SKALAPALOOZA begins TONIGHT in Philly! DC and NYC on deck! Read these interviews!
After a LONG wait, SKALAPALOOZA begins this in at World Cafe in Philly. It hits the 9:30 Club in DC tomorrow, and then up to NYC to rock Gramercy Theater! Incredible lineup of talent, great people, and fun times!
Check out these interview with Coolie Ranx from Pilfers, Steve from The Pietasters, Ronnie from Spring Heeled Jack, and Brian from Edna’s Goldfish.
This is going to be so much fun!!! Come out if you are in the area, or take the weekend off and rage with us!
Interview with Jon Gallant from BILLY TALENT (@billytalentband); New album “Dead Silence” out NOW!
Let’s give some love to our friends from the north, ehh? I’ll be the first to admit that most of my personal musical experience is centralized in the United States, but our Canadian neighbors are certainly no slouches in the music department. If there is any justice in the world, Rush will be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Billy Talent will come pay us a visit soon.
A candid interview with OBERHOFER; Played Syracuse, NY with Matt and Kim
Brooklyn, NY noise-pop group Oberhofer is only 3 years old, but they’ve achieved a great deal of success to brag about in that short period of time. Signed to the (brilliantly run) Glassnote Records label, the indie-rock quintet has also had stints on White Iris Records, slots opening for Neon Indian and Sleigh Bells, has performed at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Late Night with David Letterman, and will be heading to Austin City Limits later this month. Ambitious much? Jeez!
Interview with Blake Harrison from PIG DESTROYER (@pigdestroyer); Playing CMJ 10/18
And now for one of the most intense bands I’ve ever encountered. I don’t know where some people get the ideas or ambition to write this stuff, but I’m sure glad bands like Pig Destroyer are out there. Tantamount to sonic genocide, this 4-piece Baltimore/DC based grindcore group is one of the spazziest, heaviest, and down right brutal bands on the extreme metal circuit today. Simply crushing.
Interview with John Wren from BOTTOMFEEDER; Played @ectsunami Fest
As a 4-year old child with a terrible babysitter, nothing traumatized me more than watching an arrowhead pierce and carve out the neck of Kevin Bacon in the first Friday The 13th. I swear I was afraid of the dark until I was 15 or so, but hey… We all have our qualms. Odd as it may seem, I’ll always have a sentimental weakness for hockey mask clad psychos with homicidal tendencies, at least in movies. So, when I saw Bottomfeeder’s demo 7” at East Coast Tsunami, sporting the classic era yet personalized movie cover, I could not resist.
