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Scarlet Season: History of Violence

“Pop needn’t be fluffy, and can be catchy without being insipid. That’s the mantra of Scarlet Season. The new project from Seattle artist Aileen Paron takes a songcentric pop-rock approach and infuses it with a dark, cinematic, neo-synth edge and…

Love the Bomb: Potential

“Half-android, Ahye hides the formula for love in her still-human heart (the Oculons seek to destroy this, in order to extinguish life on earth forever!) Captain Braxton, her lost love, has been on another planet fighting the Oculons. Returning to…

Tidelands: Holy Grail

Tidelands is the duo of San Francisco’s Gabriel Montana Leis (Guitar, Flugelhorn, Vocals) and Mie Araki (Drums, Keyboards, Vocals). Sharp, poignant, poetic lyrics are uniquely arranged with looped guitars, Moog bass and beautiful harmonies on the duo’s debut album, If…,…

EDM: Stereo/Video

EDM [formerly called Early Day Miners] started as a musical-cooperative based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group formed when Daniel Burton and Rory Leitch (both of Ativin) began playing on front porches and basements with their mutual friend Joe Brumley. Early…

Sentinel: Dark End

We sometimes describe often featured bands as “Network Favourites”, but to use that term for Oakland’s Sentinel is an understatement. Sentinel could justifiably be described as an Insomnia Radio House Band. Dark End, their latest single, is their sixth appearance…