ONLY NOISE: Cat Power Was My Surrogate Community in the Canadian Wild
Steph Wong Ken at fifteen, on the cusp of discovering Cat Power's What Would the Community Think. ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Steph Wong Ken forges her [...]
PLAYING ATLANTA: Starbenders Keep Rock Alive (And Weird) With Their Biggest Year Yet
photo by Vegas Giovanni When considering the Atlanta music scene, few bands encapsulate the weird, ecstatic, constantly-changing energy as well as Starbenders. The halfway home for misunderstood misfits, fringers, and glam punks, Starbenders — made up of Emily Moon on the drums, bassist [...]
HIGH NOTES: Music Videos That Will Vicariously Get You High
Sometimes, artists drop subtle drug references in their songs that you wouldn't notice unless you carefully studied the lyrics. Other times, they put it right out there, with drug-inspired imagery splattered all over their videos. If you want to vicariously experience a trip, consider these [...]
ONLY NOISE: Laughing at the Apocalypse with R.E.M.
ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Erin Rose O'Brien pays tribute to a silly song about the end of the world that helped her conquer apocalyptic anxiety and post-9/11 panic. 1. [...]
CHECK THE SPREADSHEET: Homes Away From Home
After a show in Lawrence, Kansas my old band Ex-Girlfriends pulled up to a random house where we were going to sleep that night. There were garbage bags covering the garage windows, conjuring images of the mutilated dead bodies hidden inside. Our bandmate had set [...]

PREMIERE: Doe Paoro Releases Intimate New Video for “Walk Through The Fire”

November 28th, 2018|0 Comments

LA-by-way-of Syracuse’s dreamy siren, Doe Paoro, and her new album, Soft Power, are the kind of dynamic sonic duo rarely found in the music industry today. Passionate and empowered, Soft Power combines the alluring mystique [...]

PREMIERE: Moving Panoramas release dreamy new video for “Baby Blues”

November 16th, 2018|0 Comments

Austin-based dream-pop quintet, Moving Panoramas is back with a highly anticipated forthcoming LP due out this Spring after their buzzy 2015 debut. Today we're getting a glimpse of what's in store for us, with the video [...]

PREMIERE: Doe Paoro Releases Intimate New Video for “Walk Through The Fire”
LA-by-way-of Syracuse’s dreamy siren, Doe Paoro, and her new album, Soft Power, are the kind of dynamic sonic duo rarely found in the music industry today. Passionate and empowered, Soft Power combines the alluring mystique of The Shirelles, The Ronnettes, and other original girl groups [...]
WOMAN OF INTEREST: Chelsea Ursin Relives Awkward Teen Years for “Dear Young Rocker” Podcast
Most people would rather do almost anything than repeatedly relive their most cringe-worthy moments of adolescence and young adulthood. But writer, bassist, and storyteller Chelsea Ursin has done just that in her podcast “Dear Young Rocker,” a tell-all, diaristic recount of her time growing up and [...]
PREMIERE: Moving Panoramas release dreamy new video for “Baby Blues”
Austin-based dream-pop quintet, Moving Panoramas is back with a highly anticipated forthcoming LP due out this Spring after their buzzy 2015 debut. Today we're getting a glimpse of what's in store for us, with the video release for lead single, "Baby Blues". The track is an [...]
PREMIERE: Prinze George “Thunder In My Head”
A well-timed bath may have a greater impact on one's mood than exercise (or so says science). Prinze George tap into the same relaxing effect of pulling your head under warm water on their latest single, "Thunder In My Head," off their new EP Airborne. Over Kenny [...]
LIVE REVIEW: Young Jesus, IAN SWEET @Park Church Co-Op
“There were certain things about my Christian upbringing that I liked. Others, not so much.” The irony that John Rossiter’s band is playing in a Lutheran church has not been lost on the Young Jesus frontman. Surely the crucifix presiding over the stage at Park [...]

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CHECK THE SPREADSHEET: Homes Away From Home

November 19th, 2018|0 Comments

After a show in Lawrence, Kansas my old band Ex-Girlfriends pulled up to a random house where we were going to sleep that night. There were garbage bags covering the garage windows, conjuring images of [...]

PET POLITICS: Kelly Knapp’s Love of Noise (and Cats)

November 12th, 2018|0 Comments

Love Bugs: Kelly and She Ra (all photos courtesy of Kelly Knapp). When Shakespeare wrote "And though she be but little, she is fierce," he could have very well been talking about Kelly [...]

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PLAYING DETROIT: JUNGLEFOWL Confront Abuse and Offer Healing on Secret Society EP

November 7th, 2018|0 Comments

Ypsilanti-based rock outfit JUNGLEFOWL breaks its two-year silence this Friday with the release of Secret Society, a hard-hitting survival story that breaks down abuse cycles and [...]

PLAYING DETROIT: Anya Baghina Asks “How Do You Do It?” on Intimate Solo Debut

October 31st, 2018|0 Comments

Detroit-based songwriter Anya Baghina (Soviet Girls) released her debut solo single this week - a gentle, haunting rumination on what today’s fast-paced “hookup culture” can do to [...]

PLAYING DETROIT: Krissy Booth Shares Eye-Opening Single “Lose Sleep With You”

October 17th, 2018|0 Comments

After releasing her entirely self-produced experimental pop album, VIVID, in 2015, Detroit-based songstress Krissy Booth has fully transitioned to the bright side of pop with her [...]