Hidden Beams’ Carlos Argon marries a variety of influences in his songs, ranging from the avant-garde to pop-rock and improvisatory sounds. Claiming musical inspiration that Continue Reading
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Will Wood Works His Madcap Magic on "BlackBoxWarrior – OKULTRA [Live in Studio]" (premiere)
When it comes to merging dense arrangements, memorable melodies, and playfully over-the-top showmanship, few modern musicians can match NJ avant pop/theatrical rock artist Will Wood. Continue Reading
Brian Cullman Delivers Heartfelt Collaboration With 'Winter Clothes' (album stream + interview)
Winter Clothes is the new new release from writer/musician Brian Cullman. Out 11 September via Sunnyside Records, the LP is a deep collaboration between Cullman Continue Reading
Sam Prekop's Painterly Signature Looms Large on 'Comma'
Sam Prekop, he of post-rock acolytes the Sea and Cake and formerly of the esoteric Shrimp Boat, can write a mean, mean song with fluid Continue Reading
Kate Bush's Splendidly Transitional 'Never For Ever' at 40
“Where does Kate Bush come from? You can’t hear her influences”, said English rapper and actor Tricky for the 2014 BBC documentary The Kate Bush Continue Reading
Brothertiger Discusses Finding Inspiration in the Strangest Places
When Brothertiger’s John Jagos takes a break, he means it. For the Ohio-born, New York-based master of emotional synthpop, his career has already been full Continue Reading
'Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement' (excerpt)
Excerpted from Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement by Jonathan M. Berman. (Footnotes omitted). Copyright © 2020 The MIT Press. Excerpted by permission of Continue Reading
Elizabeth Cook Looks at Her Past to See What's Next on 'Aftermath'
Critics consider the Rolling Stones’ 1966 album Aftermath as one of the most important rock records. That was the Stones’ first “real” album rather than Continue Reading
Lomelda's 'Hannah' Is an Internal Dialogue Leaking Out
Some music is just internal. It creates its own world, plays by its own rules, and speaks to itself only. Yet, sometimes this internal music Continue Reading
Yachtclub101 Mix Synthpop and Cats on "Leave Me Alone" (premiere)
Scott Ayers once fronted the Lovemakers, recorded an album on Interscope with them, and scored a hit with “Prepare for the Fight”. Now, the talented Continue Reading
Leeds Indie Rockers Eades Proclaim "I Want More"
Leeds’ Eades are here to proclaim for those doubters in our midst that guitar rock is not dead. There’s still plenty of room for creativity Continue Reading
GOSS Creates an Electropop Anthem with "Everybody's Going"
Denmark’s GOSS is a rising electropop artist with a penchant for creating anthemic earworms and a history working with Mura Masa. “Everybody’s Going” is the Continue Reading
BAERS Debut the Cabaret Pop of "Augen Zu"
BAERS are a new pop-rock band out of Germany that marry cabaret-esque vocals to funky bass, hook-filled hummable choruses, and a dash of Weimar flair. Continue Reading
Samuel Tucker Young Releases “Whiskey Burns”
Following his ‘Timberwolf‘ album, Samuel Tucker Young returns with Whiskey Burns. Written and recorded at the height of quarantine, Young captures feelings of despair as Continue Reading
Decode the Pre-Code: Four Hot Early Talkies Hit Blu-Ray
In 1934, the major Hollywood studios knuckled down to the self-censorship standards of the Motion Picture Production Code, an office subsidized by the studios themselves. Continue Reading
The Singularity of Žižek
Slavoj Žižek’s latest book, Hegel in a Wired Brain, mixes perspicacity and paradox in brain-teasing ways that have become his signature style but there is Continue Reading
Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche Say "I Can Still Hear You" (premiere + interview)
I Can Still Hear You is the new 11-song set from mother/daughter duo Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche. Releasing 30 October via StorySound Records, Continue Reading
Ambient Producer Joshua van Tassel Believes We Need More Beautiful Things
“I feel like really just straight-up beautiful things have become uncool. There’s this idea that sentimentality is looked down upon, and emotion is not cool,” Continue Reading
Korine's 'The Night We Raise' Is Shimmering Synthpop With Its Heart on Its Sleeve
Synthpop that harkens back to the innocence of the 1980s is in great abundance these days. While instrumentalists like Com Truise and Paul Haslinger effectively Continue Reading
Badfinger's Joey Molland Tells the Story of the "Rainy Day Man" (premiere)
Joey Molland’s latest LP is Be True to Yourself and arrives on 16 October via Omnivore Recordings. The album is a collaboration between Molland and Continue Reading