Galecstasy have never been interested in playing it safe, but Wattzotica pushes their free-form ethos into new territory. The Los Angeles experimental duo join forces with legendary bassist Mike Watt for a fully improvised, cross-generational trio session, expanding Galecstasy’s core of Raquel Bell and drummer/producer Primary Mystical Experience (Jared Marshall). What began simply as an … Read more
Few artists have navigated as many creative worlds as Annie Hogan. From her early work with Marc and the Mambas through a sustained solo output and collaborations with artists such as Lydia Lunch, Jarboe, and Barry Adamson, her career has been marked by constant movement and reinvention. With Tongues In My Head, Hogan turns decisively … Read more
Having recently been part of the Totally Tubular Festival tour, pioneering electronic musician and singer-songwriter Thomas Dolby will soon embark on another headlining tour of his own. Continuing his Iconic 80s Recollections shows, Dolby will bring his musical journey to life, blending songs, stories, and reminiscences from the 1980s. Best known for “She Blinded Me … Read more
There was a time when discovering a film felt like being let in on a secret. SCALA!!! Or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-Up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits traces that feeling back to London’s Scala cinema, where risk-taking programming and word-of-mouth devotion fostered … Read more
Justin Warfield’s first full solo project since co-founding She Wants Revenge, WARFIELD is shaped by the early Los Angeles deathrock scene and its collision of punk, art rock, and DIY culture. Rather than treating that era as nostalgia, the project draws from a specific time and place when scenes overlapped freely and creative identities were … Read more
Magic Wands have always treated albums as places you enter, rather than simple collections of songs. With Cascades, they continue that approach, shaping a record that feels both familiar and quietly transformative. Released via Metropolis Records, the album threads together the shimmering atmosphere of their early work with the more instinctive, stripped-back sensibility that has … Read more
In recent years, Ultravox’s Vienna, Rage in Eden, Quartet, and Lament albums have been reissued as deluxe editions, and now they are joined by a new edition of their 1984 compilation The Collection. The album brings together 14 singles spanning the years 1980–1984, documenting the classic Ultravox lineup of Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Chris Cross, … Read more
Though Azam Ali is known for her work across many projects, it’s in her solo material that her truest creative vision comes through. Her new album Synesthesia (COP International) continues that trajectory. Self-produced, the record expands her interest in music as a multisensory form and builds on ideas she first began exploring on her 2019 … Read more
More than a decade in the making, Romagna, Italy–based indie pop rock band The Silver Snails return with their second album, Speed of Light. The album was recorded in Italy and Portland, Oregon, and co-produced by Dylan Magierek (Badman Records). Anchored by husband-and-wife duo Lucas Ward and Elisa Fantini, The Silver Snails released their debut … Read more
Founded in New York City in 1977, the Rousers drew inspiration from the New York Dolls and the Ramones as well as from such immortal 1950s rockers as twangy guitar hero Duane Eddy. They were underdocumented in their prime, but that has changed with a new release on Left for Dead Records. 1979 Sire Session … Read more