Jan 20, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
With their sixth studio album Wish Defense (incoming Februrary 7, 2025 on Trouble In Mind Records), Chicago trio FACS take a good, long look in the mirror to face themselves. FACS’ Brian Case notes that the album’s lyrical content revolves around...
Jan 16, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
After an official reunion last year, hardcore / screamo legends Orchid are set to tour the West Coast next month for their first shows there in over 22 years. Following a string of sold out East Coast dates, The Doom Loop Tour continues west, kicking off in Seattle on...
Jan 16, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Today Beth Gibbons announces her first-ever North American solo tour following the release of her debut solo album Lives Outgrown. The shows will mark her first time performing in North America since Portishead’s 2011 tour 13 years ago. Gibbons will kick off her...
Jan 9, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Ahead of the release of their debut collaborative album Split Scale on January 24th, acclaimed Berlin composers Brueder Selke and Midori Hirano have shared two sublime new singles: “Scale G” and “Scale AA”. Demonstrating the breadth and depth...
Jan 7, 2025 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Today, Eora/Sydney-based artist Skeleten (aka Russell Fitzgibbon) unveils his final single “Let It Grow” from his forthcoming second album, Mentalized, out in one month via 2MR / Astral People Recordings. Amidst a record absorbed in the ways we’re...
Dec 17, 2024 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Today Louisville post-punk band Charm School shares their new single, “Happiness Is A Warm Sun.” While the band usually works in the same lane as bands like Metz or Protomartyr, “Sun” finds the band sounding more like Lou Reed fronting a...