Mackenzie Cummings-Grady

Contributions

flor's Future Shine proves that true growth happens in the dark

When flor stepped out onstage at the Bowery Ballroom last fall, the quaint New York venue rattled with energy. The band’s fans, most of them in their early 20s, screamed along to every word as if it were gospel, like every syllable uttered by the band’s lead singer Zach Grace perfectly encapsulated their own human […]

Are the 2000s back? How Avril Lavigne, Chris Carrabba are uniting Gen Z and millennials

While it feels like the meteoric renewal of pop punk happened all at once, the subgenre had slowly been edging its way back into mainstream appeal since the days of mid-2010s emo rap. Rather than a general revamp of punk music, the years since Lil Peep’s passing instead saw the resurgence of a specific era […]

David Duchovny on the influences behind his new album 'Gestureland'

David Duchovny is always busy. A writer, director, producer, novelist, musician and, of course, award-winning actor, Duchovny is a creative polymath who’s surprisingly laid back in the way he creates. He allows inspiration to crop up organically and runs with his ideas, even if the meaning is foggy. For example, the album art for his […]