Rock

What happens when you mix the experimental production of Old Bear Records producer, Chris Hoisington with the Old Bear Session Squad and an award winning science fiction author? You get Welcome Up by Paul Levinson, that?s what! We can honestly say, we?ve...

What Happens Afteráis Laveda's (Albany, NY) debut LP. Within momentsáyou're swept into a wave of cathartic distortion and noise. Laveda are bringing indie shoegaze back.1. Ghost 2. Better Now 3. CND 4. Rager 5. L 6. Dream. Sleep. 7. If Only (You Said No)...

What For? is a glimpse into the life of a guy trying to figure out what it all means. The music is influenced by bands like Big Star, Talking Heads, Tim Maia, Todd Rundgren, but it doesn't quite sound like any of them in particular. And it isn't trying...

What follows is a list of just a few of the locations where the songs on Won't You Take Me With You take place: - A Chicago alleyway where he snuck into a building at night but got stuck inside. - Late at night, well off the beaten path in Washington...

What does the Earth sound like? In Stations, the 10th volume in the Field Works series, producer Stuart Hyatt approaches that question with a team of scientists working on the EarthScope experiment. Using sophisticated ground recording devices, Field...

What does John Cale have that the rest of us don't-some gene that engenders infinite restlessness, a rapacious mind that is never satisfied? For nearly 60 years, or at least since he was a young Welshman who moved to New York and joined The Velvet...

What does belonging to yourself look and sound like in 2020? For Chicago's V.V. Lightbody, it's following her 2018 debut "Bathing Peach," with a break-up and breakthrough sophomore LP Make a Shrine or Burn It - a masterclass in self-reflection and female...

What do Aphex Twin, Tom Waits and Crowhurst have in common besides vast and challenging discographies? They've all at one point collaborated with Gavin Bryars, one of the world's most important and celebrated living composers. Recorded in an 18th century...

What do Aphex Twin, Tom Waits and Crowhurst have in common besides vast and challenging discographies? They've all at one point collaborated with Gavin Bryars, one of the world's most important and celebrated living composers. Recorded in an 18th century...

What did The Dandy Warhols sound like before they became world-famous practitioners of neo-psychedelia and synthpop? What did they sound like during their eighth concert ever? Now we know: comfortable shifting between shoegaze and garage rock, confident...

What Circus Is This? is the debut LP from Cornish songwriter/producer R. D. Thomas. Produced remotely in 2021 between home studios in London, Cornwall and Sweden. The record features collaborations with Mickey Smith & Nat Wason (Ben Howard, A Blaze Of...

What can you say about Tia Carrera? Longevity, stamina, power, grace, sensuality, and telepathy? Don't forget bone shakingly loud, always impressive and truly psychedelic. Jason Morales (guitar) and Erik Conn (drums), each with a reputation in ATX for...