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The Unpredictable and Unmistakable Sounds of Chris Burns & His Going Concerns
Montreal journeyman Chris Burns played his first gig when he was 15 years old, back in 1982. Today, aged 57, he is more active than ever....
Joe Massaro
Aug 8, 2024
Sharp Pins: "Without All Ages Shows, I Wouldn't Have Met My Best Friends in the World and I Wouldn't Be Inspired at All to Do Anything I'm Doing, or at Least the Stuff I'm Doing Wouldn't Be Very Good"
Sharp Pins, the songwriting vehicle for Chicago native and pop noisemaker Kai Slater, (guitarist-vocalist of Lifeguard, publisher of...
Joe Massaro
Aug 7, 2024
Winston Hightower: "I Found Myself Falling in Love With Punk Instead of Art School"
Winston Hightower, the creatively restless, do-it-yourself musician out of Columbus, Ohio, has been quietly releasing music on the...
Joe Massaro
Aug 6, 2024
In The Red Records' Larry Hardy: "The Records All Sold Five or Six-Thousand Copies. Suddenly, I Was a Real Label" (Part Two)
Larry Hardy is the founder and owner of In the Red Records (ITR). For the past 33 years, ITR has been one of the leading independent...
Ryan Leach
Jul 25, 2024
John Andrews & The Yawns: "There've Been Some Artistic Decisions That I've Made That I Wish I Had Another Person To Bounce Ideas off Of. But You Live and You Learn and You Grow as an Artist"
Draped with the unshakable pop purism of '60s troubadours — like Harry Nilsson, Emitt Rhodes, Colin Blunstone, and The Shangri-Las — John...
Joe Massaro
Jul 16, 2024
Love Banana: "I Think Having Our Differences Is a Great Thing and Keeps Us From Accidentally Sounding Too Derivative, Which Is Easy When You're Young and Excited and Get Obsessed Over Music"
Love Banana offers up short sharp shots of super-shambolic, super-perky garage-pop on their latest single "Get In." The new tune, resembling The Clean, The Performing Ferret Band, David Peel, and Tangled Shoelaces, is the first offering from the Gold Coast quintet's forthcoming self-titled EP that will be out July 26th on Holiday Maker Records. Alongside today's premiere of the new track, I chatted with the band to discuss their unique bond and friendship, combining collabor
Joe Massaro
Jul 11, 2024
In The Red Records' Larry Hardy: "I Had The Stooges' 'Raw Power' by Late 1975, Way Before Punk Rock" (Part One)
Larry Hardy is the founder and owner of In the Red Records (ITR). For the past 33 years, ITR has been one of the leading independent...
Ryan Leach
Jul 10, 2024
Self Improvement: Danceable but a Caustic Force
Formed during the pandemic as a long-distance project, but now based in Long Beach, minimal post-punks Self Improvement have artlessly...
Joe Massaro
Jun 20, 2024
The Spatulas: "It's Interesting to See What Develops From Opening Myself up to So Many Different Musicians"
Between their sparkling debut LP "Beehive Mind" and December's EP "March Chant," the Spatulas have been expansively busy. How does...
Sydney Salk
Jun 13, 2024
Bill MacKay: "I Tend Not To Go Much From Outside Sources or Concepts as an Inspiration"
Chicago-based guitarist and journeyman musician Bill MacKay has built a catalog embodying several genres and his latest album "Locust...
Joe Massaro
Jun 3, 2024
Rain Parade's Matt Piucci: "It Has Been a Joy To Learn That So Many Bands Have Told Us How Important We Were to Them"
Ahead of the release of Rain Parade's new EP, Last Stop On The Underground , out this Friday, May 24th on Label 51 Recordings, I spoke...
Joe Massaro
May 21, 2024
Program: "Each Song Has to Stand on Its Own Two Feet, so We Give Them Each a Lot of Care and Attention"
As they know quite well how to read the jangle pop playbook, Program has been one of our favorite rock bands to come out Melbourne since...
Joe Massaro
May 7, 2024
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