Articles by Spencer Nafekh-Blanchette
The Districts
You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2020
When asked to speak on the upcoming release from the Districts, bandleader Rob Grote described You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere as "a plea t...
The Garden
Kiss My Super Bowl Ring
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2020
Some might roll with the descriptor "art punks" when referring to Wyatt and Fletcher Shears, the unpredictable duo behind the Garden, but t...
Sightless Pit
Grave of a Dog
PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2020
Being in an experimental hardcore band must create an unrelenting desire to imagine all kinds of vicious creatures and unleash them into th...
Sløtface
Sorry for the Late Reply
PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2020
For months, Stavanger's very own Sløtface toured across the correctional centres of Norway as part of a nationwide arts initiative. Apart f...
Poliça
When We Stay Alive
PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2020
"Laying in bed, as I healed from a ten-foot fall of carelessness with my life, I would dream of running in green grass and tears would pour...
SQÜRL
Some Music for Robby Müller
PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2020
Known for his artistic manipulation of natural light and beautiful minimalist imagery, iconic Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller made a rea...
ShitKid
Duo Limbo/"Mellan himmel å helvete"
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2020
Last spring, Åsa Söderqvist and Lina Molarin Ericsson of ShitKid voyaged from their homeland of Stockholm, Sweden to perform at the SXSW fe...
Upset
Upset
PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2019
This might sound odd, but in many ways Upset is a very systematic ensemble. For one, the band like to work in multiples of two — their debu...