State of Crowding: Rome’s Crossover Metal Crew Turning Thrash Roots Into a New Kind of Noise
Every scene has bands that play it safe, and bands that refuse to. Rome’s State of Crowding firmly belong to the second group. Formed…
Artist Spotlights
Artist Spotlight: April Stace, the Harpist-Priest Turning Life’s Distances Into Music
Few artists can list “harpist” and “Episcopal priest” on the same résumé, and fewer still can add composer, author and theology professor to the…
NOLA BLACC Turns Pain Into Power on “Still Scarred”
Some records are made to fill a playlist. Others are made because the artist had no choice but to say what they’ve been carrying.…
Radiola Take Listeners Somewhere Uncertain, and Somewhere Beautiful, on Debut Album “Version of Life”
Some debut albums ease you in gently. Version of Life, the first full-length record from Radiola, does the opposite. It drops you onto unsteady…
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