Vinyl

When you dig through old boxes, you find stuff you've completely forgotten about - and every once in a while you find old nuggets that are worth rediscovering. The members of The Quill decided to compile the best material they could find and make a...

When you combine the fuzz-riffing swing of classic stoner rock with haunting female vocals and set the whole thing in the heart of a dark, wintery Scandinavian forest, you get Besv?rjelsen. Fresh from the success of their 2018 debut album and a coveted...

When you check into a hotel, you immediately step into another mindset. It may not be home, but you can still rest, nonetheless. Without knowing what happened before or what will go down after, you add to the history of each room. In the morning, you...

When was the last time you heard a blues-rock record that paid tribute to the Ramones and Lemmy alongside Howlin' Wolf and Chuck Berry? On their new album "Blues Revolution", Cirkus Pr?tz want to disarm the world with the combined support of blues and...

When this album was recorded in 1980, the English Baroque Soloists ensemble had only been founded for barely two years. Indeed, John Eliot Gardiner first created the Monteverdi Choir in 1964, then the Monteverdi Orchestra in 1968 which played on modern...

When The Coathangers started up in 2006, their aspirations were humble. "I think all bands in their early twenties start for fun," says guitarist/vocalist Julia Kugel when talking about their early years of cheeky no-wave and irreverent garage rock. But...

When Sweet Bird was released, the band was approaching the end of it's existence. The band members all had their own lives, their own jobs, and their own destinies. The band's final concert on New Year's Eve '02 wasn't sheepish but rather a triumphant...

When Richie Hell moved from Buenos Aires to Miami in 2015, he saw how the gumbo limbo tree's bark peeled off, like a snake shedding it's skin. He saw it as a positive sign, nature supporting this new beginning. His new full-length The Gumbo Limbo...

When Rey Sapienz was eight years old, the Democratic Republic of Congo was plunged into the Second Congo War. The conflict last five years and was the bloodiest since World War II, leaving an indelible mark on East Africa and creating mass displacement...

When Porridge Radio's Dana Margolin, one of the most vital new voices in rock, began to consider the themes of their new album, three vivid words emerged: joy, fear and endlessness. She had called the band's third full-length, Waterslide, Diving Board,...

When Porridge Radio's Dana Margolin, one of the most vital new voices in rock, began to consider the themes of their new album, three vivid words emerged: joy, fear and endlessness. She had called the band's third full-length, Waterslide, Diving Board,...

When one thinks about a "Mirage," the first thought that likely comes to mind is the illusion of a well-hydrated paradise in the middle of a hot, arid desert. If you could spin that illusion into a full-on fantasy, a 32-bit utopia with a neon soundtrack,...