The FADER Interview

The FADER's Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross catches up with Turnstile's Brendan Yates to talk about the band's experimental instincts, their return to the road after a long hiatus, and the experience of recording their wild new album GLOW ON on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Clarke and Kerry McCoy of blackgaze titans Deafheaven tell The FADER's Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross about the band's first decade, their ability to turn off the critical noise when they need to, and Clark's struggles in inventing a new voice from scratch on new album Infinite Granite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sixteen-year-old pop phenom Glaive tells The FADER's Alex Robert Ross about his unexpected rise to fame through lockdown, the way his process has changed as he's gone from his bedroom in North Carolina to studios in L.A., and his mom's favorite song on All Dogs Go To Heaven. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Hadreas, a.k.a. Perfume Genius, tells The FADER’s Shaad D’Souza about his new Substack, his excellent last album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, and his music for the 2019 dance piece The Sun Still Burns Here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mackenzie Scott, better known as Torres, tells Alex Robert Ross about time, space, past lives, and her new album Thirstier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FADER's Jordan Darville talks to Holly Herndon about Holly+, her new deepfake "digital twin." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto R&B star Charlotte Day Wilson tells The FADER’s Jordan Darville about learning new skills, navigating the music industry on her own terms, and two very key, very different influences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

London rapper and DJ Shygirl talks to The FADER’s Salvatore Maicki to talk about the aftermath of her last EP ALIAS, the challenges of filming her new short film BLU, and her many current textural fascinations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucy Dacus calls The FADER’s Alex Robert Ross from her home in Philadelphia, where she moved shortly before lockdowns swept across the States, to talk about the way her relationship to a song changes before it’s released, the challenges of writing autobiography, and her unlikely spiritual journey to Tarot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Atlanta-based indie singer-songwriter Faye Webster catches up with The FADER’s Shaad D’Souza to talk about finding inspiration in happiness, releasing a record on her birthday, and her favorite games.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uruguayan-American indie artist Juan Wauters talks to The FADER's Alex Robert Ross about the importance of radio, the need for collaboration in lockdown, and the unconventional process behind his new album Real Life Situations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen talk to The FADER's Shaad D'Souza about how they first connected, the fast-intersecting worlds of pop and indie, and the heartland rock power of their new single “Like I Used To.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rostam Batmanglij sits down with The FADER's Salvatore Maicki to talk about the the techniques and conversations that shaped his new album, Changephobia, into his loosest and liveliest yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flying Lotus tells The FADER's David Renshaw about adapting his sound for his new Netflix series Yasuke, his deep love of anime, and how LaKieth Stanfield came to be an honorary member of the Brainfeeder crew.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marie Ulven, the 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Norway better known as girl in red, writes music that sounds as volatile, passionate, and dramatic as the final scene from a great romance film. Her early songs about queer identity — singles like 2017’s “we fell in love in october” and 2018’s “i wanna be your girlfriend” — amassed hundreds of millions of streams, and they turned Ulven into a Gen-Z it-girl, with the phrase “do you listen to girl in red?” becoming code for young queer girls to ask other girls if they like girls. In April, girl in red released her debut album if i could make it go quiet. Ulven retains her diaristic lyricism on the album, refusing to sand down the rough edges of heartbreak or mental health struggles. At the same time, girl in red pushes into the future, maximizing each element of her sound, whether it’s blinding guitar pop bombast or tender, aching balladry. A few days before the release of the album, Marie Ulven, better known as girl in red, tells The FADER’s Jordan Darville about how working on her mental health makes her a better songwriter, what she learned about love from creating her new album if i could make it go quiet, and the music she’s been working on since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices