Chicago band Ably House aren’t afraid of the dark. They take their name from a Galena, Illinois haunted house, the site of numerous suspicious deaths ending in the grisly 1877 murder of Swiss farmer Jacob Ably at the hands of his own son. Local legend has it that the stairs where Ably slowly met his bloody end from his bullet wounds had to be painted red to hide their sinister stains. His son — who some believe was avenging his mother’s death, officially labeled a suicide – received a life sentence, and when he died in his cell nine years later, his obituary called it “the last chapter of a…
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SYNTHESIS vs SYNTHESISERS: KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD AND THE ROCK CRITIC’S FEAR OF ALLITERATION
A synesthete’s review of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s new record might talk about a spinning technicolour blur occasionally coalescing into jagged sunbursts of purple, crimson and acid green. That’s if they didn’t balk at the hint of ripe cheddar from the Australian psyche overlords’ cheerfully unpretentious name. But after some 17 albums and more than a decade almost constantly on the road selling millions of copies to a legion of obsessive fans; it’d take more than a neurological disorder and an aversion to clichéd literary devices to dim LW’s coruscating brilliance. It’s internal rhyme anyway. LW is the companion set to last year’s KG and the albums were…
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Caravan 222 Eclectic Bay Area Cosmic Folk Rock Collective
Caravan 222 has taken traditional Appalachian alt-country sound influenced by Bob Dylan and traveled miles into new territory, creating music that is wholly unique and captivating. Their charm, strong songwriting and lyrical wit are enhanced with innovative instrumentation and a willingness to move outside traditional norms.
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Dark Mysticism Meets Spiritual Folk: The Haunting Beauty of Samantha Stella and Nero Kane’s newest album Tales of Faith and Lunacy
Samantha Stella and Nero Kane have released their newest joint-album Tales of Faith and Lunacy.
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PREMIERE – POW LS1: Paulis Eye & The Universe, September 11, 2020
POW PRESENTS: POW MAGAZINE LIVE STREAM 1 Featuring Paulis Eye , September 11, 2020