Hop over to New Noise‘s website for the latest installment in our ongoing series, Pet Sounds. This time around, we chat with Casey Nolan, bassist for Seattle-based post-hardcore crew Yellfire, about her love of dogs.
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Yellfire Bassist Loves Post-Hardcore — And Dogs Too
Posted in Interviews with tags Yellfire on 10/19/2024 by Kurt OrzeckCommon Wounds Bassist Talks About Bringing The Pain On New LP
Posted in Interviews with tags Common Wounds, Matt Martinez on 10/18/2024 by Kurt OrzeckCommon Wounds, a post-hardcore band from Phoenix, aren’t trying to solve all the world’s problems—just aspiring to help us cope with our brave fearful new world.
A Place to Bury Strangers Frontman Wants Every Show to Feel Like Their Last
Posted in Interviews with tags a place to bury strangers on 10/17/2024 by Kurt OrzeckWith latest album by noise-squadron A Place to Bury Strangers having come out earlier this month to a very strong reception, New Noise rolls out to some bonus material from our month and entertaining conversation with the band’s frontman.
Babe Rainbow Get Big Boost From King Gizzard Crew
Posted in Interviews with tags Babe Rainbow on 10/16/2024 by Kurt OrzeckAfter the recent announcement of Babe Rainbow’s signing to a new label, check out this previous unpublished New Noise conversation with their vocalist as she contemplated the psych-rock band’s future last year.
Common Wounds Bassist Says ‘Dogs Diffuse Negativity’
Posted in Interviews with tags Common Wounds on 10/15/2024 by Kurt OrzeckVenture to New Noise for the latest installment in our series shining a spotlight on musicians’ deep affection for their pets. This time around, the bassist for post-hardcore band Common Wounds talks about how his emotional health is stronger thanks to his two pooches.
Brutal Death Metal Vocalist of Benighted Is Dogs’ Best Friend
Posted in Features, Interviews, Pet Sounds with tags Benighted, Julien Truchan on 10/14/2024 by Kurt OrzeckTo appease man’s “best friends,” a reputation they’re going to have to do a better job living up to after all the barking they directed at us, we decided to focus our second installment of Pet Sounds on canines—specifically, ones befriended by the frontman of French brutal death-metal act Benighted. Read the interview on New Noise.
The Jesus Lizard: A Racket of a Resurrection (Extended Version)
Posted in Interviews with tags blues, David Yow, Duane Denison, music, News, rock, the Jesus Lizard on 10/10/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
It was a privilege to be able to write a lengthy feature for FLOOD on The Jesus Lizard, one of my top three favorite bands of all time, and for vocalist David Yow and guitarist Duane Denison to speak extensively with me about their reunion(s), wild moments from yesteryear and their new album, Rack. Due to space constraints, FLOOD published an abridged version of the feature that ran roughly 2,000 words. Because The Bad Penny isn’t bound by such limitations, we’re bringing you the “extended and unreleased” version, which runs almost 900 words longer. Enjoy.
Continue readingCrippled Black Phoenix Lap Up Lap Cats
Posted in Interviews with tags cats, Crippled Black Phoenix on 10/10/2024 by Kurt OrzeckIn the first installment of Pet Sounds, a new series I’m helming for New Noise‘s website, enigmatic “macabre rock” band Crippled Black Phoenix reveal they love cozying up with their cats.
Insanity Alert, Scrunchies, Help, Necrofier Are Pros At Cutting Costs
Posted in Interviews with tags Help, Insanity Alert, Necrofier, Scrunchies on 10/07/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
In the fifth installment of our series on how bands don’t have to break the bank to break through, Insanity Alert, Scrunchies, Help and Necrofier espouse the craftiest and most amusing hacks we’ve culled so far. Go to New Noise to read the whole kit and kaboodle.
Dale Crover Pulls Back the Curtain on His New Star-Studded Solo LP ‘Glossolalia’
Posted in Interviews with tags Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover, Melvins on 09/13/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
While Buzz Osborne usually does most of the talking for Melvins, I caught up with their drummer, Dave Crover—whose 40 years with the band is nothing to sneeze at—to discuss this third solo outing. Read my FLOOD feature to see what he has to say about each of the 11 songs on his newly released effort, which features contributions from Tom Waits, Ty Segall, Pinback’s Rob Crow and more.
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