Interview: Reduction Plan
Nikki Barnhart
October 10, 2017
Album cover by Alan Huck, photo by Dalton Patton. Reduction Plan is the passion project of Daniel Manning. Born out of a love affair with
Album cover by Alan Huck, photo by Dalton Patton. Reduction Plan is the passion project of Daniel Manning. Born out of a love affair with
Ice Balloons is on tour and phoning in their tour diaries! Check back for further installments, and stop by one of their last shows, see tour dates below. FRISCO
Kyle Duke and the Brown Bag Boys exists on a continuum between aquatic metaphors set to 60s inspired rock love songs and a cover of
Tunes to accompany crappy drip coffee or nighttime bike-rides over the wind tunnels of the Williamsburg Bridge. Here’s your musical companion for the early cuffing
Editor’s Note: After first coming across Luis Lucio‘s work on the people’s platform, Instagram, we got in touch with him in hopes of having him contribute and
Torres’ Three Futures, her third studio album, feels like the full-realization of an artist trying to chip away at her own sound and discover herself.
Photo credit: Ben Lieber (of Head North) What’s the first thing you think about when you hear the word, Buffalo? Wings, unbearably cold winters, or
Thank goddess for The Breeders. In a world full of mass shootings, earthquakes, and a president unable to respond appropriately to any of it, the Deal
Within the trudges of my gmail inbox—ghastly and full of incoherent nonsense and half baked song ideas, I took a few minutes to listen to
Photo by Spyros Rennt. Album art by Zak Keene. Night Helix has a new four track EP out—complex, moving and fundamentality escapist, Ben Ross took
Photo by Mikhail Bezruchko. Washington, D.C. is a bit of a mess, to be frank. It mostly reminiscent of a cheeto-powered man and a great deal
Review by Alberto Pazzi. I went to the first ever Native Sun show a few months ago at Berlin NYC. I got there a little late
Photos by Zooey Jolivet. Interview by Tamim Alnuweiri. Almost a year ago The Growler’s latest record City Club was officially released. On the day of their record
Photo by Renee Carey. The fatigue and loneliness brought on by the endless cycle of screen-staring and technology infatuation is not new fodder for our
In the midst of Alaksa’s “music hungry” indie scene lies post-punk group, The Modern Savage. Based in Anchorage, the quartet feeds off personal experiences to articulate
Photo by Cortney Armitage. There’s a lot of down time in the van on tour, enough that I’ve come up with this playlist using only artists
Ice Balloons is on tour and phoning in their tour diaries! Check back for further installments, and stop by a show, see tour dates below. Photo by Daggers
There is a certain morose euphoria that comes with a professional diagnosis, the thing hiding in the shadows is less frightening when you actually know what
When I received an email inviting me to “an immersive listening and visual experience” of the new Zola Jesus album Okovi called “Okovi: Surround –
Photos and interview by Stasia de Tilly. Shilpa Ray is an introvert expressing her inner weirdo through her theatrical performance. She is a self-proclaimed goth
Photo and review by Luis Lucio. Entering an afterparty in the deepest pit of the underground, you first notice everyone dancing their sweaty asses off
Everyone has that one music video that struck them in such a shocking, horrific way– for me, it was Interpol’s “Evil.” Something about the striking
Hearken is sure to shock you with their new remastered track “Sure Shock.” The Pittsburgh-based punk rock duo is dark yet energizing, with a melody
This is a playlist of seedy glamour, for the freaks who cobbled together what scraps they had and made something bold. It’s for the genius minx in
Set against a leafy rural backdrop, Triathalon musically deconstruct the feelings of lust and unrequited love in their new music video for “I Want It,” directed
Words by Jackie Green and Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw. Very rarely does an event fully live up to its projected hype. We get all
Review by Lallie Doyle. Alex Cameron has carved out a real niche for himself in the music industry– an addition I don’t think we knew
Things get mystical in HNRY FLWR’s new music video for “As Above, So Below.” Like a Miyazaki film, this video embraces nature and all its hidden
Like something out of a melancholic Arthur episode, New York based Poppies are back with their music video for the quaint, cheeky “Devin.” Off of
HMLTD, the socially adventures band that has caused some controversy over the way they reference queerness, are back with a new song. “Satan, Luella, and I” is
Autumn, the season of sweaters and cups of tea, approaches. Twee and Shoegaze, the genre that many accused The Pains of Being Pure of Heart
Grab your buds, a beer, and grill some burgers. Savor the summer while it lasts—we’ll be hit with full on foliage before we know it.