Some days especially when touring, it gets very difficult to get into a creative headspace. When it’s more difficult I just try my best to go out there and do something different. Being around people I like who play music that they love makes it so much easier for me to do my job. My biggest motivator is just being around people who are also doing what they love.
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Hopeless Records has always been on the frontlines of the pop punk scene — and by extension, alternative culture as a whole. But as the alternative scene shifts, the faces of those in it begin to look diverse, and the music they want to make changes, how can labels and their artists ensure that they’re representative of the scene they speak for?
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Photos by Justine Martinez.
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With contributors across the world, the local music scenes each of Ascribe’s team members are part of vary drastically. Three contributors teamed up to dig into what makes their city’s scene special.
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From new bands and scene legends alike, 2022 found Equal Vision’s artists bringing their best work to the table.
A handful of these artists took the time to reflect on what these releases meant to them, their work, and their year.
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