Orkan on Protest, Folklore, and Finding Freedom in ‘Vakendrömmar’
The Swedish progressive rock of the 1970s, often called "progg," was a genre of two minds: pastoral beauty and radical politics. Its classic albums are considered snapshots of...
Interview
Cathedral Ceilings Interview: La La La…Whatever Meets Dromfest
Cathedral Ceilings is a three-piece with the muscle of a five-piece, they strike that rare balance between tunefulness and volume, the kind where the hooks are undeniable but...
Still Earthbound: An Interview with Moviola Ahead of Dromfest 2025
Three decades on, Columbus band Moviola are still doing things their own way. Their new album 'Earthbound' (out August 29 on Dromedary Records) feels like both a milestone...
Sunburned Hand of the Man on Dromfest: An Interview with the Collective
Sunburned Hand of the Man occupies a singular space in the landscape of American experimental music, where collective improvisation meets the uncharted terrain of psychedelia and free-form noise....
Das Damen on the Dromfest Stage: An Exclusive Interview
Das Damen was a vital dispatch from a bygone era of New York City's indie scene. You hear a band like that and you think, "Okay, maybe there's...
A Madder Rose in Bloom: The Return of an Indie-Rock Legend at Dromfest 2025
Madder Rose’s return is a welcome surprise, carrying none of the predictable nostalgia glaze. Known for their distinct blend of dreamy melancholy and hypnotic guitar textures, the band...
Kellie Rose Releases Authentic & Poetic Single ‘Same Team’
Kellie Rose (Aka K.R.) is a singer-songwriter and all-around creative based in Seattle, Washington. Known for her live looping performances, heart-rending lyrics, and effortless, soaring vocals, Kellie Rose...
Scrawl Talks Records and the Road to Dromfest
After their short-lived group Skull fell apart, vocalist and guitarist Marcy Mays and bassist and vocalist Sue Harshe formed Scrawl in Columbus, Ohio, in 1985, bringing in drummer...
Building a World of Sound: PFR Records on Shoegaze, Psych, and Vinyl
'Paradigms II' manifests as a kaleidoscopic cartography of contemporary shoegaze, refracting the genre’s obsidian-hued tendrils through a global lattice of aural transmutation. PFR Records, an artist-run nexus, operates...
The Spongetones: Beats, Rhymes And Rhythms
The Spongetones have always been a band that excelled in versatility. They could play the songs of the 1960s and 70s better than anyone, and they could also...