MUSIC

Tash Sultana sprouted from humble roots, busking in the streets of Melbourne Australia to earn a living, all while teaching themself to be multifaceted musically. Upon receiving their first guitar at age three,...

DevilMonkey – Dirtypopspacepunk: An Interview with James Cain

Kylie Dexter

October 30, 2018

'Our hope is that people feel fidgety when they listen to us & want to move in both an emotional & physical sense' Anyone my age will remember the spectacular live scene in Melbourne in t...

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips

Lee Tudor

June 25, 2018

ART, FEATURED, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC

‘Don’t croak without Jesus!’ reads the blood red lettering on mustard coloured board in Wayne Coyne’s friendly home town of Oklahoma; a silhouetted image of Jesus accompanies this scene with famed two-by-fours....

Interview: Words with Dande and The Lion

Caitlyn Gregson

February 16, 2018

The band Dande and The Lion remind me of a close-knit family ringing true to the saying that ‘friends are the family you choose’. I feel very fortunate to have been included in what could only be considered a ...

Interview: Inside The Graceful Cinematic Universe Of Kin Fables

February 13, 2018

ART, CULTURE, FEATURED, FILM, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC

Have you ever woken up one day, and wondered where all the sun, warmth and possible of your childhood have gone? While you’re sipping your morning coffee, full of melancholy and perhaps dejection, you are ponde...

Interview: The Organic ‘Noir&B’ Music of Elle Watson

February 10, 2018

Based in London, Elle Watson is a rising talent of the music industry and is already having a serious experience in the field. Indeed, she started singing and composing at the age of 14. Favoring emotions over ...

The Different Harmonies of Christian Patey: Interview

Caitlyn Gregson

November 8, 2017

I met up with Christian Patey in a unique bar in Newtown, Sydney, Australia, amongst the hustle bustle of a people going out for a night of fun. In this dark, intimate bar, Christian was playing his music among...

Music, Art and Comedy @ KAABOO Del Mar + Interview with Lucien Shapiro

Kim Crowie

September 3, 2017

ART, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC

KAABOO Del Mar is a live music and entertainment experience happening September 15-17, 2017 in San Diego, CA. KAABOO is shifting the festival paradigm and has carved out its name among national and destinat...

New Album ‘Altars’: Interview with Sadistik and Michael Hussar

June 13, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC

In a world where, unfortunately, art has become fast food for soul, we cannot but rejoice when we stumble upon artistic projects that lead to deeper conversations. It is the case with the unexpected collaborati...

Pharmakon: The Art of Confrontation

Danai Molocha

April 14, 2017

Coughing. Breathing heavily. Rhythmically banging sheets of metal. Confronting mortality - confronting anything that might get in her way. New York artist Pharmakon. a.k.a. Margaret Chardiet has been snarling, ...

The Universe By Ear: Ocean/Clouds Video Release

Jacob Sailor

March 14, 2017

Ginger and the Ghost: New Rituals, an Album for Dreamers

March 13, 2017

After enticing us with some fascinating EPs, new coming band Ginger and the Ghost announced its eagerly awaited debut album, New Rituals, which shed light on the spiritual and theatrical universe of this creati...

“Fun and Cosmopolitan”: The Music of Aksak Maboul in the Words of Founder Marc Hollander

Danai Molocha

March 10, 2017

CULTURE, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC

It was 1977 when Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis formed Aksak Maboul — a Belgian ensemble going down the winding road of avant-rock and pop, just to mention a couple of the ideas floating and flooding their be...

Sun Ra Space is the Place (1974): Afrofuturism After 43 Years

Kristy Senko-Hall

February 5, 2017

It’s impossible to look back on the literary and cultural aesthetic dubbed, "Afrofuturism," without this sonic piece of film/music history blasting into perspective. Sun Ra’s “Space Is the Place” is the epitome...

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Lee Tudor

January 22, 2017

FILM, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC

Frank Zappa was many different things to many different people. To some he was an idol, to others, a threatening hippy inciting a revolution. Nevertheless, Frank’s work spoke volumes more than any one interview...

Scratches: Beautiful Single and Music Video

Ry Sangalang

January 21, 2017

In 2010, Sarah-Maria Burgin and theater composer/guitarist, Sandro Corbat formed Scratches, a four-piece band from Basel Switzerland. The band includes bassist Marco Nenninger and drummer Jonas Pina. Sara-Maria...

Esperanza Spalding: Emily’s D+Evolution

Jackie Lemmon

December 18, 2016

CULTURE, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE

For the last three years, jazz musician and singer Esperanza Spalding has been working on her latest creative feat. The year of 2016 brought about Esperanza's completed work; her new album "Emily's D+Evolution"...

Right in the Flesh: Chenille’s First Album ‘Samen’