Punk Head: Island Poetry wears its influences proudly. Was there ever a temptation to keep those inspirations hidden, or did transparency feel more honest?
Mad Painter: Transparency always felt more honest. We have never treated our influences as something that…
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Punk Head: You called this the first chapter of a three album story. What exactly begins with Black Heart that could not have begun with Purple Heart?
BR33Z WORLD: BLACK HEART had to come first because it’s…
Read morePunk Head: “Stay” is built around the impossibility of asking for more time. Did you know what you were really asking for when you wrote it?
Paul Jarmer: I was asking for the last member of my immediate family to…
Read moreEylsia Nicolas teams up with longtime friend Peppy Castro for a duet version of her song "Always Gonna Love You." The pairing blends Nicolas's pop-rock, singer-songwriter side with Castro's vast musical history, adding a garage-band feel to the orchestral sound…
Read moreKendell's new release, "Left Against My Right," is a rock-Americana song driven by inner turmoil, the conflicting forces that can tug a person in two directions. The song is about the battle of the mind and the heart, dark and…
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