John Whoriskey, Jr., or “Johnny” of Bright EYED Music, is back, three years later and still double...
Interviews and Features
Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.
COVER STORY: Rubblebucket Opens Up About The Making of ‘Sun Machine’
Rubblebucket: Turning Breakups & Personal Struggles into Creative Mojo In the days leading up...
INTERVIEW: EUREKA CALIFORNIA opens up about latest LP ‘Roadrunners’
With a long road ahead and a decade-long one behind, Georgia-based duo Eureka California released...
Audio Interview with Sleepy Kitty
Before the holidays, we had a chance to sit down with St. Louis-via-Chicago indie duo Sleepy Kitty to chat about their new LP, Projection Room. You can read our review right here (needless to say,...
Kris Gruen Reflects on Rock & Roll Photography of the ’70s & ’80s
My name is Kris Gruen. I'm a singer/songwriter living in the sacred green mountains of Vermont. My father is the renowned rock photographer, Bob Gruen, who lives in the same part of New York City I...
Hip-Hop With An Edge: Spotlight on Atlanta’s Teen Wolfe
Joel Romirre is the front man and patriarch of the band that blends distinctive flows, acoustics, dense piano and tranquil melodies to paint a Rembrandt with his rhymes. Gavin MacDonald, the...
The SANGers Room: A New Movement in the South
The #SangersRoom was created by Deanna Dixon and Mitch Moffett early November 2013 after their lack of enthusiasm regarding the Atlanta Open Mic scenes. They decided to create something different...
Exclusive Interview With Gojira’s Joe Duplantier PLUS Live Photo Gallery
November 30. A dark, hot arena in Lowell, Massachusetts. A paraplegic man strapped into his wheelchair floats over the audience, dozens of hands holding him safely aloft while his own hands form...
Catching Up with The Fratellis
Earlier this month, The Fratellis lit up the stage at a sold-out Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Their latest album, We Need Medicine, is full of tight songs that flash their rock and roll roots. To...
Spotlight on The Rooks
From the funky beats of The Roots, to the vocal prowess of Stevie Wonder, to the fierceness of Queen Bey, New York’s indie-soul sextet The Rooks are a perfect combination of all the right things....
La Luz: Seattle Surf Gurus Chart The Depths of Lo-Fi Recording…in Trailer Park Bedrooms
The ripples of the reverb sway back and forth like the tides. This is surf music, an American tradition passed down to us from Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello’s bandstand romps on the beach....
Spotlight on filmmaker/musician Jordan Galland
New York musician/filmmaker Jordan Galland released his most recent EP Wind-Up Rabbit this past July. When Galland is not in the studio working on music, he is collaborating with other artists for...
Dog Party: Why Two Teen Girls From California Might Just Save Rock N Roll
It’s more than likely a school night. A light glows from a room in Sacramento. A microphone plugged into a karaoke machine hangs from the rafters of a teenage bedroom. Toiling below the mic, two...