INTERVIEW: SEVENDUST (ATLANTA, GA)
Had the pleasure of interviewing Lajon Witherspoon a couple weeks back. His band, Sevendust, is currently touring behind their new album,Kill the Flaw, and they’ve brought along Trivium and Like a Storm as tour support. We talked about how excited he is to g
INTERVIEW: ENTER SHIKARI (ST. ALBANS, UK)
Enter Shikari has been extremely busy since their latest record, The Mindsweep was released last year. They took on an impressive run of headlining shows in the UK that saw the band playing to the largest crowds they’ve had to date. Now the guys are ready to bring their show
INTERVIEW: CROBOT (POTTSVILLE, PA)
Crobot recently rolled into Chicago roiling crowds, opening for Anthrax and Volbeat. Yet despite being pretty young in term of band years, the rockers took to the stage with a swagger and reinvigorating confidence. If there is any doubt that rock may be on life support in the face of button pus
INTERVIEW: ORGY (LOS ANGELES)
Since 1994, Jay Gordon has been a standard-bearer for moving metal forward, incorporating industrial and electronic elements into rock and metal before many of his contemporaries. “Blue Monday” was a force to reckon with on its release. Despite being a rework of a New Order track, the single tor
INTERVIEW: TALISCO (FRANCE)
Road trips, jumping off cliffs into the blue waters, and sitting around campfires while passing around a bottle of whiskey until dawn are all images that flooded my mind upon my first listen of Talisco. I wasn’t the only one to conjure these images. Talisco’s music has been featured with brands
INTERVIEW: MADJO (FRANCE)
Back in 2009, a little EP appeared out of the middle of nowhere. Half in English, half in French, including a gently haunting cover of “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” made popular by Lead Belly and Nirvana. The singer’s voice left an imprint that carried on through her excellent debut a
INTERVIEW: VOODOO BOOGALOO (ALICE, TX)
Who or what is Voodoo Boogaloo? Light some candles, and grab your sage stick, I’ll tell you. Voodoo Boogaloo is more than just a duo comprised of Stephanie Cardona and Logan Woodyard, it’s a spiritual experience, and it’s a way of life. It’s rap and hypnotizing dreamy vocals. The universe w
INTERVIEW: THE FALLING BIRDS (NEW YORK CITY, NY)
I recently sat down for a drink with Stephen Artemis of The Falling Birds. A band that has fired off the first in what seems to be a series of incoming warning shots alarming the press world to the return of raw rock n roll to New York City. While we uncoded his band name over […]
LIMELIGHT: SAVANNAH SMITH (EAU CLAIRE, WI)
Originally from Eau Claire and now based in the lovely city of lakes that is Minneapolis, a mere ninety minutes away, Savannah Smith is the closest thing you’ll get to a southern belle in the northern Midwest. Often with her ukelele, she’s the kind of lady you would be proud to introduce to your