Oct 17, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
Hayden is an experimental pop musician living in Brooklyn. They combine atmospheric guitar sounds with simple synth textures and indie pop melodies while maintaining their roots to emo music. Making their bedroom music with lo-fi equipment, Hayden writes about...
Oct 16, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Naïm Amor and Kid Congo Powers met shortly before the pandemic in Tucson, Arizona. When the complete lockdowns hit everybody, Naïm, like lots of other musicians, reclused himself in his studio and started experimenting with longtime ideas that were on the...
Oct 16, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Anna von Hausswolff debuts “Struggle With The Beast”; her nine minute opus of stirring movement, anthemic ritualism, and maximalist composition. The experimental composer and musician fiercely melds the pipe organ, guitars, percussion, violin, viola, cello and double...
Oct 15, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Today Orchid Mantis, the project of Atlanta’s Thomas Howard, shares new single “Strange Heaven” from his recently announced new LP, In Airports, which will be self-released on November 7th. Orchid Mantis is a multi-genre project, drawing inspiration...
Oct 15, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Juanita and Juan is a dynamic musical duo formed by Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers, two influential figures in the punk and alternative music scenes who first crossed paths in 1977 during the early days of the Hollywood punk movement. Their friendship, rooted in a...
Oct 15, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
Greek musician Andy Ray recently released the album “First World Problems”. The record is a mix of lo-fi psychedelia, fuzzy pop, and that slightly crooked alternative energy that’s always followed him around. Influenced by The Velvet Underground, Brian...
