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New Audio: Starbenders’ Pissed Off, Rebellious, New Single Channels L7 and Joan Jett
The Atlanta-based quartet Starbenders can trace their origins to when founding members, frontwoman and guitarist Kimi Shelter and drummer Katie Heron met at a wilderness therapy camp for troubled teens. The duo of Shelter and […]
New Video: WINDHAND’s Psychedelic and Nightmarish Video for “Crypt Key”
With the release of their first two full-length efforts, the Virginia-based band WINDHAND, comprised of Garrett Morris (guitar), Parker Chandler (gass) Dorthia Cottrell (vocals), Asechiah Bogdan (guitar), Ryan Wolfe (drums), have developed a reputation for […]
New Audio: London Punk Trio Feature’s “Wisdom Teeth” and “Tourism Fiction”
Originally starting as a duo comprised of Liv Willars (guitar) and Jen Calleja (drums), best known as a member of Sauna Youth and Monotony, London-based band Feature started receiving attention nationally for a drone pop/power […]
Live Concert Review: New Music Seminar, New Music Nights Festival 2015 Misfires in its Attempt to Showcase New Music
Live Concert Review: New Music Seminar, New Music Nights Festival 2015 Misfires in its Attempt to Showcase New Music New Music Seminar can trace its origins back to 1980 when over 200 people gathered at […]
With its members split between Oakland, CA and Seattle, WA the quintet Happy Diving comprised of Matt Berry (guitar and vocals), Matt Yankovich (guitar), Kevin Prochnow (guitar), Mikey Rivera (bass) and Samuelito Cruz (drums), have […]
Comprised of Flynn Cock (drums), Kerley Cock (bass) and Murphy Cock (guitar), the Brisbane, Australia-based trio Bottlecock describe their sound on their Facebook Fan Page as “Big, loud, noisy, thrusty rock.” And as a result of […]
Single Review: Shovels “Car Yards”
Comprised of Michael Beach (guitar, vocals), Adam Camilleri (bass) and Peter Warden (drums), the trio of Shovels are split between Melbourne, Australia and San Francisco and with the the release of their self-titled debut, the […]
After spending over a decade playing in various bands in NYC’s underground punk scene, the Queens-based Panopoulos brothers, Teddy (vocals and bass) and Nick (guitar and backing vocals) recruited Fabien Stret (drums) to form Dead […]
Comprised of Taigen Kawabe (bass/ vocals), Yuki Tsujii (guitar), Kohhei Matsuda (guitar) and Monchan Monna (drums), Bo Ningen is a Japanese-born, London-based quartet that has gained an international following for a psychedelic sound that’s decidedly […]
The Olympia, WA-based act Broken Water released their latest effort, Wrought last month to critical praise from the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, KEXP and others for the fuzzy, droning power-chord rock sound that channels the Pacific […]
Metz’s 2012 self-titled debut was released to critical praise across the blogosphere and put the Toronto-based band on the international map for a brand of post-punk that would remind some listeners of Nirvana’s Bleach and […]
From the singles I’ve heard over the last month or so, Screaming Females’ sixth and forthcoming effort, Rose Mountain may arguably be the best album of 2015. Comprised of Marissa Paternoster (guitar, vocals), Jarrett Dougherty (drums) and […]
Comprised of Rachel Gagliardi and Nicole Synder, the duo of Slutever recently located from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and much like countless others, they moved out west with the hopes of being famous. “Smother,” the […]
The Pacific Northwest, in particular Washington State has developed a reputation for bruising, forceful, power chord-based rock – think of Soundgarden, The Melvins, Nirvana and others. Sandrider, an up-and-coming Washington-based band, comprised of Jon Weisnewski […]