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Juan Carlos Arroyo Callejas is a Mexican-born artist working in the areas of music, visual arts (as illustrator and vandal), and writing. His work is mostly experimental, but influence shows from his…

Dec 24th

Presenting →

I’m one of the new additions to the Style section of Artist Advocacy previously posting “Wormhole” in Street View and am so ecstatic to be a part of the team. So I thought I’d introduce myself: I’m a…

Dec 19th

Back Seat →

I’ve been experimenting a lot with improvisational acting in film. Rather than having a bunch of rehearsals with memorized dialogue and blocking, I am more interested in letting the actors be my…

Dec 17th

Interview: James Penycate of OohBrilliant →

James Penycate is not is a hard working and dedicated businessman who has an undying love for sound. A friend of mine for years, he has proven to be one of the most passionate humans I know, and…

Dec 16th

Reading Rainbow →

Guest Mixtape #8: Reading Rainbow

Nov 23rd

Artist Advocacy Abroad: Dublin, Ireland →

A look at Dublin’s underground experimental and pop scenes

Nov 7th

Artist Advocacy Abroad: Santiago, Chile →

A translated interview with Álvaro Solar of Chilean garage rock quartet Protistas

Aug 31st

All Around and Away We Go: Twin Sister and... →

August 9, 2010 at Great Scott in Allston, Massachusetts.

Aug 26th

Drug Rug →

Singer-guitarist Sarah Cronin is a dynamic visual artist herself. She is responsible for the dreamy artwork that adorns the band’s album covers and show posters, providing a visual identity that’s at…

Aug 26th

Las Robertas →

A guest-curated mixtape by Las Robertas featuring songs from Costa Rica, Spain, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, and Mexico.

Aug 19th

Las Robertas →

A guest-curated mixtape by Las Robertas featuring songs from Costa Rica, Spain, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, and Mexico.

Aug 18th

Dent May →

Dent May is difficult to categorize. For one thing, with his poppy sound and cuddly lyrics, he’s arguably the most accessible musician signed to Paw Tracks right now. For another, he’s a tried and…

Jul 30th

Tonetta →

Canadian musician Tonetta is the savior of lo-fi music. Free from the irony associated with chillwave and shitgaze, he crafts poetically course tunes using whatever equipment is available, with…

Jul 29th

Best Coast- Crazy For You →

[Mexican Summer, 2010] words//stephanie cafarella Best Coast – Boyfriend Weed, boys and an increasingly famous orange tabby are indisputably the lyrical mainstays of Californian surf/garage-pop duo…

Jul 29th

Kate Miller-Heidke →

Correspondence #1: Kate Miller-Heidke

Jul 12th

Protected: Andrew Reynolds →

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Jul 6th

Tame Impala →

Tame Impala will take you on a journey. ‘What kind of journey?’ you may ask. A saga that starts in the subconscious, travels through the psyche, says what’s up to Freud, funnels into the bloodstream,…

Jul 2nd

Abigail Portner’s Limited/Custom Drawings →

Abigail Portner is a great artist, friend, and head of the “All I See” series here at Artist Advocacy. She recently moved from coast to coast and is currently selling one of a kind drawings. You can…

Jul 1st

Andrew Kuo →

Guest Mixtape #6: Andrew Kuo

Jul 1st

SCREAMING FEMALES →

words//jarrett dougherty, marissa paternoster, and king mike Dear Internet, Here are a handful of songs by friend’s bands, bands that became friends, and bands that we like that aren’t really our…

Jun 29th

Noel Boyt →

Noel Sinclair Boyt is a visual artist, skateboarder, and a great friend. When we first met, Noel was visiting Boston during the reign of Coliseum. We didn’t get to hang around for too long, but we…

Jun 29th

DOM- Sun Bronzed Greek Gods EP →

[Burning Mill Records, 2010] words//stephanie cafarella DOM – Jesus I don’t know whether it’s the painfully blatant and somewhat tasteless references to all things Americana or irony of the allusion…

Jun 26th

Angkorwat →

Niamh Corcoran’s music strikes me as something is something special for the Dublin underground music scene. Her half-dreamscape, half-electronic sounds are so chillingly awesome that I really wish…

Jun 23rd

The Bent Moustache →

Ajay Saggar is a man who is constantly immersed in music, seemingly from every angle possible. If he’s not recording or playing shows with The Bent Moustache, he’s likely live mixing and sometimes…

Jun 22nd

No Age →

Guest Mixtape #4: Randy Randall of No Age.

Jun 21st

Entering the “Golden Age” With Beach Fossils and... →

There was no shortage of toe tappin’ and seasonally inspired music at the Middle East Upstairs, this past Friday evening. With the intention of going solely to see my favorite band of the moment, and…

Jun 21st

Protected: Fred Mortagne →

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Jun 18th

Laura Marling →

On a perfect day, Marling is just like anyone else. It’s the weekend. She picks up the papers at the corner store, makes breakfast with her flatmates, takes a walk in the park and ends the night with…

Jun 14th

Wavves →

Artist Advocacy Guest Mixtape #3: Wavves

Jun 8th

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti- Before Today →

This is the beginning of a new era. Whether you are a lover of lo-fi or the DIY aesthetic, its time to move on, because Ariel Pink has moved on. The sound is not radically different, but anyone who…

Jun 8th

Uffie →

Uffie is the badass alter-ego of French expatriate Anna-Catherine Hartley. She has been working on an album for about four years now, called Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. I decided not to be one of the…

Jun 8th

Lucas Blalock →

Lucas Blalock, a new New York based photographer, states that his work illustrates the way that falseness/mechanics in pictures can bring us closer to the world. In this interview he answers…

Jun 4th

The Apples In Stereo →

Robert Schneider, best known for being the front man of The Apples In Stereo and producer of several key Elephant 6 albums, is an exceptionally nice dude. So nice, in fact, that after finding that…

Jun 3rd

Best Coast →

The second Guest-Curated Mixtape by Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast.

Jun 2nd

Greg Hunt →

Greg Hunt is a filmmaker, photographer, skateboarder, and an inspiring human being. I haven’t known Greg very long, but since I met him he has always been on the move and never not working. Greg is…

May 26th

Daddy Longlegs to Premiere at the Brattle →

Red Bucket Films‘ Josh and Benny Safdie have a new movie out that has been generating a lot of buzz. It’s called Daddy Longlegs and will be screening at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA on…

May 19th