flowerovlove’s scene-by-scene soundtrack to adolescent romance
Following the release of her latest single “Love You,” Joyce Cisse offers a playlist of the pop anthems that shaped her mission of self-love
Age, anger, and anxiety: The doctrine of Sleaford Mods
Following the release of ‘UK GRIM,’ Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn join Document to disclose why they’ll keep going until they “drop dread”
Caroline Rose’s songs for seeking sincerity
Ahead of the release of ‘The Art of Forgetting,’ the artist lets Document in on the tracks that incite emotion, inspiring their album’s unreserved intimacy
Joni’s tracklist for jumpstarting spring fever
The musician and Intima founder curates a list of songs for getting back into the physical, from Björk remixes to Ofra Haza’s transcendent vocals
Avey Tare offers an unembellished self-portrait with ‘7s’
Dave Portner joins Document following the release of his latest solo work to reflect on where it fits in his broader creative evolution
Chiiild’s sonic North Stars
Upon the release of ‘Better Luck In The Next Life,’ the Montreal-born artist joins Document to curate a list of transportive tracks
Kelela, a raver reborn
Years following the success of ‘Take Me Apart,’ the artist fills Document in on the long road to ‘Raven,’ her much-anticipated sophomore album
Model/Actriz’s ‘Dogsbody’ is an emotional map of New York
Vocalist Cole Haden joins Document to expound upon the debut record’s influences, contextualize his suffering, and detail his pursuit of translating life to cabaret
For Soltera, music is a means of sovereignty
Upon the release of ‘TODO O NADA, VOL. 1,’ the LA-based songstress speaks on how she transforms chaos into catharsis
For Carlita, the art of DJing follows no rules
The Turkish multi-instrumentalist paves her own way through the nightlife scene—seeking to leverage her voice to better our world, and building new sonic ones in...
Wesley Joseph shares songs that feel like cinema
The polymath artist curates a transportive and transformative playlist of tracks that elicit memories, and form new ones of their own
Andy Shauf doesn’t play God
On ‘Norm,’ the Canadian singer-songwriter uses fiction to tackle dark themes—leaving it to the audience to make their own conclusions
Day Zero marries Mayan tradition with the sounds of modern techno
Damian Lazarus’s festival—hosted on the Tulum coast—celebrates rebirth and the formation of community through music
The winding path to Mac DeMarco’s ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’
The multi-instrumentalist’s latest album is lyric-free, improvised along American highways in the spirit of plein-air painting
The C.I.A. play with the parables of punk
With ‘Surgery Channel,’ the LA-based band dissects both society and the self, offering a rhythm that feels danceable and dissonant at once
Grand River’s “Kura” is an all-consuming embrace
Ahead of the release of ‘All Above,’ Aimée Portioli expounds upon the evolution of her practice and the art of translating emotion through sound
Pa Salieu is the driving force behind a new cultural narrative
For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the breakout musician reflects on his many lives, from the frontline to international fame
Nation of Language is the synth-pop time machine you didn’t know you needed
Ian Devaney and Aidan Noell share a behind-the-scenes look at their latest tour, and an homage to their musical influences
“The Train You Always Hear But Never See” is a sonic interpretation of memory
Premiering with Document, VORA and Umbra Abra’s latest track is the reflective center of collaborative electronic album, ‘Portals’
Christeene and Narcissister are exploring life’s profane pleasures
The transgressive artists join Document to discuss modern dating, sex magic, and Christeene’s latest album ‘MIDNITE FUKK TRAIN’
The Céline Dion Snub: Ignorance, or a ‘Rolling Stone’ bid for hate clicks?
The beloved singer’s absence from the magazine’s ‘200 Greatest Singers of All Time’ list caused an uproar—but was that the point all along?
Unorthodox holiday albums that are actually pretty good
From rap to K-pop to punk rock, Document offers the best festive records from across the musical continuum
Isabella Lovestory’s guide to K-pop
The reggaeton-pop princess curates a playlist of songs defined by their maximalist production, from new electro hits to classic R&B staples
Daisy the Great is chicken soup for our eternally-adolescent souls
Mina Walker and Kelley Nicole Dugan join Document to discuss grappling with their online personas, the mutual exchange of performance, and their latest album
Waajeed constructs Afrofuturist realms from the seed of Detroit techno
The musician's latest album, 'Memoirs of Hi-Tech Jazz,' is an exploration of the technological funk and soul that defined his youth and the city's cultural...
