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by Ari Roth Spider Rockets have been around for quite some time now – they trace their origins back 16 years to 1998, when they originally formed as a duo – but they are finally beginning to break through on a wider level than ever before. With the release of their Read More

by Jane Roser Singer/songwriter Laura Reed’s musical background is eclectic and adventurous. Hailing from South Africa, Reed spent her childhood surrounded by the influences of African music, as well as her parent’s love of Motown. Though all of that influenced the Read More

by Mely Duong Wildcat! Wildcat! was a spur of the moment idea amongst friends two years ago with Jesse Carmichael on drums, Michael Wilson on keys, and Jesse Taylor on bass, with all of them singing. The name of the band was also a spur of the moment title that stuck. “Our Read More

by Erinn Fortson In the last 30 years, Speed the Plough has undergone several transformations. John Baumgartner has been there since the start. He and wife Toni formed the band back in 1984, watching several band mates come and go during the group’s three-decade stint. More Read More

by Michele Zipkin You never know when a new song might arise from an attempt to revisit an old one, but for Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp of the Rosebuds, that is exactly what sparked their latest record, Sand + Silence. This marks the sixth full-length from the North Carolinian Read More

by Holli Stephens At 11, Noel Heroux could loop his guitar riffs and vocal recordings without even realizing what looping was. He would record parts on various boomboxes and sing over them for days on end. Heroux laughs before saying, “I was always kinda messing with stuff.” Read More