Check out one of my two feature stories on Harboured, a prog/black-metal band forged by longtime Allegaeon guitarist Michael Stancel. Read all about ’em on New Noise.
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Meet Harboured, Longtime Allegaeon Guitarist’s New Band
Posted in Interviews with tags Allegaeon, Harboured on 04/17/2023 by Kurt OrzeckJesus Piece Vocalist: ‘We’ve Jumped Into the Unknown’
Posted in Interviews with tags Jesus Piece on 04/13/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my feature story for FLOOD on Philadelphia phenoms Jesus Piece, including a candid conversation with frontman Aaron Heard right here.
Summoning the Lich on Coping with Mental Illness, Family Medical Scare
Posted in Interviews with tags Summoning the Lich on 04/12/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my feature article for New Noise‘s website on Summoning the Lich, who wrap up their tour with Gorod on Saturday.
Gorod Vocalist on His Love of Aldous Huxley, Bringing ‘The Pain’ to Fans
Posted in Interviews with tags Gorod on 04/11/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my feature article for New Noise‘s website on Gorod, who wrap up their tour with Summoning the Lich on Saturday.
Agriculture: ‘We Didn’t Care About Nitty-Gritty Stuff Like Royalties’
Posted in Interviews with tags Agriculture on 04/07/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my Music Connection interview with Los Angeles newcomers and recent Flenser signees Agriculture.
Treefort 2023 Profile: Rogê
Posted in Interviews with tags Roge, Treefort Music Fest on 03/22/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Don’t know how to start off your Treefort Music Fest 2023 experience? Not totally sold on Dinosaur Jr.’s old-school indie-rock, Covet’s “emotional nerd rock” or Old 97’s classic alt-country? You can always “go Rogê” tonight (and tomorrow) with some funky samba from Rio de Janeiro.
We had the good fortune of touching base with Rogê, the crown heir of the Brazilian Popular Music movement shortly before he arrived in Boise. Rogê just finished opening for collaborator Jack Johnson on some dates in Brazil and is also coming off seven shows at South by Southwest.
Rogê is the 22nd artist to participate in the Bad Penny’s ongoing series profiling international artists coming to Boise to play the state’s best and brightest music festival, Treefort.
Rogê will have the spotlight pretty much all to himself tonight, as the festival gets underway with its first evening. That show will build momentum for Rogê’s second concert, tomorrow at Bandshell at 7:40 p.m. Here’s what he is most looking forward to with both shows.
Treefort 2023 Profile: Vancouver’s Meltt
Posted in Interviews with tags Meltt on 03/22/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
The timing couldn’t be better for Vancouver quartet Meltt to be playing Treefort Music Fest: The psychedelic rock squadron just freshened up with a new EP earlier month, bequeathing it with the name Another Quiet Sunday.
Meltt recently shared their excitement with us about rolling out some of their spacey new material in Boise, a city the band members say they hold dear. In fact, expect the Treefort shows on Friday and Saturday to be “joyous” occasions.
Continue readingTreefort 2023 Profile: Montreal’s Teke::Teke
Posted in Interviews with tags Teke::Teke, Treefort on 03/20/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
What is almost definitely the most highly anticipated edition of Treefort Music Fest kicks off this week, and it is our honor to bring you an interview with one of the bands that music lovers are most excited to see perform, psych-rock luminaries Teke::Teke.
The seven-piece band takes something of a kitchen-sink approach to making tunes. They incorporate distorted guitars, drums, trombone, flute and more instruments to create an idiosyncratic yet thoroughly dynamic mixture of Japanese rock and surf rock.
Hailing from Montreal, they are the 20th band to participate in the Bad Penny’s ongoing series profiling international artists coming to Boise to play the state’s best and brightest music festival, Treefort.
Continue readingTreefort 2023 Profile: United Kingdom’s Demob Happy
Posted in Interviews with tags Demob Happy, Treefort on 03/19/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to hear some music? Are you prepared to witness previously unknown levels of rock-and-roll-induced euphoria? Are you ready to rock?
Then you’re ready to see Demob Happy. Or, we’re apt to believe as much. The U.K. rock band — which originated in Newcastle and now live in Brighton — is one of the more mysterious entries on the bill for this year’s Treefort Music Fest. The trio publicly describe their sound with only four adjectives: “explosive,” “loud,” “melodic” and “sweet-sounding.”
And Boise is lucky to have them back for another concert. As Demob Happy recently told the Bad Penny, they played the worst gig of their career in Idaho. Read below to find out why they’re coming back anyway.
Continue readingTreefort 2023 Profile: Spain’s Black Maracas
Posted in Interviews with tags Black Maracas, Treefort on 03/18/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
The only band from Spain that is pegged to play this year’s Treefort Music Fest is Black Maracas, a fuzz-drenched trio that segues from garage to psychedelic to straight-up rock music over the course of one set. Black Maracas are also one of the many bands that will perform in the U.S. for the first time thanks to Boise’s five-day music throw down, which starts Wednesday.
Founded less than five years ago, Black Maracas already have an impressive amount of experience playing music festivals. They’ve graced the stage at massive events in their homeland of Spain, as well as other parts of Europe.
But as we all know, Treefort isn’t exactly your typical music festival, given the sheer volume of participating artists staging shows in sometimes-nontraditional venues across much of the city.
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