Arts, Interrupted

For the fourth episode of the “Female Fronted is Not a Genre” mini-series, the Arts, Interrupted team talks with Willow Hawks from the Cleveland pop-punk band The Sonder Bombs about being a Modern Female Rockstar, being compared to Paramore and much more

From Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, to Boygenius and Kids See Ghost, the Arts, Interrupted team looks at how the “supergroup” has changed over time in this week's episode "The Evolution of the Supergroup."

In episode three of Female Fronted is not a Genre, the Arts, Interrupted team talks with Rej Forester and Karen Ledford of the Louisville scream-pop band GRLwood.

In episode four of season four, Arts, Interrupted dabbles in the art of ASMR — well, not quite. Taking inspiration from the hit YouTube series,” Hot Ones,” the gang eats five progressively spicer wings while giving their most divisive pop culture beliefss

In the second installment of “Female Fronted is not a Genre,” the team talks with Kerry Alexander of the Minneapolis, indie-pop band, Bad Bad Hats about her journey into music and how she personally navigates the “binaries” of both gender and music.

As avid Spotify users, the Arts, Interrupted team takes a look into the intricacies of the playlist: why do we make them? How do we personally curate these track-lists? Does this affect our relationship with an album as a whole? Listen in to find out

It’s season four of Arts, Interrupted and we’re back talking to some of your favorite, non-male musicians about the complexities — and maybe hypocrisies — of the DIY scene. This is Female Fronted is not A Genre: a Conversation with Retirement Party

For our final installment of the Artist Spotlight series, Sammy heads to Deluxx Fluxx to interview songwriter and musician Aly Spaltro, known by her stage name, Lady Lamb.

The Cowboy is back, and in big ways. We at Arts, Interrupted spend some time observing the return of the cowboy aesthetic to popular culture. Welcome to the Yeehawnaissance.

Sammy gets Rick Roll'd by superstar country artist Hunter Hayes. They discuss country music, his path as an artist, and his current tour.

The can we separate the art from the artist? How do we as consumers, as a society, respond to harmful acts performed by revered artists? How should we react? The Arts Interrupted team battles with these difficult questions and more on this feature episode

On this installment of the Spotlight Artist series, Sammy sits down with Summer Benton, a University of Michigan student, artist, and member of the improv comedy troupe COMCO.

Sam, Olive, and Emily get together to talk about the goods and bads of our nation's new favorite pastime: social media.

Sammy talks with LSA & STAMPS student Ariel Friedlander about her experiences as a drag queen, performance artist, and passionate activist.

Host Sam Small and producer Sean Lang get into what it means to be DIY and speak with local DIY legend Fred Thomas

On this installment of the Spotlight Artist series, Sammy talks with MEMCO members Petr Moore and Jamie Johnson about their lives as student DJs.

Sam, Livi, Olive, Sean, and John get together to discuss reality TV and relate it back to politics, exploitation, and (not so) guilty pleasure.

S3 E3 Artist Spotlight: Robina Rranza

With the Oscars right around the corner, Sammy talks with our producers Olive Scott and Livi McKenzie about the awards season. Then, Sammy talks with film writer, Madeleine Gaudin, and the director of the Umich screenwriting program, Jim Burnstein.

On our first installment of the Spotlight Artist series, Mike and Sammy sit down and talk with Ian Eylanbekov about his life as a guitarist, his time on tour with Snail Mail, and his upcoming EP.