Interviews

With a title like Screamin’ At The Sky, you knew this was going to be a rocking album. With sonics exploding and lyrics straight on, Black Stone Cherry has made their eighth studio record a memorable one. They have outdone themselves yet again by focusing on the lyrics and giving them an adrenaline shot with […]

Some artists play music but some artists live it. They inject their passion for art into every aspect of their lives, strangling their day-to-day life with creation and grace. Music grabs these people at a young age and never releases them, constantly reminding them that their purpose is to make magic out of the simplest […]

The Children is an experimental project that combines the creative visions of members of Swans, Angels of Light, and Cop Shoot Cop, among others. They will be releasing their album A Sudden Craving via Erototox Decodings on 12” LP vinyl and digital download on March 8th, 2024. Born from the New York-based DIY scene, and […]

LA-based duo Songs for Sabotage bring with them many years of experience in the New York music scene and in multiple bands and genres. They are releasing their sophomore LP, Clean Trauma, on March 13th, 2024. It represents a significant sound shift in comparison to their previous album, Night of Joy, moving into electronic and […]

“I love playing drums. I have eight children and grandchildren and we all play drums together. We get pretty tribal and that makes my life happy,” Artimus Pyle says with a laugh. Considering that his life has been filled with enough drama that would break any human being’s spirit, the Kentucky-born drummer is still standing […]

While just the words “steel pan ensemble” might conjure a “hard pass” from most wisecrackers, perhaps a few things to consider about Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: They do a mean cover of “Nuthin But A G Thang,”  and they are from Germany, where there are no sunny escapist tropicales that might influence a Caribbean […]

Mackenzie Shivers recently released her fourth full-length album, primrose was in season, working again with frequent collaborator Kevin Salem (Rachel Yamagata, Emmylou Harris) as Producer, and the collection shows Shivers’ continual push into new and interesting blends of acoustic and electronic elements. The album is one of dynamic contrasts, both in terms of sounds and […]

New York-based Rock artist Des Rocs has been touring pretty steadily over 2023 and into 2024, and has recently announced a US Spring headline tour starting in April, with special guest Jigsaw Youth. These shows build on his autumn 2023 release of new album Dream Machine via Sumerian Records, a high-energy collection that reflects on […]

If there’s anyone who’s earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants with his music, it’s Mick Mars. He’s renowned for his years handling axe duties with Mötley Crüe, who burst from the Sunset Strip in the early ‘80s, dropping classics like Shout at the Devil and Dr. Feelgood. They were the band […]

British Columbia-based singer/songwriter Zada was born in Ethiopia and spent many of her formative years in the mountains of Canada where she became a proficient skier and horseback rider. She calls herself a “mountain girl” for that reason and brings a lot of her love for the natural world into her work, particularly through her […]