Backstage With The Struts Mike Greenblatt December 12, 2018 Features, Interviews 1 I’m sitting in a backstage Philadelphia dressing room with singer Luke Spiller, guitarist Adam Slack, bassist Jed Elliott and drummer Gethin Davies, known collectively as The Struts. They just may be the...
The Japanese House – Laying It Bare Jenna Romaine December 5, 2018 Features, Interviews It’s easy to picture Amber Bain as she describes her surroundings when she hops on the phone with me: a slight figure with a slew of dirty blon...
Ministry: Taking Baby Steps Towards the Future Nick Perkel December 5, 2018 Features, Interviews Ministry was formed in 1981 and is still helmed by lead singer Al Jourgensen. I inquired about parallels he sees with 1968 and this year’s midterm elections, as well as if he was focusing on any particul...
Silver Talon: Becoming A Demon Nick Perkel December 5, 2018 Features, Interviews Bryce Vanhoosen is a founding member of Silver Talon the Portland, Ore. band that was formed out of the ashes of Spellcaster last year. I got to learn about Bryce’s entrance into music. Silver Talon reco...
Kurt Vile: Has Songs. Will Travel. Dan Alleva November 28, 2018 Features, Interviews Many see traveling as a welcome distraction, a departure from the day-to-day shuffling, and a means of reenergizing the spirit. But for Kurt Vile, travel is simply a logical extension of himself and his ...
Bill Morrison: We All Need The Yellow Submarine Bryan Reesman November 28, 2018 Features, Interviews 1 One of my favorite films of all time, the animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine, is a charming product of the psychedelic late 1960s that still casts a magically trippy spell 50 years later. Admittedly,...
Greta Van Fleet Leads The Way For The Peaceful Army Leanne Aciz Stanton November 21, 2018 Features, Interviews You know when a friend excitedly encourages you to check out their new favorite band and you do, and you’re not the least bit impressed? Doing the same thing with Greta Van Fleet brings about the complet...
Ice Nine Kills: Paying Homage to Influences and Inspirations Debra Kate Schafer November 21, 2018 Features, Interviews Just because the spookiest season of the year is behind us, it doesn’t mean that everything filled with horror gets left behind…especially because one of the most creative and talented bands in modern me...
Jason Mraz: Inspired by the Little Things Debra Kate Schafer November 14, 2018 Features, Interviews It takes a certain kind of person to write songs that are so honest and prolific that it not only brings listeners to tears, but gets them to dance, or inspires them, or opens their heart. Jason Mr...
Toto: More Than A Second Wind Debra Kate Schafer November 7, 2018 Features, Interviews 3 Whether you grew up before them, with them, or after them, you know who they are…and if you don’t, then you know their songs for sure and just have yet to learn who actually sings them. Steve Lukat...
