Holly Miranda is New York-based, lives in Brooklyn, and has been singing for as long as she can remember. She first began playing in New York at age 16, when she dropped out of high school in Michigan, went to visit her sister in New York for a few weeks, and never turned back. She [...]

It’s a never ending battle. The battle between nature and technology. The void between mechanical and manual…digital versus analog. In an attempt to try to find a common ground, Hendrik Weber, a.k.a. Pantha du Prince, has released Black Noise. The Berlin- and Paris-based musician, producer, and visual artist has released this collection of 10 tracks [...]

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There’s a fine line between noise rock and ugly chaos. On one side of the spectrum you have music that is a fascinating experiment — bold and challenging, yet rewarding. On the other side you have something that sounds like the first band you formed in seventh grade — sloppy, noisy, and egotistical.

Fury Rising is the second full-length album from these hard rockers from Philadelphia. Playing off a sound that can only be described as a mix of James Hetfield-inspired vocals with Disturbed-like guitar breakdowns, Fury Rising’s 10 tracks play it safe for the most part. The album is well produced and the music is well played, [...]

Quasi was formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss. Their first album was self released in 1995, and they released three albums between 1997 and 1999 on Up Records. They moved to Touch & Go Records in 2001, and released three albums with them; additionally Touch & God reissued the [...]

DaVinci (aka J. DaVinci), a young MC raised in the Fillmore District, is preparing for his debut release on label SWTBRDS Creative Collective, The Day The Turf Stood Still. Rife with drugs, turf wars, and mass gentrification, the Fillmore District has bred more rappers per capita than any other district in San Francisco. His traumatic and dangerous experiences growing [...]