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FOXANNE Comes Down to Earth to Release Scorching New Album
In the midst of presidential election turmoil, in the throes of pandemic exhaustion, and on the...
BACKHOUSE : Asbury Park Rockers on Surviving 2020 as a Band
BACKHOUSE is an energetic new rock band from the New Jersey area, who we recently worked with on a...
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[INTERVIEW] Sleigh Bells Opens up About New Album Jessica Rabbit
Sleigh Bells Describe How Blowing Up Their Creative Process Led to Their Most Adventurous Album To Date in Jessica Rabbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMSsUBU0fqs Sleigh Bells have always...
Bass Legend NATHAN EAST Takes Us Behind-The-Scenes of His Latest LP, Reverence
Break out your pen and paper. Write down the names of five bass players. You know what? Let’s make it challenging - see if you can do 10. 15, even. Done? Okay. Is Nathan East on your list? Chances...
Hayley Reardon Breaks Down The Importance of Storytelling as an Indie Artist
Signed to an independent label for her first two projects, Nashville’s Hayley Reardon decided to go fully independent with her latest album, Good. While there are many causes worth funding today,...
Teenage Fanclub returns with new album Here
Glasgow’s Teenage Fanclub have ridden the wave of alternative rock success at home and abroad for nearly three decades. The band’s timeless and beloved albums like Bandwagonesque and Songs from...
Crushed Out Drops Video for “Big Woolly,” Expounds on Musical Evolution
Indie surf-blues-rock duo Crushed Out explores the making of their new record, Alien Ocean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9exclb7x_fk The evolution of rock n roll is evidenced perfectly in the...
Go Inside the Creative Process with Ryan Alexander of Civilian
In our latest interview, Ryan Alexander, songwriter for Civilian, discusses his newest album, You Wouldn’t Believe What Privilege Costs, delving into how his introspections meld with music, creating...
Sadie Dupuis unleashes solo project Sad13, a catalyst for positive change
Singer/writer/educator/musician/new-fangled renaissance creature, Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz took some time out to speak on her solo project Sad13 and the forthcoming album Slugger. “I’ve been...
Teeth & Tongue Drop “Dianne” Video, Open Up About Creative Process
Teeth & Tongue Explain How Forced Isolation Can Act as a Catalyst for Creativity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANtmVC5j2yg Teeth & Tongue, the Australian group helmed by the talented...
STREAM: Nick Waterhouse Returns with New LP ‘Never Twice’
Nick Waterhouse Explains How a DJ Background Prepared Him For Ground-Level Fan Interaction and New LP Never Twice Music is spirit. It’s the culmination of life’s sounds and smells wrapped up in all...
Underoath’s Aaron Gillespie Bares All On ‘Out of The Badlands’
If you ask any artist about the pain that comes with passion, they will tell you that true creative introspection goes hand in hand with sacrifice. For Underoath frontman Aaron Gillespie, that...