Ben Schultz is a freelance writer and journalist in Boise, Idaho. He has interviewed and written about a wide range of artists, including Aimee Mann, Jessica Lea Mayfield and Mike Watt.

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Morocco-born, Manitoba, Canada-raised artist Faouzia Ouihya has been making music for the better part of a decade, racking up millions of streams alongside awards for her songwriting and her powerful ...

Starr Lee made the jump into concert photography to combine a longtime love of live music and the joy of doing her best to give people FOMO through an image. Originally from the Midwest, she didn’t ...

When Australian pop band Chase Atlantic went into the studio last spring to record what would become its sophomore album, Phases, brothers Mitchel and Clinton Cave, and best friend and bandmate ...

Surprise! The first couple of new songs Eminem has released are (improbably) catchy. This one is bound to get radio airplay, similar to Eminem’s last collaboration with Rihanna. Note from future Roman ...

The forearms of Matt Maeson are tattooed with a foreboding message: “Born a sinner,” says one. “Die a martyr,” concludes the other. The statement itself may be pure rock and roll, but that was not the ...

Bikini Kill, courtesy Debi Del Grande. Mosswood Meltdown photos: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Riot grrrl originators Bikini Kill didn’t purposefully wait three decades to make their late-night TV debut. They ...

Smallpools perform at the Independent on Nov. 20, 2014. Quite frankly, I’m surprised how quickly Smallpools’ success has grown in a year. Not because they’re not good, but because being able to sell ...