Mad Scientist/Synth Guru/Circuit Bending Champ Sam Battle (aka Look Mum No Computer) Gives us a...
Interviews and Features
Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.
Yiannis Papadopoulos Opens Up About Life on the Road
I managed to track down Yiannis via SKYPE while he was on the last leg of “The Space Between the...
AHI Crafts Songs of Truth to Comfort our Complex World
Ahkinoah Habah Izarh, otherwise known by his stage name AHI, is an antidote to the hyperconnected,...
Black Violin: The Performer Cover Story
BLACK VIOLIN How riffing on hip-hop beats has inspired a new way to approach classical composition As musicians and music enthusiasts, we understand the importance of music education. It teaches...
NATHAN GRAY: How Satanic Philosophies Influenced a Neo-Folk Masterwork
If you're a fan of neofolk, death rock, industrial, dark ambient and hardcore punk music, then the new solo EP from BOYSETSFIRE and I AM HERESY front man Nathan Gray is a must have for your...
ALGIERS on Crafting Socially-Conscious Post-Punk/Gospel Anthems
ALGIERS Combining Post-Punk & Gospel Traditions to Craft Socially-Conscious Anthems Algiers recently released their self-titled debut and their timing is impeccable. Their post-punk, gospel...
Lou Barlow On The Paradoxical Importance of Well-Recorded Lo-Fi Albums
Lou Barlow On The Paradoxical Importance of Well-Recorded Lo-Fi Albums Lo-fi enthusiasts love to debate the origins of the genre. Was it Bruce Springsteen’s famously home-recorded Nebraska? Or was...
KIM EDWARDS: The November Cover Story PLUS New Video
KIM EDWARDS On Songwriting Techniques, Knowing Your Legalese & Allowing For Creative Maturity Wisdom and experience have helped shape singer/songwriter Kim Edwards’ Lovers and Loners EP, which...
Show Preview: Skyzoo at Boston’s Hard Rock Cafe
In a genre contaminated with empty lyricism and even emptier artists parading as street poets, Skyzoo almost effortlessly elevates to a league of his own. His unwavering love and appreciation for...
Exene Cervenka Opens Up About New X Tour and Billy Zoom’s Cancer Battle
[Editor's note: You can support Billy Zoom's GoFundMe drive at https://www.gofundme.com/yx66a4] As one of the biggest bands to come out of the Los Angeles punk scene in the ’70s and ’80s, X has been...
WIDOWSPEAK On Using Mobile Tech During Your Creative Process
WIDOWSPEAK On Knowing When Not to Self-Produce & How to Maximize Mobile Tech During Your Creative Process Since forming as a three-piece band in Brooklyn in 2010, Widowspeak has gone through a...
Watch New Radkey Video & Go Inside The Recording of Their New LP
RADKEY Small-Town Siblings Open Up About Producing New LP with Ross Orton When one thinks of breeding grounds for exciting new rock music, St. Joseph, MO, is not the first (or twentieth) locale that...
LA LUZ on surviving a near-fatal car accident & producing new LP with Ty Segall
LA LUZ On surviving a near-fatal car accident and bouncing back to produce new LP with Ty Segall Everyone is still talking about the car accident that La Luz was in and I think it’s because we would...