Forecastle Festival 2018: Louisville’s Largest Multifaceted Affair Celebrates 16 Years of...
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COVER STORY: Linqua Franqa on Hip-Hop, Linguistics and Social Activism
Between running for office in Athens, performing as Linqua Franqa, helping to unite the city’s...
Show Preview: Artist Ashwin Shenoy Opens Up About His Many Creative Pursuits
Ashwin Shenoy recently selected the moniker Xenai to help categorize his creative work. The Boston...
John Vanderslice Takes Us Behind The Scenes of Tiny Telephone Recording
John Vanderslice on Tiny Telephone: Giving Independent Bands Access to the Craft of Analogue Recording “This is what everyone gets wrong,” John Vanderslice explains as he prepares a pot of organic...
Jessicka from Jack Off Jill Opens Up About the Band’s Reunion
In the 90's Goth-Riot-Grrls Jack Off Jill used to terrorize audiences from coast to coast with their glamorous bride-of-Chucky look, foul-mouthed lyrics and loud and obnoxious music. Fifteen years...
Forecastle Festival 2015: Consider Yourself on Notice!
Write drunk. Edit sober. That’s a debated Hemingway’esque philosophy to writing, and pretty much the context and tactic I used to write this preview under, so consider yourself forewarned, to some...
Governors Ball 2015 Recap
This year's Governors Ball, like the ones that preceded it, proved that the music was in fact equivalent to the spectacle. Thousands upon thousands of music lovers convened on New York's Randall's...
We Dance To All The Wrong Songs: The Story of REFUSED’s First Album in Nearly 20 Years
We Dance To All The Wrong Songs: The Story of REFUSED’s First Album in Nearly 20 Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRMXTvsCBwQ Q&A with Dennis Lyxzén on songwriting, the band’s accidental...
How To Transform Street Performers into a Full-Fledged Rock Juggernaut
THE RELEVANT ELEPHANTS: How To Transform Street Performers into a Full-Fledged Rock Juggernaut The Relevant Elephants by The Relevant Elephants What do you get when you take a group of four...
Aaron Dessner of The National Talks About Curating Boston Calling Music Festival
Aaron Dessner of The National on Curating Boston Calling With a Spirit of Collaboration Music festivals, with their undertones of muddy camping, desert heat, or breakfast tacos, can become a series...
Goblin Rebirth: Legendary Italian Prog Rockers Return To Inspire New Nightmares
GOBLIN REBIRTH Legendary Italian Proggers Return To Inspire New Nightmares If you love concept albums, progressive rock and horror movies, then the new self-titled album from Goblin Rebirth is a...
WATCH NOW: Goody Grace “Small Town” Video Premiere
Performer is excited to premiere the new video for "Small Town" by Canadian recording artist Goody Grace. Here's what he has to say about the clip: "'Small Town' is an ode to my hometown Selkirk,...
CHIEF GHOUL: Using Haunting, Sparse Production to Record a Raw Masterpiece
CHIEF GHOUL Making The Most of Haunting, Sparse Production to Record a Raw Masterpiece “When you get discouraged, use it and don’t let it defeat you.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5hK3TVxMcU Lee...