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
FOCUS // QUIETLY APPROACHING: GASTR DEL SOL RETURN WITH NEW ARCHIVAL ALBUM, A FITTING CAPSTONE FOR THE ICONIC TWO-PIECE
FOCUS // PAYSON POWER ON THE INNER WORKINGS OF DAYDREAM PLUS AND ESCAPE AT YOUR OWN PACE, THE BAND’S SURPRISE NEW EP
NEW MUSIC // 8-BIT ENTHUSIASTS REJOICE AS SYDNEY CITY CHIPTUNE MINISTRIES RELEASE THE CHIPBREAK ALLIANCE COMPILATION
EXCLUSIVE // JOSEPH ANDREOLI OF GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! DROPS INTO SOLO BANGER MODE WITH “KICKFLIP THAT COFFIN AND ASCEND!!! (THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING TOTALLY FUCKING GHOSTED)”
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
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
NOT ANOTHER FECKING GEAR REVIEW: MAYBE THE ONEDER EFFECTS ONEDERWALL IS GOING TO BE THE ONE TO SAVE FUZZ AFTER ALL
GAMES // BRIAN GIBSON OF LIGHTNING BOLT ON COMPOSING FOR THRASHER, THE PERILS OF VIRTUAL REALITY, AND HOW DEVELOPING GAMES CAN BE JUST AS FUN AS PLAYING THEM
GAMES // INTERVIEW: KELSEY JETTER OF GAME RAVEN REVIEWS ON THE HALLMARKS OF INDIE GAMING, STRUCTURES OF POWER IN THE INDUSTRY, AND HOW LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC
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