On the Rise Willow Avalon - The Line of Best Fit
Oct 5, 2023 · Avalon’s songwriting bears the hallmarks of resilience and a life lived, hitting melancholic sweet spots with a grandiose flourish that recalls Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne and Reba McEntire. Lyrically she’s adept at transforming even the darkest chapters of her past into something intrinsically poetic. “‘Drivin’ was about when I was ...
The best hyperpop albums of all time - The Line of Best Fit
Jan 28, 2022 · Aesthetically, Lust’s juxtaposition of heavily-processed vocals next to cacophonous noise and Japanese-inspired electronic instrumentation was likely a blueprint for many soundscapes that followed, even if the surface presentation evolved over time. Tonally, its sincerity permeates every robotic vocal, every 909 kick drum, marking an early scene intention of finding emotion and genuine ...
Some kind of monster - The Line of Best Fit
Mar 4, 2024 · Trying to better understand things — experiences, emotions, themselves — is what all of Bean’s work orbits around. At 16, Bean released their debut single "Worldwide Torture" independently on YouTube. The track, alongside its accompanying self-directed and self-funded music video, was written during their math exams.
Rickie Lee Jones's best songs, as chosen by her | Interview
May 3, 2023 · RICKIE LEE JONES: I think the answer is yes, except I didn’t have very many songs at the time! I’d written “Chuck E.’s in Love”, “On Saturday Afternoons in 1963” and “Weasel & the White Boy’s Cool” so, frankly, everything I’d written was pretty great up ‘til then! [laughs] “The Last Chance Texaco” was a spooky story.
The Mars Volta: "Without a doubt it's a whole different era ...
Sep 26, 2022 · Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala tell Best Fit about embracing change as The Mars Volta enter a new era. In July 2020, when I broached the idea of a Mars Volta revival with its guitarist and co-founder Omar Rodríguez-López, the Puerto Rican prog-rock luminary sidestepped the answer by reflecting on his recent return with At the ...
Setting the record straight with Sheryl Crow | Interview
Jul 11, 2022 · Knowing that she wanted a female director to trust with her story, Crow held interviews with a number of women before eventually settling on Amy Scott, a Los Angeles-based filmmaker who had previously profiled Oscar-winning director Hal Ashby. “I chose Amy because she’s somebody whose work I already liked,” says Crow.
New Life - The Line of Best Fit
Feb 6, 2023 · There is Paramore in Olivia Rodrigo’s white knuckles, hot tears and sharp tongue; the parallels between “Good 4 U” and the band’s seminal pop-punk anthem “Misery Business” were so undeniable that Rodrigo retroactively granted singer Hayley Williams a writing credit.
Benson Boone is on the rise | Interview | The Line of Best Fit
May 23, 2023 · Currently based in Utah, Boone is in the city of angels for a month-long stretch of writing and rehearsals before he hits the road on his debut US tour. “This is gonna be the longest I’ve ever been here,” he says. “I can’t even imagine what this US tour is gonna be. I’m so excited, I’m so pumped. Everything’s just coming ...
How Cian Ducrot shaped his own success - The Line of Best Fit
Aug 2, 2023 · A tender piano ballad, its strength comes from its confessional intimacy. Reaching the UK Top 20, the single went on to generate millions of streams and spawned a duet with Ella Henderson. It was like Ducrot had manifested his own jumpstart. “I was just so motivated when I was going to write ‘All For You,’” he says.
How Nicole Zefanya became NIKI - The Line of Best Fit
Sep 20, 2022 · It was time to move on. It was the year, in more ways than one, when Nicole became NIKI. In the intervening years, as one of the jewels in 88rising’s crown and Indonesia’s finest exports, Zefanya’s instinct for honeyed yet heartfelt RnB and immaculate vocal command has secured her a devoted listenership in the tens of millions.