FOCUS // VENUS TWINS ON THE TEN MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS AND RECORDS FOR THE MAKING OF THEIR UPCOMING EP, /\/\/\/\/
FOCUS // FIGHT CLOUD ON THE LOVE, LOSS, AND EVOLUTION THAT INSPIRED RITUAL DISASTER, THEIR UPCOMING NEW ALBUM
NEW MUSIC // THE ARMED CONTINUE TO REFRACT IN TRANSCENDENT LIGHT WITH THEIR CHISELED NEW EP, EVERLASTING GAZE
EXCLUSIVE // American Draft Celebrate 25 Years Together With New Single Premiere and Album Announcement
NOT ANOTHER FECKING GIG REVIEW // TOEHIDER, CLOSURE IN MOSCOW, AND NO SUCH ANIMAL AT THE URBAN LOUNGE
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
GEAR // MARCOS MENA ON PARTNERING UP WITH GROUND CONTROL AUDIO, INNOVATION IN THE PEDAL INDUSTRY, AND USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO EDU-TAIN THE MASSES
FOCUS // NATIVE AUDIO’S MIKE TROMBLEY ON REVERSE ENGINEERING, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE POWER OF PRESERVING THE BLACKFEET LANGUAGE THROUGH EFFECTS PEDALS
NOT ANOTHER FECKING GEAR REVIEW // NATIVE AUDIO BRINGS ECHOES OF THE PAST TO LIFE WITH THE AAKII CHORUS AND VIBRATO PEDAL
GAMES // THE AXIS UNSEEN CELEBRATES THE DAWNING OF SPOOKY SEASON WITH DEMO LAUNCH AND RELEASE DATE TRAILER
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·0·99 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·0·108 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·1·104 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·0·625 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·0·175 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·1·106 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·0·130 views
FOCUS // THE POISON ARROWS DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF THE BAND, HOW THEY SURVIVED THE 2000’S, AND THE HOW THEIR NEW ALBUM CAME TO BE WILLIAM COVERT·March 14, 2022We recently premiered the title track for The Poison Arrows new album, War Regards, which was released on...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·166 views
FOCUS // THE ORAL HISTORY OF THREE ONE G RECORDS WITH JUSTIN PEARSON WILLIAM COVERT·January 6, 2022For the uninitiated, Three One G Records is one of the most influential independent record labels for the...HEADLINE·0 Comments·0·371 views
EXCLUSIVE // ENJOY A BLISTERING HOT NEW SINGLE FROM DEAF CLUB WILLIAM COVERT·September 10, 2021The musical onslaught of San Diego’s Deaf Club is relentless, and hits as quick as a Mac truck...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINE·1 Comment·0·104 views