Featuring members of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, The Calm Blue Sea, Ocote Soul Sounds, Spanish Gold, the Echocentrics, and several other acts, Hard Proof is a critically applauded and award-winning Austin, TX-based ten member collective known as the first […]
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Chief Scout is the musical project of the 20 year old, Suwanee, GA-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Trey Rosenkampff. Rosenkampff has been writing and performing music for almost all of his life; in fact, in high school, he […]
As the story goes, two years ago, Selana Garcia quit her day job, sold her belongings, left Los Angeles and hit the road. Over a period of nine months, Garcia drove across the country and […]
With the Joy of Violent Movement, I’ve experimented with things here and there. I recently started an audio-based interview segment, which started with an interview with the Austin, TX-based anarchy-electro punk trio BLXPLTN, right before […]
Growing up, Arum Rae’s family frequently moved, and she found shelter and a sense of belonging in her various schools’ music programs. While attending her third high school, her choir teacher heard her sing, and believed in […]
BLXPLTN (pronounced Blaxploitation) is an Austin, TX-based trio comprised of TaSziin Muerte (electro drums and vocals), Javelin Hortsmann (bass, synth and vocals) and Lil K Big Q (guitar and vocals) have developed a reputation for […]
Elephant Stone, led by Rishi Dihr, a renowned sitar player, released their self-titled, sophomore effort through Hidden Pony Records last year, and the material on the album used elements of traditional Eastern instrumentation with Western songwriting and instrumentation […]
The Austin, TX-based quartet, The Young have publicly claimed that the power chord heavy sounds of Thin Lizzy, Crazy Horse and others have influenced them – and in fact, they’ve won over bloggers, critics and fans […]
The UK-based pop act THUMPERS have received quite a bit of love on both sides of the Atlantic after the release of “Unkinder (A Tougher Love),” the first single of their debut full-length Galore. And once you […]
When DJ Felix Pacheco and saxophonist/flutist Joe Woullard (of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears and Hardproof) started the Austin, TX-based Cilantro Boombox, it was originally a studio-based collaboration between the two; however, in the […]
A Q&A with Hillary Capps
Born in Vermont and now based in New York, singer/songwriter Hillary Capps comes from a very musical family as her father is part of a jazz ensemble that tours around New England and the Northeast. […]
The Ugly Facade is the brainchild of Jeremiah Johnson, an Austin, TX-based vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer. “Scend,” the second single off the Ugly Facade’s recently released album, Sinking Anthems manages to show an obvious Nine Inch […]
A Q&A with Qiet’s James Maddox
Originally, the artistic vision of a very young Christopher Vincent, Qiet came to live when James Maddox, Alasha Al-Qudwah, Lacey Hazel, Russell Snyder, Max Venoy and Raphael Godfrey all joined the band and helped turned […]
The members of the Austin, TX-based band Ghetto Ghouls have been writing, recording and playing together in various bands since they were 14, and over the years they’ve become one of Austin’s best known punk […]
A Q&A with Blackstone Rngrs’ Derek Kutzer
Dallas, TX-based shoegazer rock band Blackstone Rangers – you’ll also find them as Blackstone Rngrs – originally formed about four years ago featuring Ruth Ellen Smith (vocals, synths, drum machine) and Derek Kutzer. After a […]