with the band. Moments later, they quiet down to marvel the power and artistry in Rachael Price’s voice and drink it all in: four skilled musicians who clearly enjoy …

Interview: Cinematic Folk Musician Ben Abraham

Talking genre, the Melbourne music scene and inspiration

The title singer/songwriter can mean a great deal to a world’s worth of musical listeners. And while Ben Abraham fits under that catch-all, there’s something about his music that places him elsewhere. Abraham has been referred to as a cinematic folk artist and a listen of his debut album Siren explains why. Each track tells a tale, layered lyrically and sonically. Delicate moments yield themselves …