Words by Jason Lee HAPPY FREAKIN’ BIRTHDAY TO THE DEEEEE-LIIIIIIIII… 🎶🎵🎼🎶 HAPPY 20TH DELI-VERSARY TOOOOO USSSSSS… 🎉🎶🎵🥳🎈🎼🎶 🎊🎁🎶🎵🍾 We hope you’ll pardon the vainglorious caterwauling but hey it’s […]
That’s all right, mama: The Roulettes make triumphant return with Mommy Comes Back
Words by Jason Lee. Photos by Stephen Perry. There’s a theory on why the syllable “ma-“ and all its various variations/elongations are used around the world as the […]
The Feeders @ Reggie’s Rock Club (10.04.24)
The Feeders have recently released a self-titled EP. This is the first new music from them since 2021’s Kerchoo album. This is the Power Pop of John Perrin […]
Oberlin/Portland/NYC rock ‘n’ roll vets The Roulettes spin wheel of fortune and land on “release first new music in 20 years”
Worlds by Jason Lee. Cover image and other recent photos by Stephen Perry of the Planes. Ya gotta be grateful for a band that doesn’t over-saturate the airwaves […]
On “Dark Ice Balloons” Nihiloceros find precious musical minerals via sifting through the ashes (with video interview)
All hail the mighty Nihiloceros for on their most recent long-player Dark Ice Balloons the band live up to their name perhaps like never before—poised on a razor’s […]
Digamy digs deep and releases first-ever single after a hiatus of over a decade, reclaiming muddy roots in the process
Words by Jason Lee; Photo by Dozen Fingers Photography From the Blues Brothers (1980) to the surprisingly well-executed reboot of The Muppets (2011) and beyond, the trope of […]
Alphabet City share an A-level debut single with “Yesterday’s Papers” while sounding anything but…(release day)
Words by Jason Lee “Yesterday’s Papes (That’s Me!)” is the debut single by brand new-to-the-world baby band (only in terms of record releases tho’) Alphabet City but this […]
Debbie Dopamine shares secret recipe on “Marzipan” so get ready for some binge listening (release day)
Words by Jason Lee. Photo by Tess Kramer. Dynamics! Otherwise known as going from really soft to really loud or vice-versa. And then there’s musical texture which has […]
People’s Pop Pajama Party: Theophobia, Cope, Willis Willis, Skye Matlock & more at Rubulad tonight (SAT. 3.9.24)
Photo of Theophobia by @ward8studios from @wavyawards THE PEOPLES POP PAJAMA PARTY: Come in your pajamas and “jammy” out to all kinds of live rock music. But that’s not all cuz […]
Mai Sugimoto “Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves”
Saxophonist Mai Sugimoto has released her first album, Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves, since 2021’s Monologue. For this project she formed a trio with Joshua Abrams (Bass) and Isaiah […]
The Planes finds Taoist calm in dark matter on “Thrift Store”
I thought I saw you downAt the corner storeThen I realized you’re not24 anymoreIt’s just someone elseIn a leather skirtWith piercing eyesAnd a heart full of hurt — […]