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NEW MUSIC // PEOPLE FOOD ARE BACK WITH AN OPUS OF PREPOSTEROUS PROPORTIONS Michael Whiteside·March 18, 2025Well, this was unexpected – People Food, friends from the Philadelphia area known for purveying tasty prog and...HEADLINENEW MUSIC·0 Comments·0·16 views
NEW MUSIC // “START A BAND” WITH ADEBISI SHANK AND THEIR ECSTATIC NEW SINGLE Michael Whiteside·March 17, 2025You know, there was never a world in which Adebisi Shank wouldn’t live in our hearts forever, but...HEADLINENEW MUSIC·0 Comments·0·54 views
GEAR // WHERE ARE ALL THE SIGNATURE PEDALS FOR MATH ROCK? Michael Whiteside·March 14, 2025The world of effects pedals is a place of limitless expression: from multi-effecting, genre-splattering units to hyper-specific, single-use...GearHEADLINE·0 Comments·0·46 views
NEW MUSIC // GET DRAINED BY TUNIC AND THEIR SWELTERING NEW ALBUM, A HARMONY OF LOSS HAS BEEN SUNG Michael Whiteside·March 5, 2025Is it really any wonder that this year has been marked by a plethora of truly scathing, unstable...DARK AND HEAVYHEADLINENEW MUSICRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·42 views
EXCLUSIVE // WITNESS EVOLUTION AS TATSUYA YOSHIDA AND ZU ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH OF RUINSZU Michael Whiteside·March 5, 2025As the skies continue to open up across the globe and rain all kinds of surprises down onto...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINE·0 Comments·0·35 views
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