Exploring The Circuits : Astral TV Talk ‘Travelling The Circuits’ and Improvisation

Featured Photo by Kristoffer Vollmann Two years ago an album dropped from the ether called Chrystal Shores. The album was by the electronic duo Astral TV. The record didn’t actually drop from the ether. More like Denmark, but that doesn’t matter. What does matter is that Chrystal Shores was an immense electronic album for me. […]

Blue Sky High : A Conversation With Monarch’s Dominic Denholm

There’s a certain vibe you get when you drop the needle on a Monarch LP. It’s a blast of classic 60s and 70s psychedelic rock and roll, but with more heft. A band that pulls as much influence from Hawkwind and Can as they do Allman Brothers and Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac. Chiming triple guitar […]

Drown It Out : A Talk With Ohio’s Penny Wishes

Penny Wishes are a three-piece indie/alternative rock band out of Lima, Ohio. They’re a band fronted by bassist/singer Siera Lynn, with Nolan Klock on guitar and Jesse Martin on drums. The music these three create is thick with urgency and buzzing guitar jangle. Listening to their full-length self-titled debut from last year I’m reminded of […]

Oslo Grooves : Norway’s Kanaan Explore New Musical Ground

Oslo, Norway three-piece Kanaan have recently been on a tour of Europe. Playing in small clubs, in front of record shops, and any open space that will have them, most of these crowds have no idea who this loud and precise rock trio are, but by the end of each show they’ve made new fans, […]

“A dark phase of early industrial music” : A Few Questions For Papir’s Nicklas Sorensen

The Danish three-piece powerhouse Papir are readying the release of their sixth album, titled VI. The album is four tracks at just under 40 minutes and it’s an absolute stunner. Papir, which consists of Nicklas Sørensen, Christoffer Brøchmann Christensen, and Christian Becher Clausen have been making music together for well over a decade. Their self-titled […]

Improvisation For A Day : Nicklas Sorensen Talks Side Project A2

If Nicklas Sorensen isn’t melting minds in main gig Papir, then he might be in the studio laying down crystalline guitar tracks with Causa Sui’s Jonas Munk for a solo album. Or, if he’s doing neither of those things Nicklas could very well be holing up in a studio for a day creating improvisational, free-form […]

“Creating an even freer music” : Mythic Sunship Talk Epic New Record And Expanding Their Horizons

Feature Photo by Ksenija Lu Mythic Sunship are four guys that like to paint their music with very broad, but definitive strokes. These four Danish dudes go into a record with a skeleton of an idea and once the record button is punched they cover that skeleton with flesh and blood. They create the concept that […]

Whales & Drones : Ten Questions With Thousand Foot Whale Claw

The first time I heard the name Thousand Foot Whale Claw I thought it was the title of a new High on Fire record. When I found out that wasn’t the case I may have been mildly disappointed. When I found out that Thousand Foot Whale Claw were in fact a drone loving, synth-heavy Krautrock […]

Mineral For The Mind : Carlton Melton Talk Mind Minerals, European Tours, and the Rocking Pneumonia

Carlton Melton seem to reside in a musical space all their own. They’re one of those bands that completely transcend their influences into something wholly original. Classic rock, alternative rock, noise rock, and mother nature herself seem to collide and coalesce in the improvisational jams that make up a Carlton Melton record. When I first […]

Conjuring Evil : Harglow Talk Horror Scores, Burning Witches, and Blood On The Walls

Photos by Chad Whittle When I think of Oklahoma I think of rodeos, fracking, Oklahoma! ranchers, and the Flaming Lips. Yes my view of Oklahoma is limited by ignorance, but after hearing The Soft Bulletin there wasn’t much else I needed to know. I was good. But then I hear this song called “Candle Wax” […]