Writing
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Dávila 666 Are Back and Rowdier Than Ever
21 May 2019
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Puerto Rican garage-punks Dávila 666 are finally back after a 7-year hiatus. The sextet (comprised of Sir Charles, Panda, AJ, Johnny, Gigi and The Latin Snake) played their first live show in January at La Respuesta in San Juan, Puerto Rico. “It was just time to bring the beast back,”…
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Album Review: Reptaliens ‘VALIS’
29 Apr 2019
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Before signing with Captured Tracks, Portland-based Reptaliens weren’t purposely trying to make a band. Their 2017 debut LP, FM-2030, allowed wife and husband duo, Bambi and Cole Browning, to tour with STRFKR, Cults, and of Montreal. After, the group immerse themselves in the studio and ended up creating the sun-dappled…
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All About Cowpunk Rock And Roll with Fever Beam
29 Apr 2019
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Photo by Acute Perception
What makes a new band standout in the earlier stages of their existence lays in the uniqueness in sound and the honest approach in which its members manifest and contribute to it. In many occasions, when you, finally, decide to start a band the first thing…
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An interview with New York’s post punk icons Bush Tetras
22 Apr 2019
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Interview by Lola Pistola, illustration by Ava East.
Pat Place, Cynthia Sley and Dee Pop are still making the rounds. Yesterday New York City’s no wave outfit Bush Tetras released their new EP Take The Fall, their first release in 10 years, on Wharf Cat Records.
The band has been…
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Death Valley Girls will hypnotize you
22 Apr 2019
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Photos by Julia Khoroshilov.
You could say Death Valley Girls abstain from creating new musical tendencies on purpose— yet they still create the most mythical and least expected sound of any current band. Their third album Darkness Rains mingles between classic rock and roll tropes and introspective imagery of chorus…
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SASAMI comes to the front in self-titled debut album
22 Apr 2019
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As the former synth player for Cherry Glazerr, Sasami Ashworth provided a different direction for the rock group. In her album debut SASAMI the songwriter confronts inner emotions and shares, whilst standing in the front, her true form with the world. What at first seems to be a linear transformation…
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Escape-ism’s “The Lost Record” is radical musical exploration
22 Apr 2019
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It’s always interesting to experience an artist who is somehow a chameleon, yet very individual and recognizable. Ian Svenonius has been making music since 1990 through different bands and in varying genres. Escape-ism, though, is Svenonius as a solo artist. Last year Svenonius brought the group into the world with…
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Understanding ‘la onda’ de Juan Wauters
22 Apr 2019
Juan Wauters is a man of simple songs and intuitive thoughts. He expresses himself based on observation and after internally suffering from his own thoughts. The way he looks at life and gather his inspiration is not cryptic and it’s not based on fantasies – it’s about the pros and…