MusicFiends sat down with Nicolette Vilar, the lead singer from longtime pop-punk favorite Go Betty Go, to talk about how combustible personalities are creative gold, the shared respect between the band and its fans, why one of the happiest Madonna songs is also her favorite, and how twenty years on,…
In 2003, British rockers The Darkness dropped Permission to Land, hitting quadruple platinum status and winning them multiple Brit Awards the following year. Twenty years on, the Lowestoft natives are wheels down with Permission to Land…Again and a 12-state U.S. cross-country tour that zips from The Masonic in SF to D.C’s. 9:30 Club, all within the month of…
On his most recent project Straight Razor, Vol. 2, Omar Doom delivers tracks that reflect a variety of influences, while consistently delivering the “Doom aesthetic” - a bleak, cinematic landscape marked by restrained aggression. MusicFiends caught up with Doom recently to chat about the impact of his myriad experiences and…
Legendary Ours frontman Jimmy Gnecco took a break from the band’s action-packed tour to chat with Music Fiends this week about the trajectory of his storied career, his unforgettable collaborations, and the unique capacity of music to bring us all back together. https://open.spotify.com/album/04A7qmdARIvJL7TCDk2GRg?si=JudVtDSlSESWzu6ZItR5JQ AARON Thanks for taking the time to…
https://open.spotify.com/track/14YNpw4RinnlFdrtNPX6c2?si=6fd9ff76ee334c24 Since 2000, We Are Scientists have been delivering waggish, danceable tracks like “Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt” that earned them talk shows, tour dates, and TV shorts. At the height of COVID, singer/guitarist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain kept us all sane with a cheeky podcast masquerading as…
On her self-titled debut album, punk and hardcore legend Kira (aka Kira Roessler) brings quiet restraint to its angular dark minimalism - thanks to not one, but three pups. Jim, Stinky, and Hank are a handful, even for the legendary bassist of Black Flag, dos, Geza X, and Waxx. “Jim…
Thanks to a pandemic that caught us all square between the nose, we’ve collectively been looking for love in all the fluffiest places. Erika Wennerstrom of the Heartless Bastards found hers in a mixed pup named Piper. "Like many others, I got a pandemic pup in 2020. My friend's blue…
https://open.spotify.com/track/2DqMGNBbXeYlgdAAFXh6W8?si=9093013886b14cea L.A.-based multidisciplinary artist TRISHES (aka Trish Hosein) is ready to lead you on a journey of self-inquiry through her music, her art, and especially her irreverent passion for humanity. With live looping, visual art, and spoken word, she celebrates the human spirit by spotlighting its dark, painful, confusing,…
