Peter Kernel is a Swiss Canadian band made up of Aris Bassetti and Barbara Lehnhoff. They have played over 600 live shows and were recently named the best live act at Swiss Live Talents. The post punk duo is releasing their newest album, The Size Of The Night on March 9. Peter Kernel Bends […]
Post-punk band Bootblacks released their new LP Fragments on September 14 via Manic Depression Records. BlackBook premiered the first single from the album, “Hold & Dissolve,” saying the band “could sit proudly amongst the trenchant, doomy psychedelia of Echo & The Bunnymen’s potent classic ‘Heaven Up Here.” Hold & Dissolve by Bootblacks The band’s Panther MacDonald explains that the track is about […]
Electronic based synth music that defined the 1980s are making a come back. Night Drive’s self-titled LP perfectly blends together post-punk synth pop in a vintage style only the 80s could master. The Texas based duo found the perfect blend between between the synth centered arrangements across the entire album that combine the enough sci-fi […]
Today there are the pop songs of the mainstream radio that entertain the masses but have no real soul. In the indie underground, there still exist heartfelt and edgy music that puts all the emotions of the songwriter right in the speakers for everyone to feel. This is the music that truly resonates with real […]
Second Still is a three piece band from Los Angeles. With their electronic drum sounds, unconventional guitar lines, and strange vocal melodies that set them apart from traditional categorization. In March 2016, an early version of the EP was released on limited edition cassettes. The four tracks on the tape were recorded in a snowed in […]
Making music can be expensive. This objective fact forces many bands to make do with what they have or can afford. However, it can give bands the opportunity to discover and develop their own, particular synergy. An accurate example of this type of band is collective Steel Cranes. With their style of noisy, tremendous rock […]
Music has been used as an escape since the beginning of time. Sometimes it is the listener who uses the songs to seek solace. Many people forget the fact that these songs were written as a way for the artist to escape the world around him, even if just for a little while. The music […]
What’s the first thought that arises in your mind when you hear the name Terry? For me, I’m vaguely reminded of Terry, the roller-skating, gay prostitute from the show Reno 911!. Yet, unbeknownst to most people, it’s the moniker for a quirky Australian music collective that doesn’t mind being esoteric. It’s also part of the […]
