Staff Picks With WILLOW, Essa Almarzouq, Truth Tribunal, Machine Girl, and Blaze Foley

Associate Editor Ruby Risch

WILLOW

"Female Energy, Part 2"

International Women's Day was this past Sunday, but come to think of it, every day is an opportunity to celebrate female energy.

Senior Editor Brett Callwood

Essa Almarzouq

"My First Love"

I've got family from and in Kuwait so, when I'm listening to music from the Middle East, that's my first port of call. Almarzouq has a velvet-smooth voice and, when he's singing about his first love, you don't have to understand the lyrics to appreciate the emotion.

Operations Manager Robin Rose

The Truth Tribunal

"Dump Trump"

Editorial Intern Cade Pinkerson

Machine Girl

"Athoth A Go!! Go!!"

Mind-numbing rave punk fusion doesn't even begin to describe this killer track off Machine Girl's third album. Artificially natural in all the most captivating ways, the song may be short, but it manages to transport you through a whirlwind of arcade machine sounds, vinyl scratches, and industrial guitar chords in a mere minute and thirty-seven seconds. 

Editorial Intern Anna Jordan

Blaze Foley

"Clay Pigeons"

The Michael Cera version is incredible, but sometimes you need to feel like it'll all be okay.

WILLOW photo by Five Towers