Q&A: Martin Van Ruin
Martin Van Ruin might borrow its name from President Martin Van Buren--whose critics dubbed him "Van Ruin" since he presided over a long, painful economic recession--but frontman Derek Nelson, 27,...
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Q&A: KSRA
As a child, Rachel Thomas was fascinated with breaking things because she likes to, in her own words, "test boundaries." Recording and performing under the name KSRA, the 29-year-old Logan...
Q&A: Betty Who
When Spencer Stout uploaded his marriage proposal to his boyfriend Dustin Reeser in September 2013, no one expected the video to go viral — least of all singer/songwriter Betty Who,...
Q&A: Death
Sometimes Death isn't really the end. In the early '70s, Detroit brothers David, Bobby and Dannis Hackney picked up some instruments and started bashing out scrappy, high-octane rock tunes under...
Q&A: The Whoevers
In spite of the Whoevers' relatively anonymous moniker, the hip-hop duo of Lloyd "Dotkom" Dotdot and Jesse "J. Arthur" Manaois is slowly starting to make a name for itself. The...
Q&A: Sky Ferreira
Sky Ferreira started making her own music at the age of 15 and signed to a major label at 17. Yet for years she labored in label purgatory, hesitant to...
Q&A: Trombone Shorty
Early in 2012, Trombone Shorty played one concert where he got so caught up watching the legendary players assembled onstage — Jeff Beck, B.B. King and Mick Jagger were among...
Q&A: Disclosure
During Disclosure's early evening set at Lollapalooza 2013, British brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence paused to pay tribute to house music--a genre with deep Chicago roots that heavily informs the...
Q&A: The 1975
This year has been a whirlwind for 1975 singer Matthew Healy. "My life has changed so fundamentally," said the frontman, reached in mid-September on the eve of a sold-out gig...
Q&A: Boy
Boy, as it turns out, is a girl. Actually, two of them: singer Valeska Steiner and bassist Sonja Glass. The European pair (Steiner is of Swiss descent and Glass is...