How a word for independent music became a sound, a scene and an identity.
There is a strange moment in the history of music when a word changes underneath the people using it.
For years, “independent” meant something fairly concrete…
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On the Knife Edge of Stillness
An Essay Portrait
Amelia de Weger
By Taoufik Abou
March 2026
She releases music as Amelia Magdalena, but her name is Amelia de Weger. Based in Melbourne, she moves within a space where folk intimacy, psychedelic atmosphere and alternative restraint…
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Editorial Desk #002
Some Friendships Never Leave the Stage
Editorial Desk
Some friendships don't fade.
They simply keep finding their way back to the same stage.
On the final night of Bon Jovi's nine show residency at Madison Square Garden, the lights dimmed…
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