Calliope interview
A time-traveling, four-piece, organ-driven, dark and heavy psych-rock band forged between the forces of the sun and the moon in a Milwaukee basement circa 2010 AD. How did...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revelation (2014) review
The Brian Jonestown Massacre "Revelation" (A Records, 2014) Here on Revelation, Brian Jonestown Massacre breaks the seal on a fresh batch of Sandoz Blue, proving that the future...
Punk+ (2014)
Punk+ Photos by Sheila Rock, words by various (First Third Books, 2014) During the punk rock movement the notion of a coffee table book depicting the scene might have...
Goliath interview
Mancunian band Goliath—a name familiar I'm sure to many of our readers—was a female-fronted, jazzy, progressive outfit that left the world one very commendable record on CBS in...
Papir interview
Papir is a project that has been going on for about five years now releasing four albums, the last one being from 2014. Trio formed in Copenhagen and...
The Vacant Lots – ‘Departure’ (2014)
A years ago that the hazy psychedelic meanderings of The Vacant Lots first crossed my radar ... they were then supporting Spectrum [Pete Kember, late of Spacemen 3],...
Has A Shadow interview with Daniel “Marciano” Graciano, Victor “Remi” Garay and Daniel Arp
Droning psychedelic shoegaze and twisted garage rock ala the killer Mexican underground scene, Has A Shadow provides music in the form of a hazy, faded din erupting a...
Spanky and Our Gang – The Complete Mercury Singles (2014) review
Spanky and Our Gang "The Complete Mercury Singles" (Real Gone Music, 2014) It’s impossible not to think of The Mamas and...
Universe People interview with Jo Claxton, Kimberly Morrison and Min Yee
Pop, punk and garage all bleed together into an inkblot, strange enigmatic imagery and broken melodies scattered across the landscape, Claxton’s dystopian guitars riffs croon and drone along...
The Fuzz Kings Interview with “Fat” Dave Johnston
© Marc J Chalifoux Sometimes you need a band that’s just fun to listen to, not necessarily pop music or anything, but just something to make you feel...