Edmonton’s Original Punks: The Nerve
There’s something about the Canadian prairie that makes good bands weird and weird bands unforgettable. Isolation breeds invention, but it also breeds a particular kind of aggression. Maybe...
Interview
Jonathan Richman Reflects on His New Album ‘Only Frozen Sky Anyway’
Jonathan Richman’s 'Only Frozen Sky Anyway' isn't a loud declaration. It is something rarer: a quiet and cohesive unfolding of songs that seem to arise from the atmosphere...
BUNNIES Interviewed: Inside the ‘Horror Spectrum’
Somewhere between a swamp hallucination and a small-town government meeting gone to seed, BUNNIES have carved a record that gurgles and spits its way through what they simply...
Brooklyn’s Tokens: Beyond ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’
Brooklyn high school corridors in 1955 buzzed with a quiet magic. There, a quartet dubbed the Linc Tones, featuring young Neil Sedaka, Jay Siegel, and Hank Medress among...
Stereocilia’s Journey Through ‘Phases’
Amid the deepening thickets of ambient minimalism and experimental drone, few voices have remained as defiantly personal and unfalteringly consistent as that of John Scott, the Bristol-based composer...
Sean Imboden’s ‘Communal Heart’: A Quiet Subversion of the Big Band Canon
By the time the final echoes of 'Portal Passage' fade on Sean Imboden’s debut big band album, 'Communal Heart,' a subtle yet profound recalibration has occurred. As the...
The Cranberries’ Drummer Fergal Lawler Reflects on 30 Years of ‘No Need To Argue’
“Just relax and enjoy the adventure.” That’s the simple advice Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler would offer his younger self back in 1994, just before 'No Need To Argue'...
30 Years of ‘Da Lama Ao Caos’: Nação Zumbi Interviewed on Manguebeat
Thirty years ago, 'Da Lama Ao Caos' shattered the mold of Brazilian music. Out of Recife’s mangroves came a seismic pulse: maracatu fused with punk, psychedelia braided with...
Frank Meyer (Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, Trading Aces, FEAR) Steps Out with ‘Living Between the Lines’
After years fronting West Coast punk bands like The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs and Trading Aces, and sharing stages with punk legends including FEAR, Wayne Kramer, and James Williamson, Frank...
Lutz Graf-Ulbrich (Lüül) on ‘Lüüls Lab’: An Interview About Sound, Solitude, and Surprise
The legendary Lutz Graf-Ulbrich has always been a very adventurous and creative musician, from his very start with the pioneering Agitation Free to the collaborations he did with...