Nostalgia is easy to fake, but it’s much harder to actually earn. This full-length debut pulls it off convincingly, channeling 90s alt-rock and classic rock without ever feeling like a costume. The Eternal Conflict marks the first LP from Seattle rocker Erik Hansen. He’s joined by a tight, road-tested band: drummer Kip Rondorf, bassist Carl
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What happens when a lullaby and a warning sound exactly the same? Carrington MacDuffie spends Sugar Drip answering that question, and the answer keeps shifting depending on which track is playing. MacDuffie has built an unusually layered career on the way to this record. A published poet and an award-winning narrator of over 250 audiobooks,
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What does a talented guitarist do after 25 years of making other artists sound great? Ricky Z. answers that question on his sophomore solo album, Back To The Truth. The answer is: finally take the spotlight himself with some amazing session players supporting him.. Ricky Z. (born Ricky Zahariades) has spent decades as one of
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Some music is meant to entertain. Our recent find EPTA7 seems more interested in getting inside your head. The Irish-Italian industrial metal and dark alternative project creates a cinematic world filled with paranoia, trauma, ghosts, strange creatures, and distorted realities. We caught up with the band to talk about their return, the unsettling universe behind Here
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