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Harley Moore of Fugitive Bubble: "I Used To Be More Afraid of What People Would Think, Like, 'What if They Think We're Too Weird?' and I've Gotten Over That"
Fugitive Bubble's high energy art punk antics are characterized by fast, angular rhythms, quirky melodies, and a raw, unfiltered energy...

Joe Massaro
Apr 25, 2025


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...

Joe Massaro
Apr 4, 2025


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...

Joe Massaro
Mar 13, 2025


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...

Joe Massaro
Mar 7, 2025


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, 2025


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...

Joe Massaro
Feb 21, 2025


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 reminded of it when someone annoying brings it up to me or occasionally down a rabbit hole I'll encounter the music. I usually can't make it through even one song. My friend's new record prompted me to reflect on it all once more. See I love his record but upon releasing the first single yesterday I thought, "I am gonna scream if anyone cal

Martin Meyer
Feb 20, 2025


Motorbike: The Ultimate Embodiment of Rock 'n' Roll
Building on the power of 2023's self-titled debut album, Cincinnati rockers Motorbike is back with another shot of primal noise and raw...

Joe Massaro
Feb 18, 2025


Horsegirl: "Musically, We've Come To Embrace the Trio Dynamic and the Inherent Amount of Space That Comes With That"
Chicago-via-New York's Horsegirl — a trio of longtime friends Penelope Lowenstein (guitar, vocals), Nora Cheng (guitar, vocals), and Gigi...

Joe Massaro
Feb 17, 2025


The Now Sound of Today: Dumbells
For the uninitiated, Dumbells is an oddity. Their debut album Up Late With isn't even out yet, but in a sorta charming way, it already...

Joe Massaro
Feb 13, 2025


Shrapnel: "I Think There Was About 23 Songs Once All Was Said and Done"
In a time of derivative music trends, Shrapnel is a breath of fresh air. With a great ear for neatly crafted, mildly offbeat, intricate...

Joe Massaro
Jan 31, 2025


Plastic Act: "I Think When Any Kind of Art Is Too on the Nose, It Usually Sucks. You Have To Leave Room for People To Make Up Their Minds on What You're Trying To Say"
Snap, crackle, and pop! Plastic Act, the solo moniker of Private Lives bassist Josh Herlihey, injects more sonically destructive rock 'n'...

Joe Massaro
Jan 16, 2025
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