Comprised of brothers Parker James and Caden Shea, Dallas, Texas psych-grunge duo Olive Vox is a true family affair. Isolating with one another during the pandemic, they took the lockdown and made lemonade out of lemons – going into the lab and emerging with a full band sound that melds…
Some people go to parties and exchange glances with a stranger. If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll get a number you can agonize texting the perfect emoji to. But if you’re New York City’s synth-pop trio Moon Kissed, you leave the party with a full-blown band. After releasing their debut, 2019’s…
Agender is the synth-laced, queer post-punk project of Australian songwriter Romy Hoffman. Seven years in the making, Agender’s new album No Nostalgia is slated for a spring 2022 release. The album finds Hoffman and her band pulling inspiration equally from the jagged edges of punk icons Wire and the heady, institution disrupting…
Ah, the holidays. Time to break out the gift wrap and bottles of booze while stepping over the cultural landmines buried just beneath the tree’s skirt. For the matching ugly sweater set, it’s the most wonderful time of the year – scored by the omnipresent sounds of mall-centric, religiously tinged…
Two decades after earning his place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Petty has finally graduated. The University of Florida Board of Trustees has unanimously awarded Petty with an honorary Ph.D. Petty was born and raised in the university’s backyard of Gainesville, Florida. While struggling as a musician…
The pandemic left musicians around the planet scrambling for ways to continue putting their music out into the world. Some bands live-streamed performances, while others hunkered down in the basement, finally finishing that crazy rock opera about the Crusades that the bassist refuses to play. In the case of roots…
Now in its ninth year, Seattle’s Freakout Festival has become a fall tradition for Freakout Records and its collective of community-minded artists. Taking place in the Ballard neighborhood – a former maritime community turned hipster enclave – the eclecticism of the festival is a point of pride for the local…
IDLES pulled into Seattle for the final shows of their five-week American tour the same day a tornado warning buzzed thousands of smartphones across the city. While the emergency report, a rarity for the Pacific Northwest, turned out a false alarm, the whipping wind and rain that ensued befit IDLES…
