As part of We Outside, his ongoing project to document the industry of live music, Pranav Trewn speaks to Portola Music Festival founder Danny Bell.

As part of his ongoing project to document the industry of live music, Pranav Trewn speaks to the filmmaker Lina Abascal.

Pranav Trewn speaks to POW founder Jeff Weiss about his debut book on the occasion of one of its European releases.

As part of his ongoing project to document the industry of live music, Pranav Trewn reports from the Bay.

For his "We Outside Column," Pranav Trewn reflects on the dismal facing economic conditions independent music venues, and the iconic SF Festival working hard to counter this trend.

It hasn’t been long since we’ve heard from Lapgan. The Chicago-based hip-hop producer dropped Lapgan Is Ecstatic, his album-length reimagining of Mos Def’s The Ecstatic, in December. This week, he’s b...

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Trewn breaks down the best sets, shows, and crowds of 2025 in live music.

For the second edition of Book Club, Pranav Trewn speaks to Chris Deville, the author of "Such Great Heights," e about how indie music transitioned from a real definition into a stylistic motif.

An Interview with Philly's beloved promoter on programming his festival the way he builds a DJ set.

For his latest “We Outside Column,” Pranav Trewn breaks down how Outside Lands makes the most of its lineup, infrastructure, and host city.

In his new book, Dean Van Nguyen outlines how 2Pac’s revolutionary-minded on-mic ethos left a lasting footprint on the rap game in the decades since his death.

In his new book, Dean Van Nguyen outlines how 2Pac’s revolutionary-minded on-mic ethos left a lasting footprint on the rap game in the decades since his death.

The Grand National Tour felt like a B-Tier concert interspersed throughout an A-Tier show.

Pranav Trewn returns swiftly to round out his top 20 sets from Coachella 2025, ranging from A.G. Cook to T-Pain, Green Day and others.

Pranav Trewn returns swiftly to round out his top 20 sets from Coachella 2025, ranging from A.G. Cook to T-Pain, Green Day and others.

Pranav Trewn reports live from Coachella to begin counting down the best (and worst) performances he saw this year – from the shakiness of Travis Scott, to the impressive set from K-Pop group XG.

Concert films have the power to not only provide fans with a snapshot of an artist’s performance prowess at a moment in time, but a broader window into their cultural moment, Pranav Trewn writes.

+ Spotify’s regressive influence, connecting the Bronx to West Bengal, and really committing to an alias

Pranav Trewn delivers the latest edition of his We Outside column, speaking to the organizers of a unique San Fransisco festival about the process of putting it together, ticket prices and more.

+ the politics of platforms, physical media over everything, and Arooj Aftab's crucial lesson on language

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Lapgan · EP · 2024 · 5 songs

For the last edition of We Outside of 2024, Pranav Trewn counts down the most memorable live performances of the year.

BUMPER · EP · 2020 · 4 songs

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Sparklmami · running · Song · 2024

Pranav Trewn takes his turn paying respect to the late great Ka, whose writing on “Borrowed Time” serves as a hard-fought inner monologue.