Music Interview: The Liminal States Of Chelsea Wolfe In Her Music The Singer Bisects All The Bullshit And All The Beauty It was the summer of the height of my tumblr obsession (and swishy shorts and cut off t-shirts for that matter) when a [...] Maggie Grimason \ Apr 21, 2016 Read More Chelsea Wolfe (Shaina Hedlund)
Sonic Reducer: Pj Harvey The Hope Six Demolition Project is PJ Harvey’s 9th studio album and a masterful portrait of an artist who continues to have new [...] Alibi \ Apr 21, 2016 Read More
Aural Fixation: Record Store Day Comes Once A Year Now It’s Here, Now It’s Hear Vinyl junkies, recording enthusiasts and music lovers of all stripes rejoice: Record Store Day is upon us once more. On Saturday, April 16, [...] Robin Babb \ Apr 14, 2016 Read More Mecca Records (Eric Williams Photography)
Sonic Reducer: Black Mountain After spending the first part of the weekend wondering whether rocanrol was dead, and getting the feeling that it might be while listening [...] August March \ Apr 14, 2016 Read More
Show Up!: A Lyrical Introduction To Several Forms Of Concert Music Jam Out This Week To Hip-Hop, Edm, Reggae And Rock “So uhm ay, listen bae/ Since you’ve been dating your phone all day/ Why don’t you come back down to Earth/ You spend [...] August March \ Apr 07, 2016 Read More KYLE (Via Facebook)
Aural Fixation: Aj Woods And The Fence Cassette Release Party At Guild Cinema I’m rummaging around the Plant basement looking for something specific, coming across forgotten, half-finished projects, artifacts from the past. Some of the broken [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Apr 07, 2016 Read More AJ Woods (Via Youtube)
Show Up!: For Realz, Show Up! Reality Features Concerts This Week All Fool’s Day can be perilous. The risk is high that at some point on this day, you will find yourself surrounded by [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Mar 31, 2016 Read More Taryn Miller, Your Friend (Courtesy of the artist)
Aural Fixation: Can You Say Supa Group?! The Struggle Is Real The local, dark, emo-grimestep trap scene is about to heat up, way up, yo. Filthy Mou$e Trap is the brainchild of five up-and-coming [...] August March \ Mar 31, 2016 Read More Filthy Mou$e Trap (Eric Williams Photography)
Music Interview: It Is Good To Be King Melvins Frontman Embraces The Void An audience with the king requires some preparation. It helps to know, for instance, the scope of his reign, the boundaries of his [...] August March \ Mar 24, 2016 Read More The Melvins (L-R): Steven Shane McDonald, Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover (Mackle Osborne)
Sonic Reducer: Holy Wave • Arthur Vint & Associates • Hit Bargain Sonic Reducer: Holy Wave • Arthur Vint & Associates • Hit Bargain This is boring, ’80s-tinged pop-rock somewhere between shoegaze and the paisley underground sound—but with the worst part of the ’80s overdone, especially the [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Mar 24, 2016 Read More
