Blood Command: ‘Cult Drugs’

by Danielle Holian Blood Command premiered their new title track single from their upcoming album Cult Drugs, which will be released on April 28 via Fysisk Format. The band said about the single, “‘Cult Drugs’ is about the reasons you think you have to do or mean something. The eternal chase for acceptance and glory …

Sweet Gum Tree: ‘Sustain The Illusion’

by Danielle Holian   Sweet Gum Tree has announced their brand new album Sustain The Illusion, which is due for release March 31 via The Orchard / Plastic Head. Their new single ‘Twinkle’ was premiered via For Folk’s Sake. Praise: “A thing of delicate beauty... Sweeping cinematic strings, classical structures, and wonderfully textured acoustics provide the …

Interview: Feyer

by Danielle Holian For our readers, please describe your musical background. When I was six years old, I started taking piano lessons. I kept that up for a few years and then started to play drums. By the time I got to middle school, I was writing songs on piano and guitar. They were heavily influenced …

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: ‘Down (Is Where I Want To Be)’

by Danielle Holian Clap Your Hands Say Yeah stream new single ‘Down (Is Where I Want To Be)’ off their upcoming album The Tourist, which will be released on February 24. “It’s a song about embracing a low feeling. Better to feel low than to feel nothing at all,” band member, Alec Ounsworth, commented on …

Kairon; IRSE!: ‘Sinister Waters II’

by Danielle Holian Kairon; IRSE! Premiered their new single ‘Sinister Waters II’ via CLASH. "...prog that sounds like early King Crimson mixed with Ornette Coleman-style sax freakouts, and the seven and a half minute song even brings in some jazz fusion at the end without getting corny." - Brooklyn Vegan "The Finnish group are responsible …

Interview: Chapell

by Danielle Holian For our readers, please describe what you do. I’m a musician. I write songs. I’d rather be writing and making music that just about anything else. I find super talented and creative people who are also willing to work their butts off to realize my vision. One of the reasons I’m so …

Interview: Cale and the Gravity Well

by Danielle Holian For our readers, please describe your musical background. I'm basically self-taught, with a smattering of theory courses and more formal learning. I have had a passion for music my entire life, instilled in me by my father, who is a connoisseur of classic rock and, as of late, certain kinds of dance pop. …

Analog Candle: ‘Trier’

by Danielle Holian Analog Candle released their new single ‘Trier’ off their upcoming EP Winter ‘15, which is due for release on February 3. Wonderland called the band’s imminent release an ‘indie-pop record of our dreams’, after sharing their newest single with them. Expressionist, avant-garde dream-pop collective, Analog Candle was formed by songwriter and producer …

Interview: Apalis Duo

by Danielle Holian For our readers, please describe what you do. We are an electronic/songwriting duo, from Italy, mixing and performing two different experiences and attitudes: mine, Giovanni, for songwriting (as a writer I come from theatre and verses), and Matteo, for electronic composition Why did you choose ‘Apalis Duo’ as the band’s name? I was …

Interview: The Undecided Majors

by Danielle Holian For our readers, please describe your musical background. Scott: Our musical background started as a very heavy Blink and Green Day influence as well as some early 2000’s material like Sum 41. We didn’t really get into the more hardcore style of pop punk until about 2013. It was about that time that …