The Black Watch's Twenty-Fifth Album Asks the World of You
John Andrew Fredrick discusses The Black Watch's album 'For All The World,' how broken bones shaped his solitude, and why making demands of listeners remains essential to meaningful art.
Indie Rock
The Waterboys Channel America's Unruly Soul
Mike Scott's four-year obsession with Dennis Hopper has yielded a sprawling 25-track concept album that mirrors the actor's extraordinary life while chronicling America's countercultural transformations.
Scott Metzger Gets in the Telepathic Groove with LaMP
From his life-changing encounter with the Ramones to creating accessible instrumental music with longtime collaborators Ray Paczkowski and Russ Lawton, Metzger discusses how their new album 'One of Us' channels the raw, intuitive energy of three musicians.
Tell Us Today — Steven Hall Remembers Arthur Russell
"The studio was like heaven for us." Decades after their collaboration, Steven Hall offers rare insights into Arthur Russell's creative process, his ban on vibrato, and their search for musical purity.
Making the Steamship Move — mssv's Perpetual Motion Machine
Mike Baggetta's power trio mssv has perfected a unique creative process, road-testing new material across dozens of consecutive shows before capturing it on their latest album, 'On and On.' The result is a musical trip that thrives on combustion, energy, and pressure.
Rhode Island's Paper Jays Build a Nest of Sound
The ESP-Disk debut from Paper Jays emerged from an unlikely trinity of influences: Providence's experimental legacy, international folk traditions, and a steady guitar drone that pulses beneath every track.
Chicago’s Spun Out Dream in Full Color
Built on Mikey Wells's hook-laden songwriting and propelled by dual synthesizers, Spun Out's 'Dream Noise' pushes past the boundaries of conventional indie rock through a mix of punk attitude and electronic ambition.