This area includes a running list of all the interviews we have published. We interview bands, venues, studios, business owners, producers, engineers, and any one else who spends a significant amount of time supporting independent music.
In this interview spotlight, we chat with Nicole from Bat House about influences, the new project, the digital music world and more. Full Q&A along with links and streams available below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular […]
The newest EP, Four Faces, from singer/songwriter Patrick Ames features a MIDI guitar synthesizer playing the piano and soprano saxophone via a Gibson Hummingbird. Four Faces consists of four songs inspired by the artwork by his older brother, Opa, which also serves as the record’s cover art. The songs, like the art, are as different […]
Raised on the soul of Southern Rock, Country, Bluegrass and Americana, The Whiskey Riders music hits the heart of life in Kentuckiana and America. Highlighting the disenfranchised, exploring adversity, and passion for a life lived to its fullest, they pride themselves on a DIY attitude to produce their music, all while bringing a fiercely passionate […]
Psychocide stemmed from Goldwyn Thandrayen’s (vocal, guitar) solo project, The Goldwyn Experiment, which was based purely on collaboration with different artists. When moving to NYC from Scotland in 2011, he wanted to put together a band that would not only play some of the songs off his solo record but write new ones that together […]
Latvia-born, Brooklyn-based indie glam rock duo, Astra the 22’s are getting ready to release their forthcoming EP, Paris Love, due out this summer. Mixed by Kato Khandwala (Blondie, The Pretty Reckless, Paramore, My Chemical Romance) and Mastered by Howie Weinberg (The White Stripes, The Cure, Aerosmith), Paris Love explores sex, narcissism, love, art and war […]
If Nashville-based singer-songwriter Josh Gray were packing a suitcase for a lifelong journey through genres, he’d need only a pen, paper, and his favorite Martin D28 guitar. As if he were a time traveler, Josh jumps back and forth through the decades drawing inspiration from a vast array of musical influences. Josh has studied musical […]
If you passed her on the street, you would think you had just brushed by a young, tranquil girl with a cute smile. You’d probably never guess that you’d just narrowly avoided a category-five cyclone. Yet this creative whirlwind with an unassuming demeanor and smile has already generated an astounding number of hit songs for […]
GoodcaT was born out of a spontaneous jam session in the summer of 2012, when Nels Dovre and Mark Owens needed a break from the heat of Des Moines largest music festival, 80/35. Four months later, after many more jam sessions, GoodcaT had found a name, talented electric guitarist, Ben Dixon, and the rest of […]
The William Shakes is as much a concept project as it is a band. Written, produced, and fronted by Mark McGettrick, The William Shakes decontextualizes Shakespearean prose to the tune of alternative indie pop. The debut release How Goes The Night? EP explores five Shakespearean characters: Banquo (MacBeth), Helena (All’s Well That Ends Well), Horatio […]
A rock band from Ottawa Ontario. Every member of the Elegant Devils comes at music from a different angle, but leaves their own impressive mark on the sound they make. Despite coming from very different places on the musical spectrum, They embrace their unique individual parts to create music that is powerful, emotional, and fun […]
