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...
Interview
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...
The Grip Weeds: The Sound Curves ‘Round
Just when the world needs them most, the Grip Weeds have returned to put the Soul back in order. Formed in 1988 by brothers Kurt (drums and vocals)...
Descendents’ Milo Aukerman Reflects on ‘Milo Goes to College’ Ahead of Extensive Reissue Campaign
Few bands have worn adolescence on their sleeves quite like Descendents. Back in 1982, Milo Aukerman, Bill Stevenson, and the rest of the crew captured the jittery energy...
“Will you be the 7th Generation Mutation?” | The Story of St. John Green
The year is 1968. The cultural revolution of the late 1960s is in full swing, and rock music is its experimental, ever-evolving psychedelic soundtrack. In this moment of...
Penny Rimbaud and Louise Elliott on Intuition, Time and the Making of ‘Touch Is Hold’
In the summer of 2012, Penny Rimbaud and Louise Elliott entered the studio with a shared instinct that music, when made with trust, could reach beyond the ordinary...
ALICE NOT JOHN Episode 10: A Fictional Radio Transmission Guest: Ben Fery (Hiatus)
ALICE NOT JOHNEpisode 10: A Fictional Radio TransmissionGuest: Ben Fery (Hiatus)Host: Joeri Bruyninckx A conversation I overheard in a record store: Customer: “Do you have Coltrane?”Record shop owner:...
Black Apple: Famous Groupies from this End of the Telescope | An interview with Kirkcaldy McKenzie
“It seems that Patrick started off quite quickly as a ghost writer for Decca, circa 1965 or thereabouts. And of course, ghost writers are hidden in the backdrop...
A Journey Through Clockwork Flowers
Clockwork Flowers exists in a liminal space where time folds back on itself like the turning petals of a cosmic bloom. They began in the rustic mountains of...