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FOCUS // DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF, OR DO: A CLIP FROM OUR RECENT CONVERSATION WITH JUSTIN PEARSON ON THE DOCUMENTARY THAT COVERS HIS CHILDHOOD, THE LOCUST, THREE ONE G, AND A HELL OF A LOT MORE

Michael Whiteside·December 2, 2023

Today, the soundtrack for Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself comes out, featuring tracks various highlights from Justin...

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FOCUS // NATIVE AUDIO’S MIKE TROMBLEY ON REVERSE ENGINEERING, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE POWER OF PRESERVING THE BLACKFEET LANGUAGE THROUGH EFFECTS PEDALS

Michael Whiteside·December 1, 2023

If you’ve been paying any attention at all this November, you’ll have noticed that we held our very...

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FOCUS // FORGET THE TURKEY: EVERY MOTHERFUCKER IS YOUR BROTHER IS A YEAR OLD, SO WE TALKED WITH OORT SMOG’S PATRICK SHIROISHI AND MARK KIMBRELL TO CELEBRATE

Michael Whiteside·November 23, 2023

Just over a year ago, a title might have caught your eye in the hailstorm of holiday releases...

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FOCUS // REAL HOT GIRL SHIT: FAYE FADEM ON THE ORIGINS OF TRUST FUND OZU, HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER DAW, AND THE KICKSTARTER BEHIND ONE OF 2023’S MOST IMPRESSIVE RECORDS

Michael Whiteside·November 19, 2023

It feels like yesterday, but it’s actually been nearly two years since Trust Fund Ozu released her unintentionally...

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FOCUS // THE REDNECK MANIFESTO ARE BRAZIL 20 YEARS ON

NIKK HUNTER·October 6, 2023

As The Redneck Manifesto celebrates the 20-year anniversary of its breakthrough full-length 'I Am Brazil', we reflect on the steady rise of these important math rock stalwarts.

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FOCUS // CHRIS CAROTHERS ON THE PERFECTLY TIMED RENAISSANCE OF ATIVIN AND THE STORY BEHIND AUSTERE

Michael Whiteside·July 14, 2023

You hear it all the time that, like so many things in life, life itself is a cycle...

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FOCUS // KEVIN HUFNAGEL TALKS DYSRHYTHMIA, GORGUTS, AND HIS UPCOMING TAPE COLLABORATION WITH COUP SUR COUP

Michael Whiteside·June 30, 2023

Sifting through the constant, unending fields of progressive rock and metal, were bound to come across true polymaths...

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FOCUS // LIGHT UNDER CLOSED DOORS: NICK DIENER OF ONEDER EFFECTS ON LIFE AFTER THE SWELLERS, STARTING HIS OWN GUITAR COMPANY, AND FINDING THE ULTIMATE TONE

Michael Whiteside·May 19, 2023

Everyone knows that being in a band is, for all intents and purposes, awesome. Literally, just think of...

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FOCUS // WHERE SUNFLOWERS GROW: PATRICK SHIROISHI ON CAPTURING THE MOMENT, NAVIGATING THE RECORDING PROCESS, AND THE HAUNTING LEGACY OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066

Michael Whiteside·May 15, 2023

If you’ve had your ear to just about any indie adjacent scene in music the last few years,...

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HOW TO MAKE AN UNDERGROUND ROCK FESTIVAL // ARCTANGENT TEN YEARS ON

NIKK HUNTER·May 6, 2023

As Arctangent turns 10 years old, we take a deep dive into the toils and the victories of the world's niche rock festival mecca.

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FOCUS // DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF, OR DO: A CLIP FROM OUR RECENT CONVERSATION WITH JUSTIN PEARSON ON THE DOCUMENTARY THAT COVERS HIS CHILDHOOD, THE LOCUST, THREE ONE G, AND A HELL OF A LOT MORE

FOCUS // NATIVE AUDIO’S MIKE TROMBLEY ON REVERSE ENGINEERING, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE POWER OF PRESERVING THE BLACKFEET LANGUAGE THROUGH EFFECTS PEDALS

FOCUS // FORGET THE TURKEY: EVERY MOTHERFUCKER IS YOUR BROTHER IS A YEAR OLD, SO WE TALKED WITH OORT SMOG’S PATRICK SHIROISHI AND MARK KIMBRELL TO CELEBRATE

FOCUS // REAL HOT GIRL SHIT: FAYE FADEM ON THE ORIGINS OF TRUST FUND OZU, HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER DAW, AND THE KICKSTARTER BEHIND ONE OF 2023’S MOST IMPRESSIVE RECORDS

FOCUS // THE REDNECK MANIFESTO ARE BRAZIL 20 YEARS ON

FOCUS // CHRIS CAROTHERS ON THE PERFECTLY TIMED RENAISSANCE OF ATIVIN AND THE STORY BEHIND AUSTERE

FOCUS // KEVIN HUFNAGEL TALKS DYSRHYTHMIA, GORGUTS, AND HIS UPCOMING TAPE COLLABORATION WITH COUP SUR COUP

FOCUS // LIGHT UNDER CLOSED DOORS: NICK DIENER OF ONEDER EFFECTS ON LIFE AFTER THE SWELLERS, STARTING HIS OWN GUITAR COMPANY, AND FINDING THE ULTIMATE TONE

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