Mitch Mosk

Convinced Friend holds on to a disappearing Louisiana hometown on ‘Nowhere Songs,’ a spellbinding sophomore album whose roaring guitars and aching alt-country melodies give extraordinary life to the people and memories that time threatens to erase. In an intimate conversation with Atwood Magazine, songwriter Austin Wilson reflects on fatherhood, the complicated pull of home, and the creative freedom he found in making music that feels as fiercely alive as the stories it preserves.

Sebastian Schub throws himself headfirst into joy on “kiss of life. (you’re kinda magical),” an exuberant folk rock rush that finds the singer/songwriter trading overthinking for instinct and surrounding himself with the people he loves. Speaking with Atwood Magazine, Schub reflects on the emotional range of his recent music – from dizzying euphoria to urban loneliness and hard-won self-reassurance – as he embraces a more organic, live-wire approach to songwriting.

Montreal psych-rock band Elephant Stone confront personal grief and political fury on ‘ASHA,’ a tender and restless album that reckons with fear, disillusionment, and the pain of letting go without ever surrendering its belief in hope. Frontman Rishi Dhir sits down with Atwood Magazine to discuss the losses that shaped the music, the dangerous allure of easy answers, and the love that keeps him searching for light in a darkening world.