GAMES // BRIAN GIBSON OF LIGHTNING BOLT ON COMPOSING FOR THRASHER, THE PERILS OF VIRTUAL REALITY, AND HOW DEVELOPING GAMES CAN BE JUST AS FUN AS PLAYING THEM
Brian Gibson is a name a lot of our readers are already familiar with – as half of...
Michael Whiteside
GAMES // INTERVIEW: KELSEY JETTER OF GAME RAVEN REVIEWS ON THE HALLMARKS OF INDIE GAMING, STRUCTURES OF POWER IN THE INDUSTRY, AND HOW LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC
When it comes to gaming, “indie” is a bit of a buzzword at this point, but as is...
NEW MUSIC // GET A NEW FAVORITE BACKPACK FROM VANR
For clarity’s sake, we don’t know at press time if VANR are offering backpacks as merch to coincide...
GAMES // WE REVISIT THE UNLIKELY MATH ROCK ORIGIN STORY OF SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! MATH ROCK
We’ve probably all heard it at some point, at least the millennial math rockers among us have –...
NEW MUSIC // GET LUSH WITH COMPREHENDING AND THEIR NEW SINGLE “FLOURISH”
Uppsala, Sweden’s Comprehending has long been, essentially, the music of John Pettersson as a solo artist. Solo projects...
EXCLUSIVE // JOSEPH ANDREOLI OF GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! DROPS INTO SOLO BANGER MODE WITH “KICKFLIP THAT COFFIN AND ASCEND!!! (THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING TOTALLY FUCKING GHOSTED)”
Giraffes? Giraffes!, in case you’ve been living under a math rock, is one of the genre’s most influential...
EXCLUSIVE // SURPRISE DROP: THE IX. U.S. EAST COAST // MIDWEST COMPILATION
That’s right, it’s finally here – our ninth compilation: IX. U.S. East Coast // Midwest. It’s a veritable...
NEW MUSIC // 8-BIT ENTHUSIASTS REJOICE AS SYDNEY CITY CHIPTUNE MINISTRIES RELEASE THE CHIPBREAK ALLIANCE COMPILATION
In all fairness, 8-bit and chiptune make for some serious crossover content – come on, literal building blocks...
NEW MUSIC // FUUBUTSUSHI PUSH THE LIMITS OF DIY, AMBIENT JAZZ, AND TIME TRAVEL ON MERIDIANS
DIY can be many things, and none of them are certain – maybe it’s more control, maybe it’s...
FOCUS // CHRISTOPHER DE CINQUE AND MICHAEL BARRETT OF CLOSURE IN MOSCOW GIVE US THE DOWNLOAD ON RECORDING SOFT HELL, THE MAGIC OF PISS TAKES, AND THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF EXTRACTING ART FROM SUFFERING
Well gather ’round young children, because it finally happened – a solid 14 years after we narrowly avoided...