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March 2018

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Ben Miotke, Brandon Lattimore, Dan McCoy, Emily Elhaj, Jamilla Webb, Maeve Holler, Robert Landry, Terra Durio, William Archambeault

February 2018

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Ben Miotke, Dan McCoy, Maeve Holler, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry

January 2018

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ALVVAYS ANTISOCIALITES (POLYVINYL) I’ve heard plenty of disappointment about Alvvays’ 2015 Gasa Gasa appearance, yet I only became aware of the band for how many copies of...

Ben Miotke, Maeve Holler, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry, William Archambeault

December 2017

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BATHS ROMAPLASM (ANTICON) It has been four long years since Baths (a.k.a. Will Wiesenfeld) released the haunting record Obsidian. As a longtime fan, I never thought he could top...

Ben Miotke, Bill Heintz, Dan Fox, Kevin Barrios, Maeve Holler, Raphael Helfand, Tera Durrio

November 2017

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ARIEL PINK DEDICATED TO BOBBY JAMESON (MEXICAN SUMMER) Indie pop’s most mysterious shut-in has done it again. Chillwave progenitor and asshole interviewee Ariel Rosenberg (Ariel...

Beau Patrick Coulon, Ben Miotke, Dan Fox, Maeve Holler, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry

October 2017

MICRO WAVES: RECAPS FROM ANTIGRAVITY RADIO

For the September 6th episode of ANTIGRAVITY RADIO (hosted by Ben Miotke and Brandon Lattimore), we were pleased to feature Sarah Mason, member of local band Black Abba and...

Ben Miotke, Brandon Lattimore

October 2017

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BLOODSICK S/T (C RAGE!) Having reemerged from their Ohioan tomb, Bloodsick now calls New Orleans its home base. Clevelanders, Nunslaughter, and local blasphemers Witch...

Ben Miotke, Dan McCoy, Emily Elhaj, Robert Landry, Terra Durio, William Archambeault

September 2017

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BÊNNÍ I&II (GONER) Self-described as a purveyor of “Hi-NRG new age” music from “an H Class planet far across the cosmic highways,” it wouldn’t be a stretch to...

Alex Taylor, Ben Miotke, Corey Cruse, Dan McCoy, Edward Pellegrini, Jenn Attaway, Morgan Lawrence, Travis Bird, William Archambeault

August 2017

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AR-15 DOGS OF WAR (C RAGE!) Whiskey-swilling, shirtless, and full of banter during their live shows, this trio’s latest cassette, Dogs of War, recalls influential ‘80s/ early...

Alex Taylor, Ben Miotke, Dan McCoy, Emily Elhaj, Leigh Checkman, Maeve Holler, Robert Landry, Travis Bird

July 2017

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ARCADEA SELF-TITLED (RELAPSE) Maybe I’m just a perfect portrait of “hipster metal,” but I’ve never been impressed by Mastodon. It follows, then, that Mastodon drummer...

Beau Patrick Coulon, Ben Miotke, Emily Elhaj, Jared Landry, Morgan Lawrence, William Archambeault

June 2017

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COMO MAMAS MOVE UPSTAIRS (DAPTONE) The gospel music tradition lives on in many churches across the country, and one of the better examples of that tradition lies in the powerful...

Ben Miotke, Brandon Lattimore, Dan McCoy, Leigh Checkman, Nora Maria Fuller, Travis Bird

May 2017

“CLEARLY WE WANT TO HANG OUT” PILE, GNARWHAL, POPE & TREADLES LIVE ON 4/20 AT GASA GASA

Pile was, for me, just a cool band getting some then-weirdly diverse veneration until I saw them for the first time at the now-closed Spitfire in 2015. They started as I shyly...

Ben Miotke