Articles by Chris Bilton
San Angelus
Soon We’ll All Be Ghosts
PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2014
The list of bands associated with members of California-based quartet San Angelus (Pelican, Æges, Tusk, Dust Moth, to name a few) reads lik...
Holy Sons
The Fact Facer
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2014
With a cult status that's grown incrementally over the past decade, Portland-based Holy Sons have all the potential to spill over into the...
Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa
Savage Imagination
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2014
When Japanese artist Takako Minekawa stopped making music just after the turn of the century, a significant flicker of weirdness went out o...
Sinoia Caves
Beyond the Black Rainbow OST
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2014
The eerie synth sounds that often permeate Black Mountain's music — courtesy of keyboardist Jeremy Schmidt — add a kaleidoscopi...
Dan Boeckner Opens Up About the Origins of Operators and the Road to 'EP1'
PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2014
This month, as a surprise gift to mid-summer playlists everywhere, Operators released their debut EP through Last Gang Records. Much like t...
Skeleton Key
Obtanium
PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2014
Skeleton Key's sophomore album, Obtanium, was first issued in 2002 on Faith No More/Mr. Bungle mastermind Mike Patton's Ipecac label —...
Operators
EP1
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2014
Dan Boeckner's decision to debut his new band through a series of shows, rather than a downloadable mixtape or a YouTube single or anything...
Adult Jazz
Gist Is
PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2014
As a band name, Adult Jazz is a pretty solid choice, and one that hints at the many contradictions twisted up in the music of this Leeds-ba...
