Kurt Orzeck

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Kurt Orzeck

GrailsMiracle MusicTEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTDDrummer Emil Amos is best known for his membership in doom-metal/psych-rock/ambient anomalies Om. Grails—which he jelled four years before Om began, and nearly a decade before he joined that outfit—is even more out-there, and a fully instrumental ensemble, to boot. After a six-year spell in which Grails didn’t release a full-length, the gang got back together for 2023’s Anches En Maat.

2 weeks ago | newnoisemagazine.com | Kurt Orzeck

Everyone needs a break from the work they put the most amount of their time into. Buick Audra, a Nashville-based artist who is one-half of post-metal doomsters Friendship Commanders, is no exception. The band hit the ground running—or, rather, trodding (they have vibrant doom tendencies, after all)—with their February 2016 debut, Dave. Since then, they’ve put out a release of some variety, on average, once a year.

3 weeks ago | newnoisemagazine.com | Kurt Orzeck

Few bands capture New Noise‘s punk-rock spirit than The Ataris, who are now in their 31st year (gulp!). Like every punk band, it’s not easy to last that long as a punk band. Musicians of that hyperactive persuasion are often more devoted to creating loud, catchy songs than taking care of their own health. But Ataris’ frontman, Kristopher Roe, has a secret to keeping himself happy, healthy, and sane.

3 weeks ago | newnoisemagazine.com | Kurt Orzeck

“BIRDIE SMASHES ANY FEARS OF CATS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THEM. I DIDN’T KNOW A CAT COULD BE SO LOVING AND BUBBLY.'” -MICHAEL YOUNKER—Power-punk musician Michael Younker, who became a solo artist less than two years ago after tenure in various bands, is one cool cat. So it’s only fitting that the Brooklynite adopted a cool cat less than three years ago. Younker’s affection and connection with Birdie is air-tight, as the two share a 700-foot flat and rarely leave each other’s sight.

3 weeks ago | newnoisemagazine.com | Kurt Orzeck

“To me, nothing is too strange to be totally universal. Nothing is actually experimental.”-Leya’s Adam Markiewicz—On a weekday afternoon two weeks ago, Leya—the Brooklyn duo of harpist Marilu Donovan and vocalist/violinist Adam Markiewicz—are groggily driving from Arcata, California, to Portland, Oregon. The sensation is familiar to the pair, who formed their anomalous music project more than seven years ago and have remained steadfastly committed to touring incessantly ever since.