Weird Nightmare : Hoopla

Alex Edkins was the guitarist and vocalist for Canadian post/punk band METZ for well over a decade. When the noisy trio decided to go on hiatus a couple years back Edkins side project Weird Nightmare became his main gig. METZ was loud, abrasive, and savored the dissonance of guitar squall, fuzzy bass lines, and brash […]

“exploring a ghost town” : Jonas Munk Talks The Return Of Manual And New Album ‘True Bypass’

Danish artist Jonas Munk wears many hats. Besides being guitarist/producer in Causa Sui, Munk releases solo records, as well as the collaborative project Billow Observatory with Auburn Lull’s Jason Kolb. He’s also a producer, mixer, engineer for other artists as well, most notably Nicklas Sorensen of band Papir. Munk also runs Azure Vista Records and […]

Manual : True Bypass

Musician and producer Jonas Munk has remained pretty busy these last few years. Between releasing music with Causa Sui, ambient solo works, and putting out records with Auburn Lull’s Jason Kolb as Billow Observatory, he’s leaving a wide swath of sonic endeavors for us to get lost in. And let’s not forget running record label […]

Nine Inch Noize : Nine Inch Noize

Reinvention is a tricky thing to get right. You have to balance it equally with what came before while still moving and evolving forward. People want their favorite artists and bands to change…but not too much. Hardcore fans aren’t easy to please. In fact, they can be their favorite bands own worst enemy. Enter Nine […]

Gregory Uhlmann : Extra Stars

Composer, guitarist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Gregory Uhlmann is not quite a household name, unless you have someone with their ears to the ground in terms of forward-thinking, progressive music living under the roof. Uhlmann has guested on many records over the last several years(including Perfume Genius, Tasha, and Hand Habits), but has also released albums […]

Pisces Birthday(s)

21 years ago my wife and I had left an appointment at the OBGYN, what would be our final OB appointment before our “son in the oven” was to be introduced into a strange and quickly declining world. But it was 2005, and at that time things seemed to be moving along nicely. We had […]

Repeated Viewing Returns 2/21 With ‘Break The Faith’ : Listen to The FRenetic “Flying Ointment”

Alan Sinclair is one of the OGs of the imagined soundtrack world. For years he’s been releasing era-perfect records as Repeated Viewing, slabs of haunted and cursed wax that emulate a world of scuzzy late night movies that had higher budgets for recreational drugs than for special effects and proper cinematographers. But the one thing […]

Took Some Days Off, So I thought I’d get Sick

At this point now it seems like it’s a given that if I take some time off I’m going to get sick. It’s the vacation playbook; take a couple days off for a nice 4-day weekend and 24 hours in I’m going to start feeling like crap. It was the case last week, as I […]

Lovelock’s ‘Business And Pleasure’

So do you remember that scene in Tom Holland’s great Fright Night when Chris Sarandon’s suave and terrifying vampire Jerry Dandridge seduces Charlie Brewster’s girlfriend Amy Peterson back at his lair? The music playing was sexy, sultry, and mildly disconcerting, a vibe of both “come hither” and “run for your life” all in the same […]

Greetings From Planet Flu

Well it didn’t take long to catch one of the many awful viruses that are floating around. Started the week out okay coming back from the holiday break, but by Monday evening I started feeling sore all over. Muscles in my chest and back felt like I’d been used as a punching back, and my […]