Andy Downing
Editor and Writer at Grey Matter Media
editor/director @matternews_, formerly columbus alive (rip). "does great work on dumb, vile shit." bylines @ new york times, p4k, stereogum, rolling stone
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The months leading to Hello Emerson’s May 2024 tour in Germany were tumultuous for singer and songwriter Sam Bodary.
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1 week ago |
matternews.org | Andy Downing
The four musicians in Jocks entered into the project knowing little more than they wanted it to be a punk band. Everything else was left unfold organically, from the instrumentation – singer Nate Wilder said at one point he advocated for a dual synth lineup in which the two keyboardists would “face each other, like typists or something” – to the lyrical content, which the frontman first developed as he muttered to himself while pacing back and forth during practices.
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1 week ago |
matternews.org | Andy Downing
Apollo first attended TEMPO Music and Arts Camp four years ago, describing themselves at the time as a more anxious person, particularly when faced with unfamiliar situations. “And every year, I meet new people [at TEMPO], and I enjoy listening and speaking with them,” Apollo said. “And now I absolutely feel more confident. And since I feel more confident in myself, I can carry that in every room that I’m in and not just TEMPO.
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In February 2024, Emily Morgan took part in Februllage, an open submission project hosted by the Edinburgh Collage Collective and the Scandinavian Collage Museum in which collage artists create daily pieces based on a series of prompts. The challenge coincided with a point in time during which Morgan navigated a handful of creative and personal changes that combined to bring about a dynamic shift in her work.
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1 week ago |
matternews.org | Andy Downing
Tracy Ramey was working as an educator when Covid hit. As one means of helping her young students navigate this uncertain new world, she began hosting story time readings, which she hoped might return some sense of normalcy to school-aged children whose routines had been completely upended. “It was out of concern for my children, my students, and I thought it might help them to see someone who they’d seen before,” Ramey said in early May.
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