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As lead vocalist of the Bush Tetras, a seminal post-punk band in New York  City, Cynthia Sley produced some of the most distinctive aspects of the Tetras sounds. Sley&#8217;s vocals were half spoken, half sung and in songs like &#8220;Too Many Creeps&#8221; and &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Be Funky&#8221; she repeated simple phrases creating a hypnotic monotony similar to Pat Place&#8217;s guitar rhythms. &#8220;Too Many Creeps&#8221; was a mainstay of the infamous early &#8217;80s New York &#8220;No Wave&#8221; club scene.

Cynthia Sley

Music

Bush Tetras and Gang Gang Dance’s Old Neighborhoods Are Malls Now

Felix Walworth is a Brooklyn based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Their songwriting project, called Told Slant, has been described as &#8220;very sad&#8221; and &#8220;like church.&#8221;

Felix Walworth

Mutual Benefit and Felix Walworth (Florist) Feel Like Old Geezers

The composer/electronic musician/healer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s new album The Mosaic of Transformation on Ghostly International is the follow up to the critically acclaimed 2017 album The Kid.
For her, expressions found in the physical body&#8217;s relationship to sound and color became the foundational frequency of the new album. A bright, sensorial glide through unbound wave phenomena and the radiant power discovered within oneself, with a distinct healing quality to it that existed long before society’s recent shift. Katilyn continued to explore the endless possibilities of electronic instruments as well as the shapes, movements, and expressions found in the physical body&#8217;s relationship to sound and color. It is this life-guiding interest that forms the foundational frequencies of the new album.  While writing and recording, she embraced a daily practice of physical movement, passing electricity through her body and into motion, in ways reflecting her audio practice, which sends currents through modular synthesizers and into the air through speakers.
Not a dancer by any traditional definition, she taught herself improvisatory movement realizing flexibility, strength, and unexpectedly, what she calls “a visual language” stemming from the human body and comprised of vibrational shapes. Understood as cymatics, as she says, &#8220;as a reference for how frequencies can be visualized,&#8221; much like a mosaic.
(Photo Credit: Chantal Anderson)

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and East Forest Allow Themselves to Be Human

Hooveriii is a rock band from Los Angeles. Their latest record, Pointe, is out now via The Reverberation Appreciation Society.

Hooveriii

Hooveriii and Pachyman Are Ready For a Change

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Podcast

Sara Bareilles Talks with Rob Moose on the Talkhouse Podcast

Joanna Sternberg is an artist born and raised in New York City. Their latest record, I&#8217;ve Got Me, is out now on Fat Possum.

Joanna Sternberg

Joanna Sternberg Is Living the New York Dream

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

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.