“Truly What This Band Was Meant To Do” : Voyag3R Talks Scoring ‘New York Ninja’

Detroit trio and synth/rock/prog titans Voyag3r have been putting out forward-thinking synth-heavy rock and roll for a few years now. Steve Greene(synthesizers, piano, saxophone), Greg Mastin(drums and percussion), and Aaron Greene(guitars) have built a discography that is both a solid collection of standalone heavy electronic rock albums, but also imagined worlds of both sci-fi, dystopian, […]

Earthless Return With ‘Death To The Red Sun’, So We’re Good

Heavy metal will live forever. There, I said it. You can have your pop radio, balladeers, and over-produced hip hop, I will forever be the 14-year old teen dweeb sitting in the backseat of my parents 1984 Honda Accord forcing them to throw in my Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Manowar cassettes as we drive to […]

John Coltrane : A Love Supreme : Live In Seattle

John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme is an all-out jazz masterpiece. It defines the freedom of expression in jazz music of the 1960s, as well as being Coltrane’s definitive work. A record built on an artist’s love for his Maker; a love letter to God in the form of four pieces of music flowing from arguably […]

Mastodon : Hushed and Grim

In the early 2000s there was a new, exciting voice in the heavy metal scene with Atlanta’s Mastodon. They made heavy metal music that morphed together thrash, sludge, and death metal into an almost progressive metal jumbo. They appealed to those that wanted their metal hard, fast, technical, and also smart. In fact, the band’s […]

Patrick R. Park : Sports Themes For Psychonauts

Electronic musician Patrick R. Park works under different names like Black Tempel Pyrämid, Kösmonaut, Teeth Of Glass and LIFE EDUCATION. But on his newest release he’s just Patrick R. Park. Heady electronics, grizzled synth lines, and that rarified Colorado air have gone in to his latest release for Ethereal Mother Tapes. Sports Themes For Psychonauts is […]

Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra : Stylophonika

Have you ever played on a Stylophone? Hell, do you know what a Stylophone even is? If you don’t, it’s this small, black bar with a stylus attached to it that acts as a sort of pocket keyboard. Its sound is that of a micro theremin; ghostly, but lo fi. I imagine that if I’d […]

Alone 1980 : Street Trash From Outer Space

With the return of Sweden’s Alone 1980 means another solid imagined soundtrack. This time around it’s Street Trash From Outer Space, a title that I could have very easily eyed on the wall of Video World back in 1985 while looking for The Evil Dead or Pieces. Following up his previous Vol. 1, Vol. 2, […]

Jonas Munk : Altered Light

Musician, label runner, and all around sound wizard Jonas Munk has a knack for building sonic masterpieces with nothing more than guitars, synths, and racks of blinking lights and patch cables. I liken Munk’s ambient/new age work in Manual, Billow Observatory(with Auburn Lull’s Jason Kolb), Ulrich Schnauss, and his solo work to falling slowly through […]

Dressel Amorosi : DeathMetha

I’m not sure what’s happening on Dressel Amorosi’s dark and slinky DeathMetha, but I sure as hell like it. Prominent Rickenbacker bass lines, Fender Rhodes, and an array of vintage synths all come together to make the coolest, funkiest soundtrack to a movie you dreamt up on an absinth fever dream. The band is synthesist […]

Staring At The Sun : Catching Up With Moon Glyph Records

You know, I listen to a lot of music. I try my best to keep up with what’s being released, at least the kind of stuff that I find interesting. Granted, I’m not gulping down much top 40, pop, country, hip hop, or otherwise. I’m more of an under the radar kind of listener. And […]

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