Band Profile – Aarktica
Aarktica is a way to “execute the soundtrack of life in mono… one of audio distortions, aural hallucinations and reliance on painkillers.” – Jon DeRosa Aarktica, a solo project of …
Band Profile // Steel Pole Bath Tub
Bay Area threesome (two of whom originally hail from Bozeman, Montana) Steel Pole Bath Tub put a happy face (well, sorta) on industrial-strength grind rock, leavening its pitbull riffs with …
Band Profile – Unwound
MySpace Page Epitonic Page Unwound were like Nirvana minus the pop, Sonic Youth minus the art gallery, and Fugazi minus the slogans. The nineties rock idiom as a howling …
Band Bios // Ativin
MySpace Page Polyvinyl Records Page Bloomington, Indiana combo Ativin was active since the early 90s and, inspired by the likes of Slint and Gastr Del Sol, they recorded four studio …
Band Profile – God Machine
Velvet Sunday – Fan Site Fan Site #2 MySpace Page Inspired by the likes of Neurosis, Swans, Jane’s Addiction and Soundgarden (as well as their labelmates Swervedriver), San Diego band …
Band Profile – Crain
Tim Furnish Website – Crain Page Will Chatham’s Site – Crain Page Crain – Speed LP Although they never became as well-known as some of the other local bands (Slint, …
Band Profile – Geezer Lake
MySpace Page 1 part Jesus Lizard, 1 part Alice Donut, 1 part Black Sabbath, 1 part Charles Mingus, 1 part Black Flag, 1 part Butthole Surfers; add alcohol and LSD. …
Brothers Quay + His Name Is Alive
Starting from the late 70s, US-born / England based duo of identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay produced a whole number of stop-motion animations and their unique style, in turn, …
Label Profile – Chrome Peeler Records
MySpace Page Chrome Peeler is a relatively new label based in Butler, New Jersey. So far they produced two volumes an ongoing series of compilations called “You’ve Got Your Orders” …
No Wave by Thurston Moore / Byron Coley
By all accounts, New York in the late 70s-early 80s was probably one of the least safest places in the world for one to be in. Gang wars and general …