Climbing out of the black-metal pigeonhole, Portugal’s Gaerea sound more confident and creatively unrestrained on their fourth album rather than merely louder. Read my review of Coma on FLOOD‘s website. (While you’re at it, check out my interview with the band’s mysterious vocalist on New Noise‘s website.)
Scott Osment, drummer for Deaf Club, is the definition of a loving, caring pet owner. Which, in turn, makes his “young 11-year-old” tabby cat one hell of a lucky pet. Read this New Noise interview (with Osment, not his cat) right here.
Media-averse Mike Patton reflects on his label’s lasting power: “The most challenging (period or obstacle) in Ipecac’s history was the same for us as it was for all labels: the rise of digital music. To deal with it, we refocused on our fanbase, (which) still prefers physical releases.” Read the full profile on New Noise‘s website.
Even 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.
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.
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 readingAndrew 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.
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 readingRead 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.
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