Consequence of Sound: Forecastle Photo Essay

Consequence of Sound: Forecastle Photo Essay

Louisville’s biggest music festival was just a dream of founder JK McKnight over a decade ago in a small urban park. What started off in a backyard grew to a larger park, to an arts center, then finally blossomed into one of America’s best and well-liked music...
LEO Weekly’s WELP!: “Gourmet Man Food” at Louder Than Life

LEO Weekly’s WELP!: “Gourmet Man Food” at Louder Than Life

WELP! is a new digital exclusive rumination on local culinary explorations. Oh boy. Pun intended. When the inaugural Louder Than Life debuted last year — a celebration of loud music, bourbon, and “Gourmet Man Food” — the focal point of local public discourse very...
Altered Zones: Artist Profile on Bardo Pond

Altered Zones: Artist Profile on Bardo Pond

Bardo Pond makes it immediately clear – they are an uncompromising act. For over two decades, the Philadelphia collective has never succumb to trends or altered their sound to fit the times. Sure, some songs might imbue more free jazz structures or Baroque pop...

Altered Zones: Laurel Halo – Hour Logic

Perennial Altered Zones favorite Laurel Halo keeps her sonic portfolio thick while remaining wholly enigmatic, which is never an easy task. Her steady torrent of remixes, collaborations, and original material also never disappoints, and the latest 12″...
Altered Zones: Woodsman – Rare Forms

Altered Zones: Woodsman – Rare Forms

Earlier this year, Woodsman released Rare Forms, a full-length in which the band explored both the grimy industrial labyrinth of ’70s German experimentalism and the rustic, bucolic light flights that resemble sunshine-saturated psychedelia. During my interview...