We Banjo 3—Music Is Our Home Katherine Yeske Taylor January 1, 2020 Features, Interviews Quite frankly, finding out that a band contains not one, not two, but three banjo players seems likely to make many potential listeners run the other way. But that’s exactly the configuration within We Banjo 3...
Album of the Year 2019: Life of Agony—The Sound of Scars Dan Alleva December 18, 2019 Features, Interviews On October 11, seminal alt-metal act Life of Agony released their sixth album, The Sound of Scars (Napalm Records)—which has been named The Aquarian’s official “Album of the Year” for 2019. The release date he...
Silvertomb—Back From the Edge Vinny Cecolini December 18, 2019 Buzz, Features Many Americans would say that 2009 was a difficult year for them. The country was in the throes of a horrible recession and the resulting financial difficulties led some to embracing their inner demons—drugs, ...
Starcrawler—Greetings from Los Angeles Dan Alleva October 23, 2019 Features, Interviews While out on the road supporting The Distillers this past May, somewhere in the heart of the Motor City, Starcrawler’s lead vocalist Arrow de Wilde is crouched up in a ball at the edge of the stage, purring in...
Charli XCX—Innovative, Introspective, and Iconic Debra Kate Schafer October 16, 2019 Features, Interviews When the now 27-year-old Charlotte Aitchison, better known as Charli XCX, decided to take a break and not jump straight into a third album, that didn’t mean that she was going to stop making music altogether. ...
Altin Gün—Golden Psychedelic Fusion Katherine Yeske Taylor October 16, 2019 Features, Interviews It’s hard to find a musical niche that hasn’t been explored yet, but Altin Gün seem to have pulled it off: based in The Netherlands, they exclusively play Turkish music—either traditional material that can be ...
Wilco—Joy Worth Fighting For Dan Alleva October 9, 2019 Features, Interviews No one would blame Wilco fans if they were to greet the title of the band’s new album, Ode to Joy, with a smirk—least of all the members of Wilco, themselves. After all, they are the band that titled their las...
The Head and the Heart—Like a Desert Mirage Dan Alleva October 2, 2019 Features, Interviews After a busy touring schedule in 2018, Seattle’s The Head and the Heart found themselves in a unique position once they began to get to work on their next LP. For starters, they were down two founding, integra...
Melvins—Unusual Is Better Gregg McQueen October 2, 2019 Buzz, Features The Melvins hail from the small town of Montesano, Washington, but it’s not hard to envision them being spawned from an ancient tar pit instead, emerging from the bubbly ooze, instruments in hand, ready to sla...
White Denim—Feeling the Side Effects Dan Alleva October 2, 2019 Features, Interviews Erudite students of everything from The Minutemen to Yes, the members of White Denim are true record collectors at heart, soaking up sounds from every corner of the musical spectrum, and ameliorating the juxta...
