Aug 29, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
New Standard, the latest by Texan-turned-Angeleno progressive vaporwave producer (and Stranger Things engineer and composer) Carlos Ramirez aka Auragraph, finds him shifting focus to the dance floor across eight chrome clockworks of cosmic acid house and liquid...
Aug 29, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
OKC’s Mad Honey will release their debut full-length Satellite Aphrodite on September 22nd from Deathwish Inc. and Sunday Drive Records. The album is an exciting first chapter of a band destined to be part of the modern indie-rock lexicon for years to...
Aug 22, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Brandon Williams makes resonant songs that capture isolation and resilience. As the songwriter behind Chastity, the Whitby, Ontario musician has made three unrelentingly perceptive albums, culminating in the cathartic Suffer Summer released last year on...
Aug 18, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
Started by Norfolk area musician Josiah Schlater, LADADA have been making uplifting psychedelic garage rock for over a decade. I sat down with Josiah to talk about his early musical experiences, how he started playing music and the evolution of LADADA. The group join...
Aug 18, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, Five for Friday, News & Notes
Partners, Candice Odessa and Joshua Bizarre are part of two of the my favorite bands based in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area. Candice is the Vocalist/Guitarist for the slow-core trio Feminine Death while Joshua is the Vocalist/Guitarist of experimental rock...
Aug 18, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Since founding Swedish synthpop duo KITE in 2008, singer Nicklas Stenemo and keyboardist Christian Hutchinson Berg’s brooding fusion of cinematic electronics and anthemic pop has steadily elevated into a spectacle of passion, atmosphere, and communion. Their debut...