After being pigeonholed as a lonely folk singer, Angel Olsen is reinventing herself as a rock’n’roller in a tinsel wig. It’s not her first transformation. Or her last.

After playing together for more than a decade, Beach House have built up a subconscious connection that can be as mysterious to them as it is to the rest of us. Jillian Mapes travels to Baltimore to investigate their unspoken bond.

Katie Crutchfield sings and writes songs with an emotional specificity that makes it sound like she’s shining a light on her most crippling anxieties. But that vulnerability is just one side of her story; the rest isn’t even a little frail. By Jillian Mapes.

Jillian Mapes talks to the UK pop prodigy about her whirlwind 2014, which saw her transform from a savvy underdog into a bona fide star, and her upcoming record Sucker: "I couldn’t give a fuck if people don’t think I made a 'cool' album."