American Sharks Return With ‘Going Insane,’ Their First New Ripper In Five Years
It’s been half a decade since we last heard from American Sharks. In the timeline of a greased-up, high-velocity rock band from Austin, five years of radio silence...
Interview
Rok Zalokar: Opening the Structures — Inside ‘Pieces for Collective Change’
On 'Pieces for Collective Change,' pianist and composer Rok Zalokar pushes Zhlehtet toward a denser, more tactile ensemble language, one where composition behaves more like a fluid dialogue....
Leadbetter Band on Fatherhood, Sobriety, and Their New Album ‘Spell’
After 25 years and 11 albums, the Leadbetter Band’s latest release, Spell, arrives with a striking sense of focus. Written after the frontman embraced sobriety and fatherhood, the...
W.D. Miller Interview: Back Roads and Reckonings on Child Of The Kindly South
W.D. Miller’s path to his latest release, 'Child Of The Kindly South,' runs through decades of playing clubs, small venues, and just about every style of American roots...
Gregg McKella of Paradise 9 Talks ‘Songs From The Underground’: An Interview
Gregg McKella has spent decades moving through the UK underground scene, collaborating with curiosity, and a willingness to follow unusual sounds wherever they lead. From the early self-released...
‘If the Sun Dies’: Espers’ Greg Weeks on Tape, Tradition, and the Human Trace
After nearly two decades away from solo work, Greg Weeks returns with 'If the Sun Dies,' an album that announces the arrival of a musician refined by years...
Harrisonburg’s Sleepytime Trio Interview: Revisiting the Past Through ‘Memory Minus Plus Minus’
Formed in 1995 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Sleepytime Trio emerged from a tight-knit college-town underground where punks, art kids, and outsiders built their own stage in basements and living...
Maqom Soul Records: Yashlik, Uyghur Psych, and the Modal Jazz of the Soviet Underground
Tashkent in the 1970s was far from the quiet cultural outpost many Western listeners imagine. The city was a lively meeting point where Crimean Tatars, Koreans, Uyghurs, and...
Green Cosmos: Spiritual Jazz and the Unearthed Sounds of ‘Morgenmusiken’
In the hinterlands of late 1970s West Germany, specifically the quiet town of Marsberg, a unique musical synergy was taking place. Far removed from the metropolitan heat of...
Interview: Pete Fij Reflects on Mortality, Music, and His New Single ‘Cuckoo’
Pete Fij has released his crystalline, grandiose new track 'Cuckoo,' serving as the latest preview of his forthcoming album 'Up's The New Down,' due out this summer via...