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Kilynn Lunsford: "I'm a Perfectionist and That Can Definitely Hinder Projects if You Let It Spiral; I Do Less of That Now That I Don't Feel Obligated to Take Anyone Else's Input Into Account"

Kilynn Lunsford has been defying categorizations since her earlier days of rock 'n' roll from The Dark Places to Little Claw. When the...

Joseph Massaro

Apr 15

Chris Gunn of The Lavender Flu: "The Goal Is to Not Get Imprisoned by Our Own, or Others', Impression of What We Are Supposed To Be" (Part One)

From somewhere between the gutter and outer space, came Portand's Lavender Flu. Always consciously out of step with the trends and...

Joseph Massaro

Apr 4

Olivia's World: "I've Tried to No Avail To Disentangle Myself From Pop and Twee but I Think It's Just in My DNA. I Don't Think I Care So Much Anymore That It's Not in Fashion"

Power pop's softest hearts can be delightful, elevating, and altogether refreshing. All the way from Sydney, Australia, Olivia's World...

Joseph Massaro

Apr 2

Good Flying Birds — Promise of a Sound

Pure pop innocence is sweeping the Midwest and direct from Indy, it's the Good Flying Birds, perhaps the most beloved group of the jangle...

Joseph Massaro

Mar 25

Private Lives: "We Just Got Better as a Band and Sort of Figured Out Who We Are"

More musically accomplished, more obsessively self-questioning, and with equally energetic yet simply deceiving performances, Salt of The...

Joseph Massaro

Mar 13

Gentle Leader XIV: "'Channels' Feels More Ethereal and Sullen, Whereas This New Album Is Darker and Sharper. There's Much More Urgency and Anxiety Flowing Through This Record"

Gentle Leader XIV (jen-tul lee-der ex-ivy) is a post-punk synth-pop band from the ends of Ohio. The Cincinnati-Cleveland trio is...

Joseph Massaro

Mar 12

Leopardo: "At First, Our Music Was More Psychedelic Pop and the Lyrics Were All About Love. Now, the Music Has Become Stranger, We Love What’s a Bit Wrong, Out of Tune, Weird"

Leopardo, the well-mannered and quirky Swiss group from Fribourg, are back once again with Side A / Side B , an album that invites the...

Joseph Massaro

Mar 7

Puppet Wipes: "We Wanted To Do a Performance Art Thing Like a Couple Troubadours With Pages of Notes and Off-Kilter Singing"

Calgary's Puppet Wipes is the latest sensation of the underground airwaves. The group began as the bedroom pet of Arielle McCuaig and...

Joseph Massaro

Feb 27

In The Red Records' Larry Hardy: "I Remember Ike Turner Responded, 'Andre Williams Is Still Alive?'" (Part Three)

Larry Hardy is the founder and owner of In the Red Records (ITR). For the past 34 years, ITR has been one of the leading independent...

Ryan Leach

Feb 25

Love Fiend: "Our Work in the Past Has Been a Little More Random and Disjointed, so We Wanted To Do the Opposite on This Record"

For an example of shifting perceptions from the cheap trends, consider Love Fiend — a Los Angeles group whose members were all raised in...

Joseph Massaro

Feb 21

A Case for Hatching: My Eulogy for Egg Punk Explained

………..Who cares ? I 100% agree, who the fuck should care about this ? This is stuff from a past life that I hardly think about. I am only...

Martin Meyer

Feb 20

Now: "Originally I Thought Maybe We Would Do Four Singles but It Turned Into an LP. After Some of the Longer Jammier Instrumental Passages on 'Blue Space' I Thought, Well Let's Make a Pop Record"

Now's succinct pop art and bubblegum glamour has become nearly synonymous with both the Bay Area's underground beat and K and Perennial...

Joseph Massaro

Feb 19

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