Comprised of founding and fairly constant members Marcus Admund (vocals), and Albin Wesley (bass) and current members, Nikki Nyberg (guitar) and Erik Fritz (drums), the Stockholm-based indie rock quartet of Honeymilk formed in 2012. However, […]
Tag: psych rock
A Q&A with The Harrow
Comprised of Vanessa Irena (vocals, synths and programming), Frank Deserto (bass, synth and electronics), Barrett Hiatt (synth, programming), and Greg Fasolino (guitar), the Brooklyn-based quartet of The Harrow can trace their beginnings to 2008 when the project […]
Like a lot of young people, Justin Fernandez, best known as J. Fernandez relocated to Chicago for a job with Rand McNally during the early 2000s, and during that period he spent a number of […]
Fronted by Dexy Valentine, Magic Wands have received quite a bit of attention as their music has been licensed for use in commercials for Victoria’s Secret, Vogue’s Fashion Week, Gucci, Zara, T-Mobile, Beauty and the Beast, The Vampire Diaries and the Diablo Cody film The Power of Few. […]
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 […]
While on the road, Jeffrey Innes, the frontman of Yukon Blonde had an unsurprising excess of time and a sudden burst of creativity that prompted him to start writing material for what would end up being a solo, side […]
Originally the founding members and front people of the Dallas, TX/Fort Worth, TX-based noise pop band Buck Jones, Burette and Gabrielle Douglas decided it was time for a major change; so they relocated to Burlington, […]
If you know anything about music, you’d know that San Francisco has been considered the home to one of the country’s most important psychedelic music scenes, going back the heydays of Haight-Ashbury and The Grateful […]
WISH is the creative brain child and solo side project of the 23 year-old Kyle Connolly, who may be best known for his work in Toronto-based bands Milk Lines, Breeze and Beliefs. Connolly recruited several of his bandmates and local musicians […]
Cochlear Kill is the musical project and brain child of Mot Bollox, a multi-instrumentalist with a ton of effects pedals, a lot of free time and home studio equipment. Heavily inspired by shoegazer rock, Bollox’s […]
Swedish-born vocalist and guitarist Lea Emmery originally started Kid Wave back in 2011 as a solo recording and writing project after she had relocated to London. However the project expanded to a quartet when Harry […]
As a music journalist, it’s often extremely convenient to get caught up on your local scene or your national scene. Sometimes it’s out of unadulterated and unapologetic biases but usually it’s out of both laziness […]
Musically, i’ve almost always been open to anything but there are a few genres that I’ve had long-term love affairs with and I find myself perpetually drawn to them. And if you’ve followed this site […]
Painted Zeros and Elephant Stone at the Mercury Lounge 9/9/14
Painted Zeros and Elephant Stone Mercury Lounge September 9, 2014 As I’ve mentioned a few hundred times of late, it’s been a very busy few months here with The Joy of Violent Movement and I’m […]
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 […]