Category: Music
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Catching Up with Bad Static at Arlene’s Grocery
In less than a year, the Brooklyn-based riot grrrl quartet Bad Static has rapidly captured the attention of the local scene with their abrasively acidic thrashers inspired by horror films and biting she-punk legends like the Runaways and the Anemic Boyfriends. In less than ten months, the band has already received thousands of streams and even…
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The Inflorescence Navigate Growing Pains on Debut LP ‘Remember What I Look Like’
Helmed by Tuesday Denekas (guitar/vocals), Milla Merlini (drums), Sasha A’Hearn (bass), and Charlee Berlin (guitar/vocals) San Diego indie pop quartet The Inflorescence are bringing an inimitable blend of pop punk-infused riot grrrl anthems to angsty Gen Z-ers around the world with their debut LP Remember What I Look Like, out today on the legendary pacific…
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Discussing the Art of Not Giving a F-ck with Jessica Louise Dye (High Waisted, Hello Lightfoot)
High Waisted is the band that everybody wants at their party. Based on their beachy psychedelic sound, one might assume that the indie surf quartet are from California, but they’re actually based in New York. Their 2016 debut album, On Ludlow, is chock full of dancey love letters to the Big Apple’s gritty Lower East…
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Vicarious Euphoria: Ranking Favorites from the ‘Heartstopper’ Soundtrack for Pride Month
“I loved seeing these queer teens live out their love stories on screen. But at the same time, I also felt so sad that I never got to do the same. That time in my life is gone. *POOF.* It’s disappeared, it’s over, and I’ll never get it back. So it also makes me deeply…
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Jess Jessica Steps into a Paradise of Her Own Making with ‘Streaming Music’
Hailing from Colorado and the Sunshine State, hyperpop/house virtuoso Jess Jessica has been weaving together unique sonic textures from a very early age. Jessica picked up a pair of drumsticks and began experimenting with Ableton on the family computer at the age of ten, her early influences ranging from classic rock to metal, 70s funk,…
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War Honey Steps Outside with ‘Last Woman Left at the Market’
After their first streak of live gigs got stalled by the global 2020 shutdown, Brooklyn-based indie outfit War Honey decided to get creative. Refusing to let the dissolution of their original rhythm section deter them from making a record, band leaders Gabrielle Dana (vocals) and Ben Fitts (lead guitar) worked on more material and recorded…
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Dropper: Screaming Internally with a Smile Upon Your Face
Brooklyn indie rock stalwart Andrea Scanniello has experienced all sides of the Big Apple’s gritty underbelly. After nearly a decade of working in the service industry and participating in the local Brooklyn DIY scene as a multi-instrumentalist in bands like Russian Baths, TVOD, and High Waisted, Scanniello began journaling about her many grievances with adult…
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Prismia: Embracing Rebirth on ‘Amongst the Emerald Mind’
Anna Mariko Seymour of Seattle-based rock outfits The Morning After and Destination Unknown is a multi-hyphenate — producer, vocalist, Berklee graduate, drummer. Now she can add solo act to that list as she enters the newest phase of her career under the moniker Prismia, making ethereal synthrock paeans — think Lykke Li and Santigold with…
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Cherry Pit Excises Paranoia on Debut EP ‘What a Pity’
Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Natalie Comer — formerly known as Lydia Hearst from the experimental noise rock duo MORE GIRL — is making her solo debut under the moniker Cherry Pit. In true DIY fashion, Cherry Pit’s debut EP What a Pity was recorded in Comer’s bedroom. Partially inspired by their love of horror-based media…
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Riot Antigone Transforms a Maligned Heroine into a Symbol of Feminist Reclamation
When writer/director Seonjae Kim originally conceived an off-off broadway play and rock concert based on the Sophocles greek tragedy Antigone, it was always the plan to make the titular character and her greek chorus into a riot grrrl band. But Kim never could have predicted how popular and in-demand the production would become within New…