Jun 11, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Multi-instrumentalist Sally Anne Morgan has shared the bucolic new single “Flowers of Shandihar”, taken from her new album Second Circle The Horizon, out on June 20th. Emblematic of Morgan’s ability to blend her intuitive, improvisatory playing with...
Jun 10, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
From the first enraged scream that ignites Deadguy’s long-awaited sophomore LP, this album is the kind of merciless chaos that’s been gone far too long. Overflowing with angular riffs, clashing guitars, fractured rhythms and gutter bass that no one does...
Jun 10, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
The third time’s the charm! Or perhaps — the third time’s another charming excursion into the seemingly infinite universe of rhythm spontaneously created whenever guitarist Oren Ambarchi, bassist Johan Berthling, and percussionist Andreas Werliin plug in...
Jun 10, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Matmos, the duo of Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt, have shared new single “Steel Tongues,” taken from their upcoming album Metallic Life Review, out June 20th. The track’s loping bassline is constructed from a metallic salad bowl, gently...
Jun 9, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
English musician Ben Blake creates “Post-something. Bedroom dream pop meets shoegaze meets waves of fuzz”. Blake recently released a beautiful track called “Anodyne” along with a live E.P. and a batch of demos called “Pull Away...
Jun 6, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, Five for Friday, News & Notes
Singer songwriter Derek Smith has been a huge part of the Hampton Roads area music scene for over 30 years. Besides playing hundreds of solo shows a year Derek also performs and releases music with his band as Derek Smith and The New Day. Derek shares some of his...