White Noise Sound Reborn: Dreamscapes in Psych and Shoegaze
White Noise Sound emerged from the misty hills of Wales, conjuring a debut album that pulses with life and mystery. Recorded in shadowed hotel bars and smoke-filled studios,...
Interview
ALICE NOT JOHN Episode 19: A Fictional Radio Transmission Guest: Peter Fengler
ALICE NOT JOHNEpisode 18: A Fictional Radio TransmissionGuest: Peter FenglerHost: Joeri Bruyninckx A conversation I overheard in a record store: Customer: “Do you have Coltrane?”Record shop owner: “In...
ALICE NOT JOHN Episode 18: A Fictional Radio Transmission Guest: Mariska Baars (Soccer Committee)
ALICE NOT JOHNEpisode 18: A Fictional Radio TransmissionGuest: Mariska Baars (Soccer Committee)Host: Joeri Bruyninckx A conversation I overheard in a record store: Customer: “Do you have Coltrane?”Record shop...
It Sound: Talking About the New Album, ‘It’s Called Blood’
The forthcoming release from It Sound, 'It’s Called Blood,' is a necessary surrender, coming out of the rain-slicked, grave-toned quiet of Seattle. Jesse Damm, the driving force of...
Stud Uncovered: An Exclusive Interview with Houston’s Lost Hard-Rock Trio
In the dusty backstreets of Houston, 1974, three young musicians forged a sonic detonator called Stud. With only a few copies pressed, it was a private hard-rock artifact,...
Peter Morén (of Peter, Bjorn and John) | Interview on SunYears’ ‘The Song Forlorn’
Peter Morén's SunYears project has settled into a rich, self-aware pocket, finding a comfortable distance from his past work's intensity. The new record, 'The Song Forlorn,' carefully opens...
Joe Morris at 70: Instantiating the Continuous Beginning and ‘Abstract Forest’
A guitarist who plays bass. A free improviser who speaks in Instantiations. A musician who finds the most complex expression through the most efficient means. Joe Morris is...
Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, The Buoys, and the Story of “Timothy”
"Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, The Buoys, & Timothy," an extensive, 350-page book from Sunbury Press, is written by rock journalist Maxim W. Furek. The book investigates the controversial...
An Ecosystem of Sound: Brian Dolphin’s ‘Dolphin & You Compilation No. 1’
Brian Dolphin, a Manhattan native with harmonies inherited from rural folk and adventurous 80s and 90s albums, has spent a lifetime seeking the transcendent moment where individual voices...
Mass – From the Lost Black Mass Tapes to ‘War Law’ and Beyond
Mass is a band whose story sits quietly in the background of German rock history, waiting to be pieced together. Bassist Günther Viktor Radny started out in the...