Ugly Stick: An Interview on the Return of 1993’s ‘Absinthe’ and the Midwestern Underground
In the late eighties, the town of Delaware, Ohio, was a collision of family farms, blue-collar industry, and liberal arts academia. It was the perfect incubator for the...
AVA Trio Interview: Mapping the Lunar Cycles of ‘Lunae’
AVA Trio bypasses the standard recording studio for their fifth album, Lunae. They drag their acoustic gear deep into southern Italy to record inside a centuries-old Apulian trullo....
beaming Drops ‘Stuck (here)’ | New Album, ‘horseshoe’
After years in the trenches, Derek Ted and Braden Lawrence built their collaborative project around one core question: Are we having fun yet? Judging by their brand new...
The Mellons Ditch the Monochrome on ‘In Color’
This is one of those Mellon’s tracks that just sat in the vault for years. It started as a quick demo. Now, finished by Andrew and Denney, it...
Damaged Bug Shares ‘OVER-EXPOSED’ From Upcoming ‘ZUZAX’ LP
Damaged Bug, the synth driven solo project of OSEES frontman John Dwyer, has released a new single titled 'OVER-EXPOSED,' taken from the forthcoming album 'ZUZAX,' due out March...
John Vanore on ‘Easter Island Suite’: A Four-Decade Jazz Journey to the World’s Loneliest Island
Philadelphia trumpeter and composer John Vanore has spent more than 40 years mapping an island he has never set foot on, and his new album Easter Island Suite...
Harold Bronson of Rhino Records Revisits His Lost Garage Band: Mogan David & His Winos Return With ‘Savage Young Winos’
Before he helped turn Rhino Records into the gold standard of reissues, before the books, the Grammys, and the reputation as one of rock’s most obsessive historians, Harold...
Morrison Graves Stare Into The Void On “Alice”
There’s a moment in 'Alice' when everything drops out except a thin, trembling signal, like a radio tower blinking into dead space. Then the band kicks the door...
Surfbort Interview: Dani Miller talks ‘Reality Star’ and the wild new single ‘Hot Dog’
Surfbort is back and they want to give you a giant, sweaty hug. If you felt battered by the world in recent times, Dani Miller and her crew...
Kewl Haze Drops Psych-Rock Single ‘Double Black Diamond,’ Taken From ‘Suburban Sherpa’
Philadelphia psych-rock duo Kewl Haze wants to help you forget your adult responsibilities for a bit. Dan Scott Forreal and Derek Sheehan just released their full-length debut, 'Suburban...