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"Musicians I meet are like, 'Here, hold my story.'

And then they move on as artists often do." 

- Julie Simmons

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This site features a selection of interviews and articles written by Julie Simmons for various publications over the years.

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Julie Simmons is a Chicago-based music writer, photojournalist and creator of Music Makes You Think.

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MMYT Chicago Playlist 2026

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  1. Eat My Heart - Sunday Cruise

  2. I Got Swindled - Milkswarm

  3. Dancing on Your Grave - Pixel Grip 

  4. Ragdoll - Animal Panic.

  5. Burn - Animal Panic.

  6. Live, Laugh, Loathe - Animal Panic.

  7. Anything Else - Worry Club

  8. My Girl - Worry Club

  9. New Shoes - Fecto Glen

  10. Constant - Almost There But Not Really

  11. ​Serial Baller - Crisis Actress

  12. I Made Friends With A Turtle - Crisis Actress

  13. Airlock - Superdime

  14. Much - Christ the Scientist

  15. Uwi Ako - Mark Cabinian 

  16. Never Is - Almost There But Not Really

  17. I Did Them All - PICK TOO

  18. Reason to Stay - Pixel Grip

  19. Stamina - Pixel Grip 

  20. Sickeningly Teeth - Melkbelly

  21. Marquette Park - Almost There But Not Really

  22. MADHOUSE - HUES

  23. Extinct - North Coast 

  24. Surf's Up (Garfield Park) - Cel Ray

  25. Wendy's Pisces - Scarlet Demore

  26. Shut Me Up - Deadbeat Daycare

  27. Nosebleed - ChinaRose

  28. Cold Burn - Lemon Knife

  29. I Could See It Coming - Minor Moon

  30. I Wish - Poster Girl 

  31. So Slow - Almost There But Not Really

  32. Gotta Love Somebody - Tanner Dane

  33. Same Name - Worry Club

  34. Japanese - Worry Club

  35. Pretty Face - Worry Club

  36. Bad Love - Dehd

  37. Limp Wrist - Bev Rage and the Drinks

  38. Letting Go - Hollyy

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