Favorite Spins of 2015 : April Edition

It’s hard to believe we’re nearly into April already. Time flies when you’re being froze out by Old Man Winter, or Mother Nature, or whoever it was that shat upon us with snow and sub-zero temps the last three months. It’s a good thing that it’s been a great three months worth of album releases […]

The Soft Moon : Deeper

Luis Vasquez, aka The Soft Moon, over the course of two full-length albums, one ep, and several singles has gone and made his own little musical world where there’s very little light. Up to this point his music consists of a mix of gothic post-punk, dark techno, and the sound of a club remix of […]

White Hills Find A New Groove : A Talk with Dave W and Ego Sensation

If you’re a fan of New York City’s White Hills, then you know they’re not a band to rest on their laurels. With each album they seem to take their fuzzed-out space rock to another, much higher plateau. Whether it be creating ambient drone tracks to sit in-between their gothic Sabbath crunch rockers, or taking […]

Debussy, You’ve Made A Mess Of Me

Whenever I hear Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” I always get sad. Not because it’s such a beautiful piece of music(which it is), but for other reasons. Reasons I’ll explain momentarily. Way back 15 years ago, a day after we had our first child, I had called my grandma Hubner to tell her that she […]

Music You Can Touch : A Conversation With Jonas Munk

Jonas Munk is no slave to one musical master. He can jump from electronic music, to krautrock, to ambient drone, and to psych rock without blinking an eye. Sometimes all those jumps can happen in the course of a day. An afternoon, even. Keeping things new and fresh is a vital part to how Munk […]

Eternal Tapestry : Wild Strawberries

So who in the hell is Eternal Tapestry, and how did they get in my ears? I don’t recall ever having a conversation with anyone regarding this band. No “Hey, you should check out this band called Eternal Tapestry. They’re pretty cool”, or “This band Eternal Tapestry is right up your alley. You need to […]

Melting Into The Universe : Rich Millman Talks Night Flights

Have you ever listened to music that just put you into another place? You could’ve had the worst day imaginable, but as soon as you drop the needle or hit “play” all of that washes away. It could be anything. Maybe for someone it’s Bob Dylan, or Neil Young. Maybe it’s the Replacements or George […]

Moon Duo : Shadows of the Sun

A lot can be said for a good boogie. Take that boogie, mix in some psychedelics and some robotic rhythms and what you have some something kinda fun and menacing. Moon Duo’s Eric “Ripley” Johnson likes music you feel in your bones and in the chattering of your teeth. Along with band mate and keyboardist […]

of Montreal : Aureate Gloom

Kevin Barnes has made a livelihood out of playing dress up on of Montreal albums; from a peace and love paisley troubadour, to a pop-centric studio loner, to a manic depressant, anxiety-ridden groove maker, to a transvestite hooker. Barnes has taken character-driven songwriting to new heights. The thing is, I think each “character” Barnes has […]

Papir : Live At Roadburn

I think every great psych/stoner/space rock band have at least one similar goal, and that goal is to play the Roadburn Festival. It’s a music festival that takes place every year in the Netherlands, and like so many other great alternative rock festivals around the world(Austin Psych Fest and Liverpool Psych Fest come to mind), […]