Oct 17, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, Five for Friday, News & Notes
Planer blends the atmospheric density of heavy shoegaze with the expansive dynamics of post-rock, channeling the emotional weight of Deftones and the raw intensity of Dinosaur Jr, but leaves out the guitar heroics in favor of cinematic immersion. Band members Matt,...
Oct 17, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Paz Lenchantin’s Triste is a 12-track album that blends both Latin folk textures with American rock structures that features Paz on piano, adding her signature string arrangements around the rock band roots she came from. After almost three decades as bassist,...
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...
