Izzy Astuto
19 posts on the EveryDejaVu blog
Izzy Astuto (he/they) is a writer currently majoring in Creative Writing at Emerson College, with a specific interest in screenwriting. His work has previously been published by Hearth and Coffin, Sage Cigarettes, and The Gorko Gazette, amongst others. He currently works as an intern for Spoon University, and a reader for journals such as PRISM international and Alien Magazine. You can find more of their work on their website, at https://izzyastuto.weebly.com/. Their Instagram is izzyastuto2.0 and Twitter is adivine_tragedy.
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reviewEcho Alexander turns ‘Nightmares That Have Become Reality’ into a blatantly vulnerable, haunting audio diaryOn the latest project, tortured feelings are fully scrutinized and teased out to their most dramatic for a future beyond…
interviewInterview with KJADE: the Phoenix-based rapper going from healing to moving on in full motion"I find a value in transmuting the hardships I’ve collected into something meaningful…"
reviewJoshua Chuquimia Crampton’s latest album is an auditory adaptation of the Andean cultural festival Anata“Anata” reminds listeners to give thanks and create as much noise as possible while doing so.
interviewInterview with daysies: the noise band surrendering to chaos"Loud music just became my outlet for processing those feelings."
reviewJetski’s ‘The Radiant Radish’ hypnotizes with overstimulationThe Illinois-based producer's latest album feels like you’re inside the soundwaves themselves, only witnessing their frequencies.
reviewcanadian postal service debut EP melds glitchy soundscapes with classic film noirs for new lifeThe new project from the Bay Area group feels like you flipped too far on your grandparents’ cable TV or…
interviewInterview: Fielded’s ‘Chuckles Deluxe’ is a dreamy, confident takedown of the modern world’s manipulations“I didn’t have a voice—until it all clicked.”
reviewIn The Crowd: Malik Elijah’s Vintage Nostalgia (with Rilla Force, Caso, Swooli, Clark D)While The Rockwell wasn’t an ideal venue, we still relished basking in a public display of their obvious bond.
reviewIn the Crowd: Rap Show! at vinyl index (NAHreally, Wave Generators, Esh & the Isolations, LDER)The community this store has curated is constantly supportive, drawing massive crowds for a space that somehow expands to make…
interviewInterview: Starling’s ‘2324’ captures the shared moodiness of this fledgling band“Making any piece of music that has to do with anything at all conceptually is nostalgia. It only ever is…
reviewFemur’s ‘Snake Rock’ is angry, and you should be, too!The UK-based psych-punk band’s latest EP captures a level of feral desperation that matches their unrelenting instrumentals.
reviewFind solace for breakup complications in Bus Crush’s ‘Sports & Leisure’The Boston-based pop rock band’s debut album soundtracks the too familiar toxicity of many romantic conundrums.