Feb 4, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
So-called Punk Rocker of ambient. NAAL is the postmodernist, minimal composition/drone project of Nashville based, award winning film composer Dave Mantel. Their latest release “>momen_s.” is the result of Mantel’s minimalist approach to the idea...
Jan 31, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
Brooklyn based band Loosie have been described as “dreamy, stark, noisy, washy and melancholic loving”. Their latest album “Love Hotel” has some of the most well crafted songs you’ll hear anywhere as the group incorporates intricate indie...
Jan 27, 2023 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
Free Whenever’s music sits somewhere in between form (saguna) and formlessness (nirguna). The band’s guiding philosophy and approach to making music is rooted in the ancient practice of long-form improvisation. The result is a unique blend of vintage psychedlia, dub...
Oct 27, 2022 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
Influenced by the female artists Cat Power, Fiona Apple & Hope Sandoval, Jessie’s music takes her audiences on a journey that is both intimately personal and transcendent. I sat down with Jessie to talk about her about her early musical memories, how she...
Sep 7, 2022 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
San Diego singer-songwriter Zach Phillips has released his fourth album, “Goddaughters.” It follows 2020’s critically acclaimed “The Wine of Youth,” which was nominated for a San Diego Music Award in the Best Americana Album category — and called “a timeless, yet...
Aug 29, 2022 | Dave Allison, Features, Interviews, News & Notes
A fixture in the Cleveland Electronic/Hip Hop communities for over 10 years solo and in Hip Hop group Smoke Screen, Broken Keys aka Tommy Sheridan has performed and DJ’d everywhere from New York City, Detroit, and Los Angeles to Austin, Houston, and Honolulu as well...