goldenSpiral—Vibes by Design Veronica Rajadnya March 13, 2019 Buzz By his own admission, Philadelphia producer and visual artist Adrian Palashevsky, aka goldenSpiral, eased his way into 2019. “The first couple weeks of this year I’ve spent decompressing,” says Palashevsky. “My...
Buzz: Tweed—Moving Up the Mountain Veronica Rajadnya March 13, 2019 Buzz Tweed is the independent funktronica outfit taking its place among the modern jam band greats. Born of an affinity for Philadelphia phenoms the Disco Biscuits, Lotus, and Brothers Past (then-University of Delaw...
Tweed: Philly’s Tweed Gets Dirty And Disco In Video Premiere Veronica Rajadnya September 26, 2018 Buzz, Features Philadelphia's funk powerhouse quartet Tweed have released the first single and music video from their highly anticipated full-length album, Moves. The track, "El Sucio Grande", translated from Spanish, ...
Tweed – SENSORiUM Music & Arts Festival: What You Need to Know Veronica Rajadnya August 15, 2018 Features, Interviews Philadelphia’s Premier Extra-Sensory Experience Takes Over the Ukie Club with 23 Artists on Three Stages Do you feel that? It’s your psyche senses tingling: SENSORiUM Music &...
Agent Zero Returns to the Mountain: “Visionary Sound” at Camp Bisco XVI Veronica Rajadnya July 11, 2018 Features, Interviews Philadelphia’s premier post-EDM outfit Agent Zero takes its transcendent psychrock to Camp Bisco, the pinnacle summer festival July 12-14 at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pa. Set to share bops off the la...
Diet Cig: Don’t Tell Me to Calm Down Veronica Rajadnya February 28, 2018 Features, Interviews Diet Cig is the pop punk duo out of New Paltz, NY consisting of “two homies just making tunes and eggs on the regs,” which is self-described via Bandcamp and also accurate. Born out of house show basemen...
Agent Zero: Music That Moves You Veronica Rajadnya February 14, 2018 Features, Interviews It’s a balmy 60 degrees in the middle of a mostly frigid, tri-state winter on the day of my interview with Agent Zero, the Philadelphia-cultivated electronic ensemble juxtaposing intelligent dance music ...
Tweed – Getting Together: An Interview with Joe Vela Veronica Rajadnya November 8, 2017 Interviews Two friends got married and hosted a wedding celebration in Philadelphia in recognition of their union. No ceremony, no walking down the aisle, no ordained minister or mutual friend cracking inside jokes an...
William Patrick Corgan: These Days Veronica Rajadnya October 11, 2017 Interviews When I pick up the call, William Patrick Corgan strikingly sounds exactly as I imagined he would: youthful. A voice to match the heart-shaped, ultimately shaved-headed alien baby-face that lead the Smashing...
&&& Onward: An Interview with Evan Stephens Hall of Pinegrove Veronica Rajadnya July 26, 2017 Interviews Back in March, I had the chance to chat with Evan Stephens Hall of Pinegrove, the Montclair, New Jersey-based sometimes-sextet that’s slept (in the gradual, quiet success sense) its way to the top of NPR’s ...
