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UV-TV: "We Wanted To Challenge Ourselves, Break Free Creatively and Reignite That Lost Spark, Which Led to More Experimental Recording Sessions and Picking up Instruments Outside of Our Usual Choices"
Comprised of vocalist-bassist Rose Vastola, lead guitarist Ian Burns, drummer Ian Rose, and pianist-guitarist Noah Deemer, Brooklyn's...
Joe Massaro
Aug 23, 2024
New Math: "I Think We Just Were Like Lots of Kids. You Just Tried to Mimic Your Favorite Band at the Time, or Your Favorite Sort of Moment in Music"
By the time the 1980s struck, New Math was way out there. After cementing an underground rock scene at the now-extinct club Scorgie's in...
Joe Massaro
Aug 22, 2024
Plexi Stad: "We Wanted To Break the Novelty Surrounding 'Probation Baby' and Followed Our Musical Language Which Appeared to Shift Towards a More Angular Sound"
Antwerp post-punks Plexi Stad have been on our radar since sending us a copy of their debut EP Probation Baby last year. Shortly after...
Joe Massaro
Aug 20, 2024
Loose Lips: "We Didn't Want To Do Anything That Was Strictly Punk or Power Pop and Maybe in Doing So Focus on Creating Our Own Sound"
Melbourne's latest rock 'n' roll supergroup Loose Lips deliver earworm hooks, tough male-female vocals, and anthemic guitar riffs that...
Joe Massaro
Aug 15, 2024
Artificial Go: "Playing Music Together Has Felt Like Playing Hopscotch on a Sunny Day"
The latest act on Cincinnati's post-punk scene is Artificial Go, who through good humor and loopy riffs add a healthy dose of playfulness...
Sydney Salk
Aug 14, 2024
Josephine Network: "I Have a Vivid Memory of My Dad Playing Me a 45 of 'Great Balls of Fire' by Jerry Lee Lewis and It Totally Freaked Me Out. I Have Been a Rock N Roll Victim Ever Since"
New York's power pop chanteuse Josephine Network just shared "Fat Doll" a glammy, campy, and irresistibly catchy pop number that's also a...
Joe Massaro
Aug 13, 2024
Brower: "I've Joked That This Is My 'Depression Album,' and I Was Conflicted About Whether It's Too Serious"
Following up several singles and a "live" album to help sustain the anticipation over the years, New York City power pop stalwart Brower...
Joe Massaro
Aug 9, 2024
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
The Sheaves: An Ear-Scorching and Earthshakingly Spectacle
Out of the desert via dark and fuzzy soundwaves is The Sheaves' latest statement, A Salve For Institution (Dot Dash/SDZ). Built on...
Sydney Salk
Jul 26, 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
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