FOCUS // BLACK MIDI SAYS GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF MARVELOUS MADNESS
Talk about dog shit park – it’s been a weird week for math rock, and to cap it...
Michael Whiteside
NEW MUSIC // NO EDITS NAIL THE TAKE WITH WE ALL END UP THE SAME
Seattle is a place that hardly needs an introduction when it comes to fostering great music, and we’re...
GAMES // FINAL FANTASY FANS REJOICE AS LUO AND JOSH TRINNAMAN BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO NOBUO UEMATSU’S ICONIC OST’S WITH THE CACTUAR COLLECTIONS
To attempt to encapsulate the scope of the Final Fantasy series in a few sentences would be borderline...
NEW MUSIC // BEARCUBBIN’ FANS FIND CLOSURE AND A NEW OBSESSION WITH THE DEBUT OF LAYERS IN LAIRS
If you were paying attention to mid-2010’s indie and math rock, the odds are you heard someone at...
NEW MUSIC // AS LIVING ARROWS LET LOOSE A SOARING NEW SINGLE WITH “OUR MERIDIAN”
Formerly known as Dead Bird, As Living Arrows is a high-intensity post-hardcore group with close ties to math...
NEW MUSIC // FOX LAKE OFFICIALLY EMBARK ON “THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY” WITH NEW MUSIC VIDEO
Winnipeg’s Fox Lake is one of those bands that needs little introduction if you’re a consistent reader here,...
GEAR // MARCOS MENA ON PARTNERING UP WITH GROUND CONTROL AUDIO, INNOVATION IN THE PEDAL INDUSTRY, AND USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO EDU-TAIN THE MASSES
Marcos Mena, who many of us know from standards, is generally known for two things – one, playing...
NEW MUSIC // OTHER LIGHT ENSEMBLE MAKE POETRY FROM CHAOS ON NEW BLUE TAPES SINGLE “BODY OF RITUAL TAPESTRY”
Other Light Ensemble is a cinematic, generally avant garde jazz collective that sort of defies central location. The...
NEW MUSIC // CATS AND CATS AND CATS TO RETURN TO ARCTANGENT THIS YEAR AFTER REFORMATION AND REMASTERS FOR VICTORIALAND AND SWEET DRUNK EVERYONE
This year discerning old heads might have seen a name they haven’t seen in some time popping up...
NOT ANOTHER FECKING GIG REVIEW // TOEHIDER, CLOSURE IN MOSCOW, AND NO SUCH ANIMAL AT THE URBAN LOUNGE
(Editors’s Note: Some of the video we took went straight to our Insta feed because we shot it...