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FOCUS // HEATHEN SPIRITUALS: EX-SWANS PERCUSSIONIST THOR HARRIS DISCUSSES HIS NEW ALBUM THOR AND FRIENDS

WILLIAM COVERT·May 17, 2025

Polymath percussionist Thor Harris inaugurated Thor and Friends in the autumn of 2015, after years of touring as...

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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

Michael Whiteside·May 5, 2025

For so many of us, 2025 must seem like the dawn of a fresh hell, and understandably so....

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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

Michael Whiteside·May 2, 2025

For those of you with dogs in your life, you obviously know that common moment of frustration when...

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FOCUS // A LOOK INSIDE THE HUMAN ZOO WITH JONATHAN GIRALT AND BENYAMIN RUDOLPH OF STRESS POSITIONS

Michael Whiteside·April 18, 2025

When we first got an email from Three One G about Stress Positions in late 2023, before even...

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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, 2025

It really can’t be overstated how significant the early 1990’s in Chicago were for creating a fertile ground...

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FOCUS // SWEET DRUNK EVERYONE: SEEING TRIPLE WITH CATS AND CATS AND CATS

Michael Whiteside·April 14, 2025

You know, some of the great speeches, performances, and general elations of the 20th century had a secret...

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FOCUS // BIG EARS SETS THE BAR HIGH FOR 2025’S IMPENDING FESTIVAL SEASON

WILLIAM COVERT·April 8, 2025

Over the course of 4 days in late March, it seemed as if the center of the experimental...

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FOCUS // ON A SUPERPOSITION: LOGAN VOSS OF SNOOZE DETAILS THE MAKING OF I KNOW HOW YOU WILL DIE

Michael Whiteside·April 8, 2025

If you haven’t already heard, Snooze dropped a strong contender for album of the year last Friday in...

BACK TO THOSE GOLD SOUNDZ DARK AND HEAVY FOCUS RELEASE-O-METER

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FOCUS // NO ONE’S GOING TO SAVE U.S.: A PLAYLIST FOR A TARGETED AUDIENCE

Michael Whiteside·April 3, 2025

As a writer living in the U.S., it’s difficult as hell when words lose their weight. We could...

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FOCUS // FROM SWEAT ROCK TO CYBERPUNK: AN INTRODUCTION TO V1DEOBOY

Michael Whiteside·March 10, 2025

As people grow, it happens to everyone – tastes change, perspectives shift. Sometimes it’s out of nowhere, sometimes...

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FOCUS // IN THE NAME OF BLOOD: SIERRA VEINS REFLECTS ON HER NEWEST ALBUM’S INNER WORKINGS

FOCUS // FLAGRANT: TRACE AMOUNT ON DAILY DYSTOPIA, FINDING FLOW IN INDUSTRIAL CARNAGE, AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE HORRORS

FOCUS // TAKE US TO THE BAHAMAS FEST: TAK YAMAMOTO ON BOOKING THE BIGGEST BAHAMAS FEST YET

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NEW MUSIC // RIGHT CHIPPER GET RIPPED YET AGAIN WITH THE CHIP EP

NEW MUSIC // POLY-MATH GET WILDER AND WEIRDER WITH EXPERIMENTAL THE HALTING PROBLEM EP

NEW MUSIC // SEIMS CUTS STRAIGHT TO THE CORE OF US WITH THE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED V

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Stage Kids – Recess (2020)

Standards – Fruit Island (2020)

Delta Sleep – Younger Years (2019)

EXCLUSIVES

EXCLUSIVE // TRANSCEND YOUR HOLIDAY CORTISOL LEVELS WITH “TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE” BY STRESS SPELLS

EXCLUSIVE // ANIMATE YOURSELF WITH THIS TWO-PART INSTRUMENTAL RAGER FROM AT HOME WITH MONSTERS

EXCLUSIVE // GET SWOOPED BY GULL AND SLIPPERY NEW SINGLE “PRIMORDIAL SIN”

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EXCLUSIVE // WILLIAM COVERT KEEPS VIEWERS ENTRANCED WITH VIBEY VIDEO FOR “TRANCERS”

EXCLUSIVE // DEAF CLUB AND INDECLINE COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF 9/11 WITH INCENDIARY VIDEO FOR “PAIN IN THE ASSERY”

FOCUS // BACK FROM THE LAB PT.2: PAVLOV’S BELL PUSH THE SCIENCE ROCK ENVELOPE WITH PHYSICS ISN’T FAIR AND SHARE A LIVE TRACK-BY-TRACK ANALYSIS

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GEAR // TOP 25 PEDALS AND PLUGINS FOR MATH ROCK IN 2025, PART TWO

GEAR // TOP 25 PEDALS AND PLUGINS FOR MATH ROCK IN 2025, PART ONE

GEAR // A EULOGY FOR THE VOX VDL-1, OR HOW THE SEARCH FOR A NEW LOOPER SENT US BACK TO THE BEGINNING

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GAMES // HOLIDAY SEASON CODED: WHICH DEUS EX SOUNDTRACK IS THE MOST MATH ROCK?

GAMES // SPOOKY SEASON CODED: WHICH CASTLEVANIA OST IS THE MOST MATH ROCK?

GAMES // SPOOKY SEASON CODED: WHICH DOOM SOUNDTRACK IS THE MOST MATH ROCK?

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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 // A LOOK INSIDE THE HUMAN ZOO WITH JONATHAN GIRALT AND BENYAMIN RUDOLPH OF STRESS POSITIONS

FOCUS // LOSING THE WAR INSIDE OUR HEADS: Weasel Walter of The Flying Luttenbachers Discusses the Band’s History, Their Brutal Prog Resurgence, and More

FOCUS // SWEET DRUNK EVERYONE: SEEING TRIPLE WITH CATS AND CATS AND CATS

FOCUS // BIG EARS SETS THE BAR HIGH FOR 2025’S IMPENDING FESTIVAL SEASON

FOCUS // ON A SUPERPOSITION: LOGAN VOSS OF SNOOZE DETAILS THE MAKING OF I KNOW HOW YOU WILL DIE

FOCUS // NO ONE’S GOING TO SAVE U.S.: A PLAYLIST FOR A TARGETED AUDIENCE

FOCUS // FROM SWEAT ROCK TO CYBERPUNK: AN INTRODUCTION TO V1DEOBOY

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