Audrey van Schagen

A rabbit—the overarching character and face of little image‘s newest album KILL THE GHOST—represents a guiding force that pushes and inspires the band as artists. It embodies the kind of magic we all chase in pursuit of meaning, Jackson Simmons, vocalist and guitarist of little image, says in a chat with Melodic Magazine in March.
While chasing their own rabbit, little image took it in their own power to document an introspective journey filled with all of life’s contrasts—the good and the bad,...

Picture this: it’s 2005, The Academy Is… has just released their debut album Almost Here, making a splash in the emo and pop-punk scene while growing their own loyal fan base. Life is good.
After the release of Santi (2007) and Fast Times At Miracle High (2008), the band would ultimately call it splits in 2011, leaving their discography and the success of the band in the mid-2000s to go their own separate ways.
Between their inception in 2003 and 2026, The Academy Is… would go through a two-deca...

Krooked Kings, a five-piece Utah-born indie pop band, are just like a lot of us—trying to navigate the realities of life, but falling into harmful habits that only slow us down along the way or bring us down a path we’re not fond of. On their newest album In Another Life, released March 27, the band opens the conversation about these hard topics, discussing everything from drinking to relationship troubles.
The band’s new, introspective outlooks and developed confidence are ready to be received...