Duncan Barlow’s music career has always been driven by raw emotional expression and intense passion. His work with Louisville hardcore pioneers Endpoint exists as a cultural touchstone for Midwestern hardcore, and helped place progressive politics and allyship in the Kentuckian punk conversation. READ MORE…
Deep Gold’s is an instantly identifiable voice. The Maine-based folk singer-songwriter is a dark and sultry crooner, quietly grinding the vocal gears à la Leonard Cohen on “Everybody Knows” or Bob Dylan circa Time Out of Mind. There’s a gravelly, slow-burning richness to his delivery that can mesmerize with a howl or a whisper, not to mention a subtle, fatalistic wisdom well beyond the enigmatic twentysomething’s years. READ MORE…
SP’s are a rollicking, eccentric garage-rock outfit with a decidedly snotty Left-wing slant. And with their debut EP Rise/Fall, which comes out April 5th on Baby Robot Records, they aim their sonic battering ram straight for the Halls of Power.
From its breakneck opening snare roll, SP’s EP is a lit fuse that ends up as a cannon ball-blast from the bow of a battleship fighting against the reckless and dangerous issues of our times. Engaging in manic diatribes, the band’s caustic songs decry nationalism, the ruling class, toxic masculinity, gun violence, propaganda, revolution, and divide-and-conquer politics. READ MORE…