FOCUS // MICHAEL NACE OF DRILL FOR ABSENTEE ON BECOMING HISTORY, THE UNDERGROUND OF 1990’s POST-HARDCORE, AND THE PROCESS BEHIND THEIR UPCOMING EP, STRANDS OF A LAKE: VOLUME II
FOCUS // BACK FROM THE LAB: PAVLOV’S BELL RETURNS WITH EVIDENCE OF A NEW SINGLE, A NEW EP, AND THE RETURN OF A FOUNDING MEMBER
EXCLUSIVE // PAPER MICE BARE THEIR SOULS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM NNAMDÏ ON THIS BRILLIANT “PRIVATE DANCER” COVER
EXCLUSIVE // MEMBERS OF TOWN PORTAL AND TRADER FORM INVENTORY, SIGN TO SOFA BOY RECORDS, AND RELEASE ETHEREAL NEW SINGLE
EXCLUSIVE // GET LOST IN THE HYPNOGOGIC HORRORS OF HAUNTED HORSES AND THE PREMIER STREAM OF DWELLER, THEIR MONUMENTAL NEW ALBUM
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
GAMES // GAME RECOGNIZE GAME, SEQUENCE #2: HOW VALVE REVOLUTIONIZED THE MARKETPLACE WITH HALF LIFE 2 AND THE LAUNCH OF STEAM
GAMES // GAME RECOGNIZE GAME, SEQUENCE #1: A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF A BRIEF STINT WRITING FOR A POPULAR GAMING PUBLICATION
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