Kevin Abstract and Charles Atlas interrogate physical realities in digital fantasies
For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the musician and the artist meet for the first time to explore the evolving principles and practices of video-making
Punk or pastiche? East Village is getting the “rock” club it deserves
At the site of beloved discotheque Pyramid Club, Baker Falls promises a reincarnation of the city's transgressive roots—but its new neighbors suggest otherwise
For Weyes Blood, fantasy is a form of survival
On ‘And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow,’ Natalie Mering explores the function of storytelling in the face of societal collapse
When it comes to artistic success, what are we really measuring?
From Madonna to Taylor Swift, writer and philosopher FT examines the ever-changing metric of music rankings
Caleb Landry Jones handpicks his favorite works of classical literature
Following the release of his new album ‘Gadzooks Vol. 2,’ the actor and musician shares a booklist steeped in nostalgia
In celebrating emo’s resurgence, When We Were Young Festival prophecies its death
“The 2008 financial crisis killed mall goth. Facebook killed MySpace. Adulthood killed emo.”
The Beths unite dark lyrics with upbeat pop in ‘Expert In A Dying Field’
“There’s something about the words and the music together that makes me feel emotional… It’s like a cheat code to making me feel something.”
La Femme defies expectations on ‘Teatro Lucido’
After years of travel in Spain and Mexico, the band mixes its signature psych-pop style with flamenco and Spanish lyrics for a commentary-as-comedy effect
Indie sleaze gets the cinematic treatment in the new documentary, ‘Meet Me In the Bathroom’
Directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern discuss their gritty tribute to New York’s indie scene, featuring archival images from Hedi Slimane
Okay Kaya’s booklist is an ode to brevity
The artist shares 7 short story collections, and the poetic fragments they inspired
A morning with six-piece indie pop collective MICHELLE
The group joins Document to unpack their process, origin story, and the inspiration behind their latest singles
For Porches, music is a memoir
Aaron Maine joins Document to map the personal histories that inform his creative process
Coco & Clair Clair is for the girls
Upon the release of ‘Love Me,’ Claire Toothill and Taylor Nave reveal the reality behind their glam rock persona
Alvvays returns home in ‘Blue Rev’
Tapping into her Nova Scotia roots, frontwoman Molly Rankin discusses the production of an album built on raw sound and formative memories
The tempo of cinema, according to ‘TÁR’ composer Hildur Guðnadóttir
In Todd Field's psychological drama, the artificiality of traditional musical scores is confronted with the reality of everyday life
Welcome to Shygirl’s fantasy world
On ‘NYMPH,’ the artist melds love, lust, and folklore to create a mythology for the modern day
Inside FORMAT, the festival bringing cyborgs and sex therapy to the Ozarks
Held in the town that Walmart built, its inaugural edition offered attendees a choose-your-own-adventure-style journey designed to blend art, music, and technology
Bedside books from Julia, Julia
The artist shares 4 texts for escaping to other realities, and finding peace in her own
Who tf is Alex G?
The musical genius joins Document to speak on his latest album, ‘God Save the Animals,’ and set the record straight about that infamous meme
Shea Couleé and Sudan Archives are their own storytellers
The two Midwestern artists meet to discuss haters, lovers, and the makings of their career-altering albums
For Snail Mail, vulnerability is a double-edged sword
Frontwoman Lindsey Jordan joins Document to discuss her changing perspective on love, the intimacy of songwriting, and her cinematic debut
Whitney’s pain is our pleasure
Emerging from the tragedies of the pandemic, their latest album ‘SPARK’ sees the band’s strongest sonic evolution to date
From nostalgic ballads to seductive funk, Sudan Archives finds her range on ‘Natural Brown Prom Queen’
The artist joins Document to discuss high school, her alter ego, and the making of her latest album
Tatiana Hazel’s songs for seeking solace in the unknown
Following the release of her latest single ‘Talk,’ the up-and-coming musician curates a selection of feel-good, innovatory tracks
