THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS MAKE MUSIC THEIR WAY (WATCH & LISTEN + FEATURE STORY) Katherine Yeske Taylor August 5, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews Modern rock legends are back with new material, 'Made of Rain'—their first album of new songs in thirty years. Most bands typically don’t take more than a couple of years between albums - but it’s been ... Read More...
THE SOUNDS MISS YOU TERRIBLY: AN INTERVIEW WITH MAJA IVARSSON Katherine Yeske Taylor June 10, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews The Swedish new wavers were supposed to be touring the U.S. right now, but instead Maja Ivarsson brings us greetings from her home in Sweden. Swedish indie new wave rock group The Sounds were supposed t... Read More...
TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS OFFERS RESPITE AND HOPE FOR THE SELF-ISOLATED Tina Benitez Eves May 31, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews When To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) was founded 14 years ago, there was no global pandemic. No one’s life was completely upended—in work or relationships with friends and family. For the most part, everyon... Read More...
EMILY HACKETT IS CREATING MAGIC AND NOT HOLDING BACK. Debra Kate Schafer May 31, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews The Ohio-born musician grew up with music in her home and in her heart, but has since found her true artistic self in Nashville. Emily Hackett has some tricks up her sleeve, and without spoiling too much, a... Read More...
MAKIN WAVES KEEPS A ‘TIGHT LIP’ WITH SHORE SCENESTER JOY VAY Arts Weekly May 22, 2020 Columns, Goings-On, Makin' Waves Jersey Shore outfit Tight Lipped make punk rock with as much attitude as it’s ever had. The four-piece punk group Tight Lipped, led by scene veteran Joy Vay—also of TV Tramps infamy—has a new seven-song EP,... Read More...
THE WARLOCKS TRIP HARD ON REALITY WITH ‘THE CHAIN’ Dan Alleva May 8, 2020 Buzz, Features, Goings-On The Los Angeles rockers spin social justice and surrealism into a psychedelic stew on their latest LP. “You know, it wasn't supposed to go this long,” says Bobby Hecksher of the Los Angeles psych-rock group... Read More...
LOW CUT CONNIE’S CHARACTER STUDY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM WEINER Debra Kate Schafer May 7, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews With their new single "Private Lives" and a forthcoming LP, the Philly outfit explores subculture and sabotage with precision. During one of the most bizarre times the world has ever seen, it is imperative... Read More...
COREY GLOVER AND STEVIE D. TEAR THROUGH THEIR BACK PAGES Vincent Bennett May 7, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews The Living Colour front man and renown New Jersey guitarist-producer unite for an album of heavy pop and soul. “Stevie is the man,” says Corey Glover, the Grammy winning front man for the legendary band Liv... Read More...
THE DREAM SYNDICATE’S STEVE WYNN ENJOYS MUSICAL FREEDOM ON HIS OWN TERMS Katherine Yeske Taylor May 6, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews 1 The band's seventh studio album, The Universe Inside, jams with joy. “I can hear the 7 train from my window. It's faint, but I can always hear it. It makes me sad. It sounds like freedom. It sounds lik... Read More...
Out of Exile: Outlaws’ Henry Paul Rides Down the ‘Dixie Highway’ Vinny Cecolini May 6, 2020 Features, Interviews Second-wave Southern rockers find themselves "in the best place they could possibly be" with new album Dixie Highway. From the mid-‘70s through the early ‘80s, some Brooklyn and Queens kids would hang out o... Read More...
