Tag: Kylesa

pre-order Lazer/Wulf’s Retro Futurist debut, “The Beast Of Left And Right”

2014 has already been a weird and wild year for Lazer/Wulf. From touring Europe with Kylesa to finding a dreadlocked Lady Gaga dancing front-row at their SXSW performance (?!?!) to signing with Kylesa’s own Retro Futurist label to, oh, you know,…

Kylesa at Savannah Stopover – photos

Kylesa’s new record label, Retro Futurist, held their first ever showcase on opening night of the Savannah Stopover, featuring Darkentries, Burnt Books, Irata, and, of course, Kylesa themselves. I missed Darkentries, but hope to catch them soon, and Burnt Books,…

Graveface Fest 2 features The Casket Girls, Kylesa, CUSSES, Creepoid, lots more

The second Graveface Fest is coming up on Saturday, 3/22, at Dollhouse Productions in Savannah. The converted industrial space should be perfect for the diverse sounds and styles that will be on display from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Here’s…

a quick take on a brilliant day 1 of Savannah Stopover

Just a short post here with a quick take on day 1 of Savannah Stopover. I managed to catch all or part of 9 shows last night, and I’ll likely have more to say about all of these later —…

Tom Cartmel’s Year in Review

I’ve been a pretty hopeless music fanatic for over 30 years: my first live show was the Beach Boys when I was twelve, went through the typical classic rock high school, dove into the Pittsburgh punk scene in college, had…

Graveface Fest 2 features Kylesa, The Casket Girls, more

Graveface Fest 2 is scheduled for March 22, 2014 at Dollhouse Productions. The second Savannah festival sponsored by Graveface Records (under the guidance of Ryan Graveface) has announced a great lineup: Kylesa, The Casket Girls, Dreamend, The Stargazer Lilies, Crazy…

Kylesa recognized on several year end lists

Ultraviolet, Kylesa‘s great, layered, melodic release from earlier this year has found its way on to several year end lists. Perhaps most notably, they were #12 on Rolling Stone’s “20 Best Metal Albums of 2013”. As an interesting side note,…

Kylesa forms new record label, Retro Futurist

Lots of news from the Kylesa camp lately. In addition to an upcoming European tour, they’ve created a new record label, called Retro Futurist, announced the first bands signed to the label, and have scheduled their first releases starting in…

Kylesa releases new video

Kylesa released a video today for Low Tide, one of the more mellow cuts off of this year’s excellent Ultraviolet. While the band often straddles the line between sludge metal and psychedelic rock, Low Tide is decidedly on the trippier…

Kylesa’s Laura featured on A.V. Club’s Hatesong

A.V. Club’s consistently funny feature, Hatesong, invites artists of all sorts to talk about the song that they hate most in the world.  Laura Pleasants, guitarist/vocalist of Kylesa is not a fan of Nickelback’s “Rockstar” or Bro-rock in general.  This…