May 19, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Canada’s Truck Violence howl through the harsh edges of hardcore and folk with an ending result that is both comforting and confrontational. Their second full length record— The weathervane is my body— is an attempt to answer, an attempt at...
May 19, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Embrace the Black Light is 100 Demons’ first new LP in over two decades. The album marks a new chapter in the band’s story— one forged with patience, intention, and an ear toward something lasting. Written by Pete Morcey, Rich Rosa, Rick Brayall and...
May 18, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
The Two-headed drone-doom-noise monster known as BORG from Budapest recently released a pair of crushing E.P.’s titled “The Boo, Pt. 1” and “The Boo, Pt 2”. I caught up with band members Marci and Dia to talk about their early musical...
May 18, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Growing old sucks, but there comes a point in your life when it becomes a necessity to ignore the pull to constantly wild out. “When this band started in LA, it was a crazy time in my life,” says Smirk mastermind Nick Vicario. “I was crashing cars, doing drugs– I was...
May 18, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Monolord shares a final preview of their forthcoming album Neverending (May 29, Relapse Records) with today’s release of “It’s Neverending,” featuring guest vocalist Jörgen Sandström of Grave, formerly of Entombed. “I did the growling on the demo, but it took...
May 18, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Time stands stunningly still on The Final Painting, the dreamy, elegiac final album from legendary underground singer-songwriter/poet/painter Ed Askew. Out July 31, his posthumous album is a bracing meditation on gay romance and the slow shuffle off our mortal coil,...
