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Supported by electronic and rock staples including deadmau5, Bring Me The Horizon, Senses Fail, Svdden Death, Kill The Noise, Of Mice &amp; Men, and more, HVDES brings a blackhearted yet thrilling aura to the next generation of electronic and rock music. With deep roots in her local alternative and punk scenes, HVDES possesses a versatile grasp of music across the spectrum, beginning with her earliest talents as a classical pianist. Armed with her influences in the rock scene and a laptop, HVDES found her sound by expressing her authentic self — turning the darkest corners of her life into music. She offers a strikingly sinister sound that resonates on the dance floor and in the mosh pit. Much like the ruler of the underworld, the sheer intensity of HVDES’ trademark sound represents her fierce persona.
There’s a reason HVDES has released on labels such as Kannibalen, Bloodhoney, Monstercat, and more; she’s carved out a lane for herself and herself alone with her own gritty, raw, and signature style. In 2019, HVDES unleashed her Stand Alone Complex EP, embarked on her first international tour across China and has since toured across the U.S. In 2020, she released her pivotal song &#8220;Fallout&#8221; and in 2022, co-produced and co-wrote the major re-imagination by Bring Me The Horizon &amp; Masked Wolf.
For the misfits and the misunderstood, HVDES delivers both a comforting and cutting-edge perspective on the dark side of life. Creating beauty where there’s pain, HVDES cuts deep in all the right places.

HVDES

Music

HVDES and Darcy Michero (End Overdose) Think PLUR Should Include Harm Reduction

The Kills are the English-American rock duo of Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart. Their latest record, God Games, is out now.
(Photo Credit: Myles Hendrik)

The Kills

The Kills and Bob Gruen Heart NY

Announcing: the Talkhouse Reader

Mac McCaughan is a co-founder of Merge Records and the singer and guitarist of Superchunk.

Mac McCaughan

Superchunk and Cable Ties Keep It Moving

Tyler Pope’s latest EP is an absolute belter, and the primary concern these four tracks are asking of you is right up front: Pay Attention to the Bass. And, honestly, with a sense low-end like what’s on display here, how could you not? This new release from Pope — a dance veteran who’s also known as a full-time member of LCD Soundsystem as well as a collaborator with artists like Hercules &amp; Love Affair and Pantha Du Prince — arrives on his always eclectic Interference Pattern label, an imprint that has previously spanned left-field electronic sounds, noise rock, and avant-R&amp;B. As such, Pay Attention to the Bass is anything but straightforward, with ricocheting rhythms and alluring textures that are as easy to get lost in as they are to move your body to.

Tyler Pope

Introducing: Tyler Pope’s “Why Must I”

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Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast

Emily Haines (Metric) Talks with Olivier Assayas on the Talkhouse Podcast

Video Age is a rock band from New Orleans. Their latest record, Away From the Castle, is out October 27, 2023 on Winspear.

Video Age

TOPS Ask Video Age Some Hard-Hitting Questions

Jesse Locke is a writer and musician based in Vancouver. He is the co-founder of the record label <a href="https://wearetime.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We Are Time</a> with NYC post-punk pre-teen <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/13/chandra-oppenheim-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chandra Oppenheim</a>, and the author of <a href="https://eternalcavalierpress.square.site/product/heavy-metalloid-music-the-story-of-simply-saucer/8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heavy Metalloid Music</a>, the biography of 1970s psych/proto-punk band Simply Saucer, published by Eternal Cavalier Press. Jesse currently writes for outlets including Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily, and CBC Music, and plays drums for bands such as Tough Age, Big Rig, and CHANDRA. Follow him on social media at <a href="https://twitter.com/wipeoutbeat">@wipeoutbeat</a>.

Jesse Locke

CBGB is the Most Cringe-Inducing Musical Biopic

The Serfs are a deliberately nebulous and incidentally industrialist gang of dance-floor hymners — perturbed and tranced-out troubadours whose sound and musical ideology seems to be a causal manifestation of their immediate environments. Like their Ohio predecessors, The Serfs seem askew from the art that surrounds them, and proud of it.
Their latest record, Half Eaten By Dogs, is out October 27, 2023 on Trouble in Mind.
(Photo Credit: Liese Stiebritz)

The Serfs

Sophie Thatcher and The Serfs Are Evolving

Adam Schatz has recently released the improvised album Civil Engineering Vol. 1 and the Landlady album Make Up / Lost Time. See him on tour this summer, tickets and info at <a href="http://linktr.ee/landladyland" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://linktr.ee/landladyland&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780425624327000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vXy-qQUGj-lKK5bDfgzP-">linktr.ee/landladyland</a>.
(Photo Credit: Sasha Arutyunova.)

Adam Schatz

How Live Nation Will Get By Without Merch Cuts

Vagaries are an indie rock band based in Brooklyn. You can find them on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4taCAwkGnE54cWHZVmSVlg?si=50X_4GTWRRKTW13je66wig&amp;nd=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vagariesband/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>.

Vagaries

Introducing: Vagaries’ “Open Waves”

Marisa Dabice is the frontwoman of the Philadelphia-based punk band Mannequin Pussy. The band&#8217;s third full-length, Patience, was released in 2019 via Epitaph Records.
(Photo Credit: Marcus Maddox)