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Helen Kelter Skelter explore dense psych-rock calamity on “Sceptre” [BPM Premiere]

Oklahoma’s psych mantle bearers Helen Kelter Skelter have always kept their heads down and let their music speak...

Joshua Pickard·April 21, 2023

There is a long and misleading mythology that perpetuates the “rock star lifestyle” trope. Drugs, sex, and distorted...

Joshua Pickard·April 6, 2023

With a tenure of just a few years, North Carolina’s Whoop has already evolved from a band running...

Joshua Pickard·March 30, 2023

When the pandemic first hit back in 2020, there was a noted collapse of artistic scenes across the...

Joshua Pickard·March 22, 2023

It’s been a few years since songwriter-producer Raia Was released her debut album, Angel I’m Frightened, back in...

Joshua Pickard·March 8, 2023

Led by post-punk and sci-fi alt-rock alchemist Jalal Andre, gloryBots exists at a crossroads of darkened rhythmic impulses...

Joshua Pickard·March 2, 2023

Change has always been a big part of Alaskan musician Paul Jacks’ work, the act of transitioning from...

Joshua Pickard·February 10, 2023

Recording under the moniker of Boothe since 2019, New York musician and sound artist Boothe Carlson creates music...

Joshua Pickard·February 2, 2023

When singer-songwriter and producer Vanessa Silberman and musician-actor Ryan Carnes first launched Lovecolor in November of last year...

Joshua Pickard·January 26, 2023

From the moment she first started playing piano, when she was roughly 5 years old, Texas musician Amber...