The fledgling Why? Records crew—Davis, Malci, Joshua Virtue, and Ruby Watson—are already making some of the city’s most compelling and idiosyncratic hip-hop.
Not Normal Tapes demonstrates its range and ambition with a three-day hardcore festival featuring Uranium Club, American Hate, Negative Scanner, the Bug, Tigress, and dozens more.
Plus: Hip Kid Records' Jim Gies on one of America's best melodic punk bands, the Reader's Kevin Warwick on dream pop for seasonal depressives, and more