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Desktop Diaries: Madeline the Person
“What I will take from this is the reminder that there are infinite ways to be. The way that society is set up obviously has so many flaws, and that's a beautiful reminder to live innovatively.”
Desktop Diaries: Lunar Vacation
“When you're not around people and not able to go places, it’s hard to create like normal. It’s been making me look inward - maybe too much, to the point of overthinking… but, that makes the work really honest I guess!”
Desktop Diaries: Del Water Gap
“I feel like I’m learning how to be an adult in this choked version of our world. I also started a fan cult on Instagram - come join my megachurch, all are welcome.”
Desktop Diaries: Field Medic
“The first part of quarantine was fun because I made an entire emo trap EP.”
Desktop Diaries: The Paranoyds
“I do love that people can get intimate experiences with their musicians of choice now. I was able to watch Patti Smith live stream with her daughter and it felt like a personal FaceTime.”
Desktop Diaries: Early Eyes
“If things keep heading this direction we're about to become an ambient modular synth collective. JK... unless??”
Kyle Lux — Projectors
Perfect to stream when missing the ups and downs of summer nights.
A Penny For Your Thoughts, A Dime For Your Affliction
With examples like Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway, and Sylvia Plath, it’s easy to see how, in art, the public perception of mental illness is that it positively affects creativity. We've created martyrs out of those struggling under mental illness, and reduced their struggles to “the creative process.”
Kidsuper: A Breath of Fresh Air in Fashion
Delineating himself from his contemporaries, Colm Dillane has created a presence as opposed to an aesthetic. In this interview with Pure Nowhere, he talks about opting for opportunities as opposed to just collaboration, and what has categorized the upward trajectory Kidsuper has had since its conception.
Freshman Year, in iPhone Notes & 35mm
writing shitty words on a Microsoft document pretending that someday it will matter. life is fun and boring right now in a kind of perfect way that I’ll never be satisfied with and nothing is full circle.
Queer Youth Say: Love Isn’t Under Siege
How do all the queer kids that are becoming queer adults feel about the fragility of this right, a right that many of us have taken as a given?
Embrace your inner child: FIG discusses her latest EP ‘The Fluke’
At 20 years old, Fay — better known as FIG — is breaking out of the bedroom pop mold. With her undying individuality and dynamic sound, this New York singer-songwriter dances around what’s expected, bringing listeners something fresh, with an air of nostalgia. After being featured on Spotify’s “Lorem” and “Beast Meets West” playlists, Pure Nowhere chatted with FIG over a Zoom call, discussing how she brings internalized emotions and visuals to life in her music.
‘Mirror Sound’ Offers an Intimate Glimpse into What it Means to Create
‘Mirror Sound’ is a visual portrait that takes a closer look at the people and processes behind self-recorded music, showcasing twenty-seven musicians including Sharon Von Etten, Laetitia Tamko (Vagabon), and the late Emitt Rhodes. Conceived by writer and musician Spencer Tweedy, graphic designer Lawrence Azerrad, and photographer Daniel Topete, the collaboration profiles a collection of musicians whose work is a sonic reflection of their innermost selves.
The Open Persecution of Muslims in India, & the World’s Silence
International actress Priyanka Chopra and singer-songwriter Nick Jonas’s wedding, with familiar faces like Armie Hammer and Kelly Ripa in attendance, had a more surprising guest: Indian Prime Minister Modi. Chopra, who was appointed as a UN ambassador in 2010, has been vocal about her head-turning, ironic support towards the controversial leader for quite some time.
las cosas que duran para siempre (the things that last forever) - a new short film by Marina Mónaco & Benjamin Baccetti
Here we are again, with another short film masterpiece guaranteed to make you nostalgic for everything you’ve ever wanted and nothing you’ve ever done.
Healing in finding forgiveness: Morgan Saint discusses her latest EP 'HELP' and the importance of authenticity
Bracing honesty is a consistent theme in Morgan Saint’s catalog, and her latest EP HELP is nothing short of pure, unadulterated authenticity. In a conversation with Pure Nowhere, Morgan shared her cathartic advice, discussed honesty in music, and adapting to being a musician in the age of COVID-19.
Longing and “Sad Girl” Influence in Charlotte Bumgarner’s Debut - ‘Honey Touch’
‘Honey Touch’ is a song that’s equally at place cascading from your headphones as you lay in your bed staring up at the ceiling, as it is at the end of a melancholic indie movie.
Alex Marko — Tranquility
“Each track offers a gateway to a new world. An opportunity to lose yourself in the composition and float away to a utopia offered by the atmospheric audio and cohesive writing styles of Marko.”
Velvet Bloom — 7Hundred25
‘7Hundred25’ and its accompanying clip are an encapsulation of all the joy that warmer months can bring, all in time for the approaching summer season.
Music Like Coming Home: A Conversation with Valley Palace
How much do we really know ourselves? Valley Palace’s new EP, Pastel Mood, seeks the answer and inspires more questions along the way. Pure Nowhere’s Liv Bjorgum had the opportunity to chat with 26-year-old Nathan Taylor over Zoom about the EP, emotions, and taking the time to reconcile the person in the mirror with the thoughts in your head.