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From Suicidal Actresses to The Thames, Here's Marcel Wave!
If you prefer to retreat to a dark pub on a hot summer's day you may find yourself in good company with Marcel Wave, London's brightest...

Sydney Salk
Jul 19, 2024


Dummy: "We Make Things You Are Meant To Listen to From Front to Back"
Comprised of Alex Ewell, Emma Maatman, Nathan O'Dell, and Joe Trainor, Los Angeles' most adventurous four-piece Dummy breaks down their...

Joe Massaro
Jul 18, 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


Answering Machines: "I Started This Band To Have Fun and Do Whatever I Wanted"
Chicago's Answering Machines are DIY heroes, from the tasty crunch of their recordings to their hand-dubbed tapes; it's the sort of...

Sydney Salk
Jul 9, 2024


Pack Rat: "One Thing That's the Same as the Original Vision of the Band Is That I Still Have No Idea What I'm Doing"
After starting as a Covid solo project by Chain Whip's Patrick McEachnie in 2020, Pack Rat quickly grew into an eight-legged outfit with...

Joe Massaro
Jul 5, 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


Ménage Détroit: "It Came Into Fruition Very Naturally. Duos Are Also Easy Because We Can Actually Communicate and Schedule Stuff"
The wild-eyed and chaotic as ever duo Ménage Détroit have just released their debut cassingle "I'm a Fool" b/w "Would You Say (I'm in...

Joe Massaro
Jun 14, 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


Softjaw: "I Think I've Learned to Not Take Things Too Seriously Over the Years. It's Much Easier Now for Me to Just Shrug My Shoulders and Say Fuck It"
Irresistibly catchy and gritty Long Beach power poppers Softjaw discuss how their shared love for The Nerves and Big Star sparked them to...

Joe Massaro
May 29, 2024
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