Rat’s off to ya too for the new record you’re putting out later this year. Best see a doctor first, though, Tim (not Dr. San)!
Congrats To Tim Heidecker For Joining Bloodshot
Posted in Comedy, News with tags Bloodshot Records, Tim Heidecker on 04/24/2024 by korzeckHigh On Fire’s ‘Cometh The Storm’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags High on Fire, Matt Pike on 04/22/2024 by korzeck
After a relatively long wait, Matt Pike’s sludge-metal outfit High on Fire return with their most adventurous, pigeonhole-smashing, and idiosyncratic release to date. Here is my FLOOD review.
Boise’s Music Scene Just Can’t Get It Together
Posted in Essays with tags boise, music, music-news, News, rock on 04/15/2024 by korzeck
Over roughly the past decade, the most popular conversational topic among music fans living in Boise is how the city’s live-music scene continues to build in size and strength, attracting more national acts to perform here than ever before. Locals begrudgingly admit the growth is due to the influx of fresh transplants and the economic boon those newcomers have bequeathed to a city, even if it might forever be referred to as a merely “up-and-coming” place.
Continue readingSleater-Kinney Talk ‘Recommitting’ To Band After Restful Hiatus
Posted in Interviews with tags Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, Sleater-Kinney on 04/15/2024 by korzeck
It’s been a minute since I spoke with two musicians less enthusiastic about participating in an interview, but Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein nevertheless shared some insights on their new record and the state of their band for my new FLOOD feature.
New Kids On The Block: Forever Young
Posted in Interviews with tags Donnie Wahlberg, New Kids on the Block on 03/31/2024 by korzeckGrab a copy of the latest issue of Music Connection or go here to read my latest cover story, in which I interviewed two New Kids on the Block about their new album. Yup, you read that right.
The Giving Tree(fort): Boise’s Bountiful Fest
Posted in News with tags a place to bury strangers, Ex Everything, French Cassettes, So Pitted, Treefort Music Fest on 03/29/2024 by korzeck
Last weekend, Boise’s annual Treefort Music Fest featured one of its weakest rosters of artists in the history of the event. But neither the anemic bill nor the dicey weather deterred local music lovers from checking out live sets across the modest city.
Read the most comprehensive history yet of Treefort Music Fest in the just-released April edition of Boise Lifestyle, one of the last glossy magazines left in Idaho. (Or peruse the online version of the story here.) Also, don’t miss New Noise Magazine profiles of 2024 Treefort participants A Place to Bury Strangers, Ex Everything, So Pitted, Sistemas Inestables and French Cassettes.
Royale Lynn: ‘Music Truly Saves People’
Posted in Interviews with tags Epitaph Records, Royale Lynn on 03/29/2024 by korzeckCheck out my latest Signing Story for Music Connection — this one on country-rock newcomer Royale Lynn — right here.
Chile’s Sistemas Inestables Keep Treefort Approach Simple
Posted in Interviews with tags Sistemas Inestables, Treefort Music Fest on 03/26/2024 by korzeckTreefort Music Fest will forever be entwined with Sistemas Inestables, a band from Chile that found refuge in the U.S. Get to know the group and its mellifluous blend of electronic-heavy post-rock in this rare interview published by New Noise.
So Pitted Pit Themselves Against Mediocrity At Treefort
Posted in Interviews with tags So Pitted, Treefort Music Fest on 03/25/2024 by korzeckHead over to New Noise to read my interview with Treefort Music Fest 2024 participants and Seattle stalwarts So Pitted. The trio-turned-quartet appear to be fans of New Noise and/or yours truly, as they also gave their first interview about new album Cloned to New Noise last month. Get even more acquainted with So Pitted’s goings-on and shenanigans here.
A Place To Bury Strangers Keep Treefort Rooted In Radness
Posted in Interviews with tags a place to bury strangers, Treefort on 03/23/2024 by korzeckOf the 500-plus musical acts performing at this year’s Treefort Music Fest, one stands out as the most rambunctious in the lot: New York’s A Place to Bury Strangers.
Check out my profile of the unpredictable blitzkrieg of a band via New Noise‘s website:
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