The Rebel is 37-year-old Scottish legend Tony Pearson a.k.a. B.R. Wallers, ex-front man of Country Teasers. He just released a crappy lofi but super catchy four song 7” on the pretty new Brussels based Lexi Disques label... feature :: by Joeri Bruyninckx

BONG are a Newcastle upon Tyne guitar, drum, bass/vocals and sitar fuelled quartet that are currently on a roll, a heavy Doom Drone styled landslide that’s picking up pace as it goes. Forming back in 2005 all that weed seems to be finally coming to fruition instead of taking its toll, and its 2009 that looks likely to see them stepping out of the all-nighter fug into daylight. Guitarist Mike Vest took a few moments away from the smoke to answer some questions... feature :: by Scott McKeating

Summer is pretty much full-fledged ON at this point, so that means lots of cold beers, lots of days hunkered down in the Digitalis CAVE, and lots of time for the blasting of new and old tunes alike. Anyway, first time writing any shit since we did our little mini-tour, which was an absolute blast. All the shows ruled, meeting tons of people was great... seriously. If you are in a band and ever on tour, playing Chicago - I highly recommend hitting up WNUR and trying to play live on air there. It was awesome and we came away with an incredible recording. .. feature :: by Brad Rose

Last year's Spleencoffin compilation "Ladyz in Noyz" really blew my mind. I knew there were a lot of talented female musicians but to have them all collected in one place was just awesome, and the person we have to thank for that is Marlo Eggplant. It should come as no surprise that Marlo would be the brains behind "Ladyz in Noyz", given her propensity for transforming anything and everything into musical instruments. Between running her new distro, Corpus Callosum, and attending grad school, I managed to ask her a few questions... feature :: by Eden Hemming Rose

“Floating Mindphaser” Mark McGuire is a solo ambient/noise artist from Cleveland, OH and more widely known as one thirds of Emeralds. I was able to catch a slice of Mark’s very precious time to ask him a few questions about his past, present and future... feature :: by Peter Taylor

Kill Shaman was a label that, for the longest time, I swore was based out of Kansas City. No, I'm not nuts (well, that's probably debatable, but...). Thing is, I always associated Kill Shaman and the always epic, always awesome Expo 70, one of the best KC exports of the past decade. So that's forgiveable. But the thing is that while they have certainly cranked out a number of very, very good Expo 70 releases, the rest of their catalog is pretty fucking incredible too. Recent bombs from The Oh Sees, Night Control, Crime in Choir, & Nerve City (how can you NOT love an album called "I FUCKED DEATH"?). Basically it's another great label cranking out killer releases that we all wished we own. Kill Shaman forever, then... label-spotlight :: by Brad Rose

If you haven’t seen or heard Ettrick’s brand of face melting, physically exhausting, and thoroughly engaging brand of improvisation I have two words for you: Get Knowledge. I had the chance recently to ask Jacob Felix Heule a few questions regarding this project as well as some of his more recent releases. Read on to hear my casual impressions debunked and his true intentions explained... feature :: by Kevin Richards

After surviving an insane toll booth and a disgusting gas station bathroom on the edge of Chicago, Brad Rose, Nathan Young and I arrived at Mike Weis' (Zelienople) house. The first thing we noticed was the garden; it dominated the front yard, which stretched longer than any of the other front yards on the street, and showed the tender workings of its owners in the careful selection and perfect clustering of the plants. It was so inviting, when Mike's wife Michelle suggested that we help her weed, I almost agreed to. But we were hungry, and had a radio station to get to... feature :: by Eden Hemming Rose

Sacred Bones is a young label, a label which through a choice few records has blossomed into a force to be reckoned with. 2009 sees a series of absolutely crucial blasts from the label, which will establish them as an outlet on par with underground post punk giants including Siltbreeze and Not Not Fun. Originally meant as a reissue label, SB soon took a sidestep and released new music by artists personally associated with label boss Caleb Braaten. This evolved as artists from varying abodes joined the roster. The current line up has seen incredible records and singles from Zola Jesus, Max Elliot, Blank Dogs and Gary War. Many of these outfits live in collective harmony, lending their talents to each others works and forging a movement of exciting referential pop-focussed music. .. feature :: by Peter Taylor

“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.” John F. Kennedy

Guitarist Peter Walker came up in the Cambridge MA and Greenwich Village folk scenes of the Sixties. He recorded two albums for the Vanguard label in the late Sixties in a style best described as American folk-raga. He studied with Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, and was Dr. Timothy Leary's musical director, organizing music for the LSD advocate's "celebrations". A new collection entitled “Long Lost Tapes 1970” is now available from Tompkins Square. .. feature :: by Peter Taylor