10. The Residents
Happy Halloween: The Bad Penny’s Top 10 Favorite Masked Bands
Posted in Lists with tags Batushka, Cult of Fire, Gaerea, Ghost, Magic Sword, Slipknot, Sunn 0))), The Locust, The Residents, UADA on 10/31/2024 by Kurt OrzeckADULT.’s Crush on Eyeliner the Wild Cat
Posted in Interviews on 10/30/2024 by Kurt OrzeckEven hard-core ADULT. aficionados may not know that the musicians’ immediately family also includes a to-die-for 5-ish-year-old cat named Eyeliner. Read our chat with the band on New Noise‘s website.
Jan. 6 Rioter Jay Johnston Played a KKK Member in Failed Fox Sketch Show From 2002
Posted in Comedy, News with tags Bob Odenkirk, Bob's Burgers, Jay Johnston, Mr. Show on 10/30/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
The media is extensively covering sketch-comedy and voice actor Jay Johnston’s recent sentencing to a year in prison due to his unapologetic participation in the January 6 insurrection. But, as usual, news outlets aren’t doing enough research when reporting on the shocking news about the Mr. Show and Bob’s Burgers alum.
Check out this eerie clip from the first episode of Bob Odenkirk’s Next!, a riotous but failed 2002 sketch-comedy pilot for Fox, in which Johnston played a KKK member in one of its segments.
Spooky Mansion Share ‘Love’ for Boise With Special Gig Tonight
Posted in Interviews with tags Grayson Converse, Spooky Mansion on 10/30/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
It may only be Halloween eve, but Boise’s 9th St Parallel at Knitting Factory is getting the haunting festivities started early tonight with a performance by lively surf-rock/Americana troupe Spooky Mansion. The Treefort Music Fest vets had a blast playing here a few years ago and are psyched to be back, frontman/guitarist Grayson Converse recently told The Bad Penny.
Continue readingSt. Lenox Has Lotsa Love To Give With New LP, 3 Adorable Pets
Posted in Interviews with tags St. Lenox on 10/29/2024 by Kurt OrzeckAndrew Choi a.k.a. St. Lenox chatted with us about his three pets with his husband: Maks, Yorkshire Terrier who is blind and deaf; Dorothy, a tuxedo house cat; and Lucy, a black house cat. Peruse this recent New Noise interview to learn more about the musician and the adoring pets he owns with his husband.
Faith No More Is/Was an ’80s Band? Huh?
Posted in Essays with tags Faith No More on 10/29/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Writing about music is often an intimidating proposition. And we all make mistakes (probably no one more than yours truly). But are we at the point where even a quick Wikipedia search is asking too much?
Faith No More is — or was, depending on whether they reunite again — not an ” ’80s band,” despite the egregiously sloppy headline to this post. To wit …
Continue readingVocalist for Mysterious Band Gaerea Wake Us Up With ‘Coma’
Posted in Interviews on 10/29/2024 by Kurt OrzeckRead this new interview in which vocalist for Portugal’s Gaerea explains to New Noise how the mysterious band is transcending the stifling “black metal” tag and expanding its sound by incorporating even more unorthodox sounds.
Glass Noose Can’t Contain Themselves With Their Pets
Posted in Features, Interviews, Pet Sounds with tags Glass Noose on 10/28/2024 by Kurt OrzeckThis curveball in our ongoing Pet Sounds series is brought to us and you by Glass Noose, an avant-garde/emo project whose leader is Pittsburgh musician Tristan Zemtseff. His coterie of pets is so wild … well, you gotta read this New Noise post to believe it.
Buñuel Break Down Their Tough Yet Rewarding New LP ‘Mansuetude’
Posted in Interviews with tags Buñuel, Eugene S. Robinson on 10/28/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
See what legendary artist Eugene S. Robinson had to tell FLOOD about the latest record from his experimental, genre-bashing project Buñuel.
Gwar’s Grodius: ‘I’m Going to, for Sure, Murder You’
Posted in Interviews with tags Grodius, GWAR on 10/28/2024 by Kurt OrzeckThe lead guitarist of everyone’s least favorite band, Gwar, bemoans their “worst interview ever” in this forgettably filthy interview with New Noise. The pleasure was all ours.
