Stud Uncovered: An Exclusive Interview with Houston’s Lost Hard-Rock Trio
In the dusty backstreets of Houston, 1974, three young musicians forged a sonic detonator called Stud. With only a few copies pressed, it was a private hard-rock artifact,...
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Peter Morén (of Peter, Bjorn and John) | Interview on SunYears’ ‘The Song Forlorn’
Peter Morén's SunYears project has settled into a rich, self-aware pocket, finding a comfortable distance from his past work's intensity. The new record, 'The Song Forlorn,' carefully opens...
Joe Morris at 70: Instantiating the Continuous Beginning and ‘Abstract Forest’
A guitarist who plays bass. A free improviser who speaks in Instantiations. A musician who finds the most complex expression through the most efficient means. Joe Morris is...
Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, The Buoys, and the Story of “Timothy”
"Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, The Buoys, & Timothy," an extensive, 350-page book from Sunbury Press, is written by rock journalist Maxim W. Furek. The book investigates the controversial...
An Ecosystem of Sound: Brian Dolphin’s ‘Dolphin & You Compilation No. 1’
Brian Dolphin, a Manhattan native with harmonies inherited from rural folk and adventurous 80s and 90s albums, has spent a lifetime seeking the transcendent moment where individual voices...
Mass – From the Lost Black Mass Tapes to ‘War Law’ and Beyond
Mass is a band whose story sits quietly in the background of German rock history, waiting to be pieced together. Bassist Günther Viktor Radny started out in the...
A Wandering Minstrel: Marion’s Intimate Memoir of Guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton and the Early Sound of Hawkwind
The late guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton, whose contributions were integral to the early sound of Hawkwind, is the subject of A Wandering Minstrel, a memoir authored by his long-time...
Inside The Veldt: An Intimate Interview with Shoegaze Pioneers
Born from the psychic contiguity of the Southern church and the juke-joint's humid drone, the core triumvirate of Daniel Chavis, Danny Chavis, and Hayato Nakao forged a sound...
Laveda’s ‘Love, Darla’: Born in the Subways of NYC
The sound of Laveda’s new record 'Love, Darla' hits with the full force of a New York City subway platform, all metal, sweat, and low-frequency aggression. Seriously, this...
Exploring ‘Crónicas Intrascendentes’ with Akenathon
Akenathon’s third album, 'Crónicas Intrascendentes,' feels like opening a secret diary written between dreams and nightmares. Hailing from Argentina’s fertile progressive rock scene, the band builds a soundworld...