Songs for the Aubade Issue (a selection)
In the space where spring & song intersect, we’re thrilled to share a small playlist the Half Mystic team is spinning as we work to curate Issue VII.
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Music, SelectionsTopaz WintersJulia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Em Bartholet, Maureen Evans, Dina Hardy, Courtney Felle, Quinn Lui, Meriwether Clarke, SK Grout, Mina Yu, Rex Ybanez, Sandra Chen, Mia and Jonah, Tyler Summers, Daniel Gallie, Lynn Werner, Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes, The Hush Sound, Death Cab for Cutie, Hippo Campus, Laura Mvula, Weezer, Mitski, Rostam, BANNERS, Fleetwood Mac, Hozier, Paramore, Sam Smith, Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties, Ben Howard
The Interlude Letters (a selection)
To me, music means breath and expansion. It is unifying and freeing at the same time.
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Songs for the Interlude Issue (a selection)
A playlist of our fondest & most aching interludes, the music the HM team is spinning on repeat as we compile this issue.
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Music, SelectionsTopaz WintersBen Howard, M83, Dean Lewis, Graham Coxon, A Fine Frenzy, The Hush Sound, Perfume Genius, Bon Iver, The Young Romans, Moto Boy, Coldplay, Daughter, The Cranberries, Diet Cig, Florence + the Machine, Mitski
The Fool's Journey (a selection)
September is road trip season, always a time of travel, of movement, of flux.
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Music, SelectionsDanie ShokoohiAmanda Seyfried, Astron, Astronautalis, Beyoncé, DakhaBrakha, Danny Schmidt, daughter, florence + the machine, Grimes, halsey, Julian Moon, Ke$ha, mumford and sons, Panic! at the Disco, Sage Francis, Tallhart, the Airborne Toxic Event, The Hush Sound, Vampire Weekend, Vesperteen, Yuna
The Cadenza Letters (a selection)
I love jazz the way I love empty riverbeds and I love my girl's morning breath and I love the street after it's just rained.
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Songs for the Cadenza Issue (a selection)
The music we've been playing through record-scratch mornings & drunk-dancing nights, a selection for Issue V...
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MFA Application Survival (a selection)
Applying for an MFA is not a simple thing. It is a force of willpower. It is an Olympian battle.
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The Grazioso Letters: a selection
I am a lover of music, movement, and embodiment. I love the unarticulated and uncomfortable, the sound of a pause right after a question.
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Songs for the Grazioso Issue (a selection)
& of course, being Half Mystic, how could we share Issue IV without a playlist to get you in the mood for it?
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The Nocturne Letters: a selection
I believe music can be found in a gesture, the color of the sky, a smile. But possibly I am confounding music with beauty.
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