Break the Levee. Build Something New.
 
Issue 2 is about reinvention. The artists who tore down the version of themselves everyone expected and built something braver in its place. This is the era of the multi-hyphenate musician, where visibility became survival and the people making the music are also the ones filming it, editing it, and fighting to be seen. We made this one for them, and for everyone bracing against their own current. 76 pages. No noise. Just music.
 
🎤 Cover Story:
Franklin Jonas & The Byzantines: The Rubble, the Rise, and the First of Many. Franklin Jonas has rebuilt himself more than once, in full view and without apology. We sat down with him ahead of The First of Many, his first headlining tour, to talk reinvention, the band he's built, and what it means to keep going when disappearing would have been the easier call.
 
📝 The Feature:
The Era of the Multi-Hyphenate Musician. Why artists are being asked to be everything, everywhere, all at once, and why smaller artists need us now more than ever.
 
🎧 Album Reviews:
Josceppi — Chämeleon. Alternative pop rock with a classic rockstar heart. A tight, intentional introduction to an artist whose talent outpaces his stream count. 
Lila Holler — Born to Bite. Radical honesty, genre-bending grit, and the journey of womanhood from one of indie alternative's sharpest new voices. 
 
🎸 Concert Reviews:
Electric Callboy in Boston. Confetti, costume changes, and the best party in the room.
Marc E. Bassy at City Winery. The night he turned a New York stage into his living room.
Plus Em Beihold in NYC, a backyard show called Hyrule Castle, and Zipangu bringing J-pop to Los Angeles.
 
📸 RAW Spotlight:
LJ Portnoy. The performer who put down the mic, picked up the camera, and learned to wait for the magic instead of chasing it.
Rebecca McDevitt. Photography that started with her dogs and grew into something she couldn't put down. Authenticity over everything.
 
🔍 Underground Radar:
Parris Mitchell. Happy heartbreak, bright hooks, and lyrics that quietly take the floor out from under you.
Liam Brock. Drummer, singer, multi-instrumentalist. An artist who does it all.
 
Plus HAYLA on her album DARK and her main stage debut at Breakaway, why Pride matters in the music industry, Bailey Hyneman's "Better Days," Fan Lens, an all-new contributor Backstage Picks, and a roaring Hot Take!
SoundCheck Mag – Vol. 2 Issue 2