If you’re after something heavy, atmospheric, and genuinely experimental, these artists simply never disappoint. We’ve worked with both John Cxnnor and Hiraki across multiple publications and projects over the years, and each
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Every Sunday at Lindbergs Tavern in Springfield, Missouri, there’s an open jam. It’s the kind of thing that sounds unremarkable
A blood alcohol level so high the nurse couldn’t believe Jeff Corso was still talking. Somewhere in the middle of
Kater’s debut had a bit of an identity problem, and they’ll be the first to tell you. Three-quarters of the
The word “off” does a lot of quiet work. It can mean a switch flipped, a feeling that won’t sit
Raging Nathans frontman heard Fat Heaven’s “Crybaby” in his car before he knew anything about the band. “It was just
Oceano’s “Mass Produced” was the exact moment Nic Heidt checked out. Not from metal itself — from the sound of
Fantasy Noises & Perfect Delusions is the 2022 debut atmospheric drum & bass album by the niche artist Deathbrain. The
Half an hour outside Annecy, in a rural hamlet called Marcelette, there’s a barn that doubles as a workshop. It
Forked are a hardcore band currently scattered between Germany and Poland, but the roots go back to Portugal — where
Six notes on a guitar, looped and warped through pedals until it barely sounds like a guitar anymore. That’s how
track by track
Flatwounds get the 90s tag a lot. Helmet, Alice In Chains, Fahrenheit 451 — people hear the thick riffs and the groove and they reach for those names. The band doesn’t fight
Premieres
A small Buddha magnet sat on the piano while Ania Babrakowska wrote. It had travelled back from Japan in her luggage — a pocket-sized souvenir from a day spent wandering temples, standing inside the Great Buddha, walking along the coast and through bamboo forests
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Twenty-six years after its original release, Hudson Valley, NY’s Joshua went back
Chicago, goth-pop duo, ClubDrugs premieres their incandescent new single, “Overdose.” With its
There’s a specific kind of punk band that stays interesting because they
Fifteen years in and Barren Womb are still not interested in making
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The name Gooey Cookie came from a friend trying to remember the band Gouge Away and getting it spectacularly wrong. Collin Hill liked it enough to build a band around it — first by badgering his brother Nathan into buying a drum kit and
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“What Sets Me Apart” opens the record — track one, front and
A punk band based in Pune, India, writing a politically charged song
There’s a guy in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, who picks up a
Three years is a long time to say nothing when your country
