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....
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Joseph Massaro
Aug 7
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-eclectician Kai Slater, (guitarist-vocalist of Lifeguard, publisher of...
Joseph Massaro
Aug 6
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...
Joseph Massaro
Aug 2
Moon People: "As for How It Started, I Honestly Don't Remember. I Think Nick Just Wanted an Excuse To Buy That Broken Guitar Shaped Synth and It Sorta Got Outta Hand"
Following up their mysterious self-titled 7" that was included in the first press of The Hamiltones In Space LP, Moon People returned...
Sydney Salk
Jul 26
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...
Ryan Leach
Jul 25
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...
Sydney Salk
Jul 22
Punks Want Fan Club, Not Lysol!
Known for songs that are as fresh and punchy as they are short, Seattle-based quintet Fan Club (fka Lysol) makes rock 'n' roll for the...
Sydney Salk
Jul 19
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...
Joseph Massaro
Jul 18
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...
Joseph Massaro
Jul 16
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...
Joseph Massaro
Jul 11
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,...
Joseph Massaro
Jul 11
The Strangely Addictive and Abrasive Sounds of Ismatic Guru
Ismatic Guru, the most demented duo amid the Rust Belt ruins of Buffalo, New York, inject their absurdist trajectory of synth-punk...
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