Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION has been busy. His 4th studio album came out on April 24th (the early days of quarantine!), so there's new music to talk about. When it became obvious that 2020 was a wash in terms of touring, the singer started up an IG live series talking about mental health and creativity, among other topics, with industry peers. But Bruno also understands the power of pausing, and after the murder of George Floyd on May 29th and the resulting resurgence of the Black Lives Matter

Indie rock quartet Metric are kind of like that best friend I don't talk to every single day, but when we DO catch up, it's as if no time has passed at all. I still listen to all their albums, and when they release a new track, it slips seamlessly into the soundtrack of my life. Awhile back we conducted the best interview ever with Metric frontwoman Emily Haines when she was promoting her 2nd solo album...

You might think I’m too much of a Gwen Stefani fan to review this spectacular residency objectively, and you’d be right. Gwen has been my idol since I was an angsty teen and I didn’t actually believe I was attending the opening night of her Las Vegas residency until… well, until we were seated in the theater, the lights were lowered and bananas appeared, in various forms, and that familiar “Hollaback Girl” drumroll got everyone out of their seats. You could say the opening was bananas. And very

We got to chat with so many fantastic artists this year—about everything from new music to amplified stage production to onstage bloopers. But we also stay true to our name and dig into how they approach building their setlists, modifying it show to show, how much is fan demand versus personal preference. Some answers have been a smidge obvious (we had to ask, right?) but some are absolutely enlightened.

A day spent as an extra in Fall Out Boy's music video for "What a Catch, Donnie"

I Did It For The Dress: A Prom Memoir I couldn’t really tell you what I was like in High School—I pretty much existed in my own bubble of super self-consciousness. I was a decently smart kid who spent a lot of my time running, simply because Cross Country was a sport that required a lot of willpower, but very little coordination. I had crushes, but I didn’t date. I didn’t expect to be asked to Prom, but never for a second did that mean I wasn’t going.

A close up look at the Rube Goldberg inspired music video for OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass"

A VIP sneak peek at the making of Toy Story 3.