Thomas Ragsdale : Honley Civic Archives Volume 2

Thomas Ragsdale works in the shadows, but tries to bring light whenever he dives in. His musical worlds are vast, dense, and seem to attempt to make sense of existential questions we present to ourselves on a daily basis. His albums carry with them the intensity of early 70s Tangerine Dream and the lucrative sonic […]

Lauren Lakis Readies New Album ‘Sad Girl Breakfast’: Listen To “Right Now”

Singer/songwriter Lauren Lakis is readying the follow-up to her highly-acclaimed debut album FEROCIOUS. Sad Girl Breakfast will be dropping 4/5/19 on Cavity Search Records. First single “Right Now” is out, and it’s a stunning song. Hints of late-80s and early-90s shoegaze, dream pop, and slowcore come thru on the baritone guitar-driven track. Lakis’ vocals are […]

Dick Dale : 1937-2019

I suppose I owe Quentin Tarantino for exposing me to Dick Dale. Sure, I’d catch an earful of his swanky surf guitar playing as a kid sitting in my room listening to oldies 97.7 out of Elkhart, Indiana. But my first slap in the face from Dick Dale was “Miserlou” in Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Hearing […]

Stephen Malkmus : Groove Denied

Listen, you’re either born with the Stephen Malkmus gene or you’re not. If you are, then your musical life is that much richer for it. Deep-diving into Pavement and the post-2001 Malkmus solo world can only be just short of life-changing for that Malkmus-starved brain just discovering the lanky indie rock pied piper for the […]

Brother Gene Want You To “Buckle Up” On New Single

Fort Wayne, Indiana duo Brother Gene dropped their debut single titled “Buckle Up” on March 8th. The duo, which consists of Joe Stilwell & Lee Cliff, recorded the track with Ethan Kattau. Kattau also produced, mixed and mastered Brother Gene’s debut. “Buckle Up” doesn’t seem to be following trends or attempting to win you over […]

Steve Greene : Distant Transmissions: Kona, Hawaii

Steve Greene is no stranger to moody synthscapes. His work in Voyag3r as the man behind the wall of synthesizers and keyboards has proven rather fruitful, particularly on the band’s previous full-length, 2016s prog rock opus Are You Synthetic? Last year Greene released his solo debut Electronic Dreams For A Holographic Existence. That album centered on […]

Pentagram Home Video : Who’s Here? I’m Here, You’re Here

The room begins to get fuzzy as the electronic disco beat takes the place of your own heartbeat. There’s a sense of both exhilaration and claustrophobia as bodies lean into each other all around you. It’s every man for himself on the dance floor. A feeding frenzy, brought on by the smell of sweat, blood, […]