Leah McHenry understands the real world challenges for everyday musicians because she is an...
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How Waxwork Records Breathes New Life into Long-Lost Horror Soundtracks
Resurrecting the Undead with WAXWORK RECORDS We recently caught up with Waxwork Records founder...
FLASHBACK: 1950s Sony C-37A Microphone
Sony engineers created this microphone in the early 1950s. At first, it was used to record...
Record Review: Doug Jerebine
Doug Jerebine Jesse Harper Tangowahine, New Zealand “Long lost classic from a ’60s guitar legend, alive and well” Doug Jerebine paints a unique portrait of himself as Jesse Harper and his guitar...
Record Review: decker.
decker. Broken Belts, Broken Bones Sedona, AZ “Dark times on the prairie” Brandon Decker, who has been performing and recording as decker. (all lower case and punctuated), delivered his newborn son...
Record Review: Cursive
Cursive I Am Gemini Omaha, NE “Hard-hitting concept album from the indie rock vets” Cursive’s seventh full-length album picks up where Mama, I’m Swollen left off, with regards to both sound and...
LIVE REVIEW: Trampled by Turtles
WHERE: The Old Rock House - St. Louis, MO WHEN: December 17, 2011 HIGHLIGHT: A tight bluegrass band cutting loose. Having only found out...
Record Review: Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands
Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands Muses and Bones Greensboro, NC “Polished, breathtaking group with international influences” With her travels and her anthropology and ethnomusicology background,...
Record Review: Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings Attack on Memory Cleveland, OH “Dark. Dismal. It will rip your face off while you boogey around the living room.” Attack on Memory is the third full-length release by Cleveland’s own...
Record Review: Babydriver
Babydriver Sad Soldier Red Boston, MA “Twists and turns weave smart, twangy rock” Sad Soldier Red, the new recording from Boston scene vet Tommy Palmer under the Babydriver name, is a playful,...
Record Review: Anna Vogelzang
Anna Vogelzang Canary In A Coal Mine Madison, WI “Mature, banjo-infused female-fronted chamber folk” Madison, Wisconsin’s Anna Vogelzang has a voice that can knock down a listener, clashing from a...
Record Review: AC Deathstrike
AC Deathstrike Winter in Russia Jacksonville, FL “Fuzzy, cheerful, simplistic indie pop” AC Deathstrike’s Winter in Russia is the perfect mix of effortless melodies intertwined with fuzzy guitar...
Record Review: The Wheel Workers
The Wheel Workers Unite Houston, TX “New music with an old soul” Much like a certain kind of young person is said to have “an old soul,” so does the music of The Wheel Workers, a Houston-based band...