Jan 21, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
It’s 2023, and even the turn of this new century seems a long time ago now — but oddly, Purling Hiss’s guitar-band ethos feels ever more timeless, even as time accelerates and passes us and them (and decades of the mighty rock and roll) in the outside lane. Drag On...
Jan 21, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Critically-acclaimed, criminally-overachieving Glasgow-based singer and guitarist Alasdair Roberts is known as a superlative original songwriter as well as an interpreter of traditional songs from Scotland and beyond. For the past twenty years, his recordings have...
Jan 21, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
New York’s Skull Practitioners release their first full-length album, Negative Stars, for In the Red Records on January 20th. The album is the second release for Los Angeles-based In the Red by the trio — guitarist Jason Victor, bassist Kenneth Levine, and...
Jan 20, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Atlanta GA based ambient unit Ruddy Duck impress on their debut LP “Microsuffering”. The record features a fine collection of lulling soundscapes that harness an array of vibrant synths alongside layers of shimmering guitars. Beginning with the throbbing,...
Jan 14, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
LA’s Object of Affection tap into the primitivism of said members’ diverse projects while elevating their capacity for atmosphere and melody. Hints of gloomy punk, forlorn new wave, and down-and-out Regan-era alternative rock reverberate in their sound, not as...
Nov 4, 2022 | Dave Allison, Features, Gear Reviews, News & Notes
Sunn O))) are pleased to present an enhanced version of the Sunn O))) Life Pedal Octave Distortion + Booster, in collaboration with their comrades at EarthQuaker Devices. The Sunn O))) Life Pedal circuit has been meticulously tweaked from the original to...
