#artist profile

INTERVIEWSpowder Summons the Spirit of Rock with Health Palm

Health Palm on Vinyl, released by State Champion Records Like many a band to come out of New Jersey's unofficial rock capital, New Brunswick swamp rockers Spowder have a wild and passionate energy and melodies that appeal to punkish tendencies. They display a chaotic authenticity in their live...

Elizabeth Wakefield

ARTIST PROFILE and LIVE REVIEWJared and The Mill

As I stood in the back of the packed venue I could feel the anticipation of the audience. Most of spectators did not know there was an opening act, and that they were about to be blown away. I myself was also unaware. Jared and The Mill was one of the best surprises I’ve had all year. By pure...

Adria Kelly

LIVE REVIEW + ARTIST PROFILECheer Up Club

I wasn’t sure what to expect as I drove to a random address in North Hollywood two weeks ago. I had been invited to witness the birth of a band, but I didn’t know the genre or the members. I wandered to the back of a lockout that was stacked to the ceiling with amps, instruments and boxes packed...

Adria Kelly

ARTIST PROFILEØystein Braut of Electric Eye

Electric Eye's debut collection Pick-up, Lift-off, Space, Time came out last spring, but three of the group's four members have been playing together for a decade and a half, since they were in high school in a small city on the west coast of Norway. Even then, guitarist and vocalist Øystein Braut...

Carena Liptak