Winona Fighter
WINONA FIGHTER Sometimes, album titles just make sense. They capture the spirit of the band who made it, as well as the songs that make up the record. Brutal & Extremely Underrated is one of those titles. It’s taken from a line in “Self Affirmations”, the sixth song on Winona Fighter’s second full-length, in which […]
Tracey Nelson
TRACEY NELSON Tracey Nelson’s Hercules is a warm, ramshackle debut full-length of countrified indie-rock, released via Perennial, an imprint of K Records. The project of New York songwriter Austin Noll, Nelson’s songs pair wry, plainspoken storytelling with tender melodies and loose-limbed charm. Co-produced by MJ Lenderman and Colin Miller, Hercules expands the jangly promise of […]
Sunshine Benzi
SUNSHINE BENZI SUNSHINE’s future unfolds with the same radiant light that her name inherits. Hailing from a small town in Illinois called Pontiac, the internet’s newly-chosen It-girl is building a career with a gritty, no-nonsense attitude. Anchored by her bubbly personality and a larger-than-life mindset, SUNSHINE always believed she was destined for more, even before […]
Star Moles
STAR MOLES Gone are the albums of knights and dragonsGone are the kings and queens of CamelotWe’re going to HelWe’re dying to be someone on a road to somewhereThis album is what happens when we expireThis album is a banned four lokoThis album is the burger king on Columbus stThis album is PurgatorioThis album will […]
Ink & Dagger screening of “The Order”
INK & DAGGER SCREENING OF “THE ORDER” The Philadelphia premiere of the Ink & Dagger film “The Order” – a phantasmagorical audio-visual overload of vampiric Philaspychogeography and pure psychic energy made manifest via filmmaker Nathanial Shannon, with score and sound-design by founding member Don Devore. Author Erik Bader will read from The Philadelphia Society of […]
DeathByRomy
DEATHBYROMY DeathbyRomy is a Los Angeles–based alt-pop artist known for her cinematic sound, dark romanticism, and fearless collision of pop, industrial, rock, metal, and hip-hop. With more than 40 million streams on HOLLYWOOD FOREVER alone, she has built a passionate global following through emotionally raw songwriting, striking visuals, and an explosive live show. Her music […]
Gripper
GRIPPER Philadelphia hard-rock champions Gripper today announce their debut album and share new single “Miss Behave” and “Other Bastard”. These two blown-out, explosive new tracks showcase the gritty energy that has swiftly made the five-piece a fixture on their local scene including support slots with Sheer Mag, Mdou Moctar, The Briefs, and The Tubs. They […]
Tara Clerkin Trio
TARA CLERKIN TRIO Somewhere Good is the first new music from the Bristol three-piece – Tara Clerkin, Sunny Joe Paradisos, and Patrick Benjamin – since their acclaimed 2023 mini album, On The Turning Ground. Described by Pitchfork as an “amble through blissful psych-pop and washed-out breakbeats, harpsichord interludes and dubby balladry”, it’s already on its […]
Porcelain
PORCELAIN “Everything has changed,” sings frontman Steve Pike on “Apocalypse”, a track from Austin post-hardcore band Porcelain’s sophomore LP, Today’s Minor Victories; “Not for better but for worse.” It’s a sentiment that reflects a familiar millennial experience: comparing the world you dreamed of growing into with the constant indignities of late capitalism, the interminable imperialist […]
Ink & Dagger
INK & DAGGER From 1996 to 1999 Philadelphia’s Ink & Dagger burned like a roman candle, blurring the lines between punk, hardcore, and psychedelia, an enigma wrapped in rumors, vampire lore, and blood-spattered theatrics. Equal parts chaos and prank, their ever-shifting all-star lineup fed on the energy of others and spit it back out as something entirely […]