Author: Ivan

As always, our focus here hasn’t always been on recording artists or specific album reviews (although we love to do those too). Sometimes, it is just nice to chat with…

Over the last few weeks we’ve been listening to Melbourne’s Arcane Trickster, a project by Damiano Verna, John Crombie and Chris Innes, which crosses numerous genre boundaries, and always offers…

One of the highlights of last year for me personally, was being invited into one of the most friendly and supportive music groups I’ve ever witnessed on Facebook. The Avant-garde…

Throughout 2021 we were blessed to discover so many wonderful musicians, promoters, music-lovers and communities online. Of these, ATTN:Magazine’s site holds a special place in my heart. It’s a go-to…

A trio from New Hampshire and Maine! Oh, I can already tell that this is going to be a fun one. We took some time out to have a virtual…

Not so very long ago in late November, Melbourne’s Sleeplab released its new 7 track album “to the forest to the end“. The arrival came as a great surprise; a…

Now here’s a little end of year present for your ears! The team at Facebook’s Avant-garde & Prog Metal group are closing out 2021 with a massive free compilation. Yes,…

Earlier in the year we spent quite some time exploring a range of progressive metal and experimental music communities online. Within these discoveries in social media, we came upon a…

In a former life, I had the great pleasure of meeting Marita of Symmetrix at numerous Melbourne live electronic music events. A fellow solo artist, I always appreciated the work…