Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Allow me to introduce to you The Universe By Ear, a delightful mix of experimental, prog, and funk. Straight of out Switzerland, the three-man band consisting of Beni Bürgin, Pascal Grünenfelder, and Stef Strit...
Ginger and the Ghost: New Rituals, an Album for Dreamers
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
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
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
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
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
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’
The musical UFO alert of the end of 2016 is coming from France. It is an album produced by Apathia Records: Samen of band öOoOoOoOoOo. Let’s start by this quirky name. In French, it is pronounced « Chenille ...
Entering the Coven with Goat’s New Album, Requiem
Leave everything you thought you knew behind you and become one with the coven, the coven called Goat. Shroud in mystery and mask, Goat have continue their growth from musical obscurity to cult following an...
Gobblefest @ Shady Lea Guitars
Luthier, noun: Individual who creates stringed musical instruments. In the spirit of the US holiday of giving thanks, Shady Lea Guitars is holding Gobblefest to celebrate Thanksgiving and the grand opening...
Swans: Future Destination Unknown
Michael Gira and his sonic cohorts gave birth to Swans in the famously bleak, dystopian cityscape of early 80's downtown New York. Minimalist, ritualistic and downright brutal, the band delivered a relentle...
Art Pop Gets Redefined with Anomie Belle’s ‘Flux’
"You know you'll never have to look back now," sings Anomie Belle on the hopeful opening of her latest release 'Flux'. Across multiple EPs and now three full-lengths, the versatile multi-instrumentalist has...