Tag: rock
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Owl Guitarist Jason Mezilis Talks About New Album Thing’s You Can’t See
Written by Joe Kralovich (@KralTunes) “Sometimes, I’m a pretty lucky dude.” Music virtuoso Jason Achilles Mezilis has every right to consider himself lucky, ‘fore over the span of his decade plus career, not only has he played with some of the greatest musicians of the modern era, but he has also run and operated his own boutique analog recording […]
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Artist Spotlight: The Skulx
Written for Tonight At Dawn by @KralTunes Typically, A seven second video of wailing guitar, pounding drums, and an ear-piercing scream is not worth getting too excited about. However, when those seven seconds are the world’s introduction to the Foxy Shazam/Cadaver Dogs collaboration known as The Skulx, even this minimalist offering is enough to make fans of their respective […]
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Artist Spotlight: Fantastic Negrito
Interview written and conducted for Tonight At Dawn by @KralTunes “No one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint, none but persons of the greatest good fortune.” (Quar’an, 41:35) Xavier Dphrepaulezz, (pronounced dee-FREP-ah-lez) finally earned his good fortune as Fantastic Negrito. And he earned it by exercising a great […]
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Artist Spotlight: The Gotobeds
@KralTunes Naming your band after a member of the influential English rock band Wire, AND releasing your album on a label named after a song by said English band, can be seen as either unshakeable dedication or grounds for a restraining order. Fortunately for Pittsburgh post punkers The Gotobeds, option A is the more likely choice. Comprising of former […]
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Artist Spotlight: Audios Amigos
Interview conducted by @KralTunes A band that blends instrumental surf, country, latin, soundtrack and garage music (all while wearing mariachi-inspired attire, no less) can be a tough sell for us rock and roll-leaning individuals, but when that band is AUDIOS AMIGOS, consider this guy sold. Having released several E.P.s of original material mixed with faithfully covered […]
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Monocle Stache
@KralTunes Colorado, home of Red Rocks, legal weed, and one time Sex Change Capital of the World, Trinidad, Colorado (look it up), can now proudly claim ‘mutant blues’ rockers MONOCLE STACHE. The rock newcomers blend retro bluesy rock with the heaviness of stoner rock (fitting for Colorado natives), resulting in their impressive debut E.P., Prairie Fire. I […]
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ALABAMA SHAKES: SOUND AND COLOR
@KralTunes Let the revival rage on! ALABAMA SHAKES’ newest album, Sound And Color, expands on the 60’s/70’s soul/rock hybrid of their debut album and brings plenty of da funk (but not too much funk…excess funk can lead to all kinds of trouble). To keep things fresh, Alabama Shakes introduce several new wrinkles into the mix. Sound and Color starts with a […]