FOCUS // HEATHEN SPIRITUALS: EX-SWANS PERCUSSIONIST THOR HARRIS DISCUSSES HIS NEW ALBUM THOR AND FRIENDS
FOCUS // MMIW AWARENESS DAY: VERN FROM TURIAN HELPS US FACE FACTS AND EXPLAINS HOW MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN BECAME A CENTRAL THEME FOR BLOOD QUANTUM BLUES
FOCUS // DOG DAYS WITH NOKILL PEDAL CO: ALEX BROWN ON MASHING SONIC OPPOSITES, BIRTHING THE BORZOI GLITCH FUZZ, AND THE DETAILS OF OUR AMAZING GIVEAWAY
FOCUS // HEATHEN SPIRITUALS: EX-SWANS PERCUSSIONIST THOR HARRIS DISCUSSES HIS NEW ALBUM THOR AND FRIENDS
NOT ANOTHER FECKING GIG REVIEW // TOEHIDER, CLOSURE IN MOSCOW, AND NO SUCH ANIMAL AT THE URBAN LOUNGE
GEAR // MEASURING SUCCESS: DESIGNING THE S-6, ADAPTING TO TARIFFS, AND EMBODYING NOISE ROCK WITH FLORIAN SCHNEIDER OF MILLIMETRIC INSTRUMENTS
GEAR // NOT ANOTHER FECKING GEAR REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: RUNNING WILD WITH THE NOKILL PEDAL CO BORZOI GLITCH FUZZ
FOCUS // DOG DAYS WITH NOKILL PEDAL CO: ALEX BROWN ON MASHING SONIC OPPOSITES, BIRTHING THE BORZOI GLITCH FUZZ, AND THE DETAILS OF OUR AMAZING GIVEAWAY
GAMES // THE 2.0’S DAY MUSIC DUMP: HOLD ON TO YOUR BITS AS WE DIVE INTO THE LAST NINETY DAYS OF SCORES AND ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS
GAMES // BUNGIE JUMPING: THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF THE LEGENDARY STUDIO BEHIND HALO, DESTINY, AND MULTIPLE ACTS OF PLAGIARISM
FOCUS // HEATHEN SPIRITUALS: EX-SWANS PERCUSSIONIST THOR HARRIS DISCUSSES HIS NEW ALBUM THOR AND FRIENDS WILLIAM COVERT·May 17, 2025Polymath percussionist Thor Harris inaugurated Thor and Friends in the autumn of 2015, after years of touring as...FOCUSORCHESTRAL AND AVANT GARDERELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·51 views
FOCUS // LOSING THE WAR INSIDE OUR HEADS: Weasel Walter of The Flying Luttenbachers Discusses the Band’s History, Their Brutal Prog Resurgence, and More WILLIAM COVERT·April 17, 2025It really can’t be overstated how significant the early 1990’s in Chicago were for creating a fertile ground...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·89 views
FOCUS // BIG EARS SETS THE BAR HIGH FOR 2025’S IMPENDING FESTIVAL SEASON WILLIAM COVERT·April 8, 2025Over the course of 4 days in late March, it seemed as if the center of the experimental...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·45 views
EXCLUSIVE // American Draft Celebrate 25 Years Together With New Single Premiere and Album Announcement WILLIAM COVERT·October 7, 2024Celebrating 35 years of friendship and 25 years of creating music, AMERICAN DRAFT is excited to release their...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINE·0 Comments·0·117 views
FOCUS // QUIETLY APPROACHING: GASTR DEL SOL RETURN WITH NEW ARCHIVAL ALBUM, A FITTING CAPSTONE FOR THE ICONIC TWO-PIECE WILLIAM COVERT·June 3, 2024Chicago in the 1990’s was the home to a cultural touchstone for experimental music. The Midwest served as...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·115 views
EXCLUSIVE // JUST HAMMERS DROP A WEIGHTY DEBUT WITH SELF-TITLED EP AND THEIR FIRST MUSIC VIDEO WILLIAM COVERT·June 1, 2024Just Hammers is one of the freshest bands coming out of Chicago. While the band is new, dropping...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINEVIDEO·0 Comments·1·137 views
THE HISTORY OF MATH ROCK PT. 4: “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NOISE?! THE EVOLUTION OF THE MATH ROCK SOUND” WILLIAM COVERT·January 22, 2024Some years back, we looked at the genre of ‘math rock’ through a historical lens to try and...HEADLINEHISTORY·0 Comments·0·802 views
EXCLUSIVE // POSITIONER POISE THEMSELVES AS “KING OF NEW FUN” WITH THIS MIND-MELTING SUMMER MATH ROCK BANGER WILLIAM COVERT·July 20, 2023San Diego’s Positioner is the brainchild of composer-guitarist George Pritzker (ex-Weatherbox, Japandi), who along with the help of...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINE·0 Comments·0·190 views
EXCLUSIVE // CHILDSPEAK DIAL IN SOME MATHY PROG VIBES WITH FIRST SINGLE FROM THE BAND’S UPCOMING ALBUM, DATURA WILLIAM COVERT·November 12, 2022Portland’s Childspeak have been one of the most interesting math rock / post-rock bands to come out of...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINE·0 Comments·1·108 views
EXCLUSIVE // FOREVER ERA (MEMBERS OF THE POISON ARROWS AND MY WAY MY LOVE) DEBUTS THEIR GROOVY, THICK LP WILLIAM COVERT·May 12, 2022We’re excited by every new music project involving members of Chicago’s The Poison Arrows, and the Japanese /...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINE·0 Comments·0·147 views