Philadelphia based roots man Bug Martin is a storyteller. 

Born in the basement of New Jersey, he is a singer-songwriter who creates moody, twangy alt-Country Americana. His wonderful Hank and Woody style dustbowl tunes evoke existential and confessional themes, often…

Wha? You’ve never heard of Bug Martin?! Get on the ball, man! Seriously though Martin a Philly-via-Baltimore singer/songwriter who’s been on the scene for several years but this is the first I’d heard of him. For a guy playing bluesy/folky/country…

Bug Martin is a Philadelphia-based songwriter who has just released his new album Gutterballvia Pyrrhic Recordings. Here’s one of the tracks, ‘Bartender’, an ode to many a person’s saviour and/or downfall. Over sparse acoustic guitar, banjo and pedal steel Martin…

NJ outfit Scary Hours who imbue their tunes with the confrontational ethos of punk and hardcore.

Okay, I’m calling it. “Best Record of the Year” thus far. There, I said it. You can probably imagine, we here at BMN, receive a lot of requests for reviews, and the truth is, my team and I, are a…

Scary Hours create unsettling and raw anti-folk, rich with socio-political humor and the confrontational spirit of punk and hardcore. 
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Band spearhead Ryan Struck is officially from Jersey, but his songwriting is chock full of references to work life in…

In this interview spotlight, I chat with Scary Hours about their latest release, challenges, technology and more:

How has the dichotomy between NJ and NYC influenced your music? 

Commuting to and from NYC gave me a lot of time to…

Northern New Jersey acoustic pop/punk outfit Scary Hours recently dropped Live to Serve, the band’s debut album on Pyrrhic Victory Recordings. 

Scary Hours is the musical project of Ryan Struck, who got his start in music playing with punk and…

New Jersey indie-rock labels Dromedary Records and Pyrrhic Victory Recordings have teamed up with punk veterans The 65’s to release a cover of the New York Dolls classic “Personality Crisis.” All proceeds will be contributed to the GoFundMe campaign of…

NJ-based acoustic punk outfit Scary Hours, who coined their name from an old Wu-Tang song, imbue their jangly tunes with a biting satirical edge. The band’s acoustic pop punk and filtered lens radiates the confrontational ethos of hardcore—a bit like…

Singer-songwriter Ryan Struck, who flies under the moniker of Scary Hours, creates witty and unsettling anti-folk, informed by his past in hardcore punk bands. The confrontational ethos of punk is hard to shake, especially when you live the daily grind…

Hailing from Avignon, France, post-rock/shoegaze band Alpha du Centaure transports listeners into a sonorous, ethereal, and ever-shifting space filled with a chilling crystalline light and dusky, contemplative shadows. 

The Big Takeover is pleased to host the premiere of Alpha du…

Le duo lyonnais revient cette année avec un nouvel EP qui, dans son cheminement instrumental, passe par autant d’états que de questionnements. C’est un disque à remous, jamais à remords, qui frappe par sa tension complexe, imprenable, imperturbable, inattendue entre…

Hi folks! 

Since I have now completed my two countdown radio shows for the top 50 albums of 2018—see The Big Takeover Show button above to hear one song from each—here is my complete list of the 160 best albums…

A horror punk band from New Jersey pens a couple catchy little ditties that any fan of their home state’s horror punk history should enjoy. –Chad Williams (Pyrrhic Victory, pyrrhicvictoryrecordings.com)

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Struck grew up in Northern New Jersey, cutting his teeth in various punk and hardcore bands through his teen years and early ’20s. Over time, varied musical interests influenced him to write songs deemed unfit for…

Pittsburgh-based indie rock band Strange Monsters return with their second full-length album, Strange Monsters II or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Strange Monsters, due out on November 30th via Pyrrhic Victory Recordings. 

The LP title makes…

They love post-rock, shoegaze, but also metal, jazz and pop. They listen to Slowdive as well as Deafheaven, Russian Circles and This Will Destroy You. Since 2015, Alpha du Centaure, project started solo by Cédric Tessonneau, quickly joined by the…

Ethereal edgy harmonizing vocals buried behind the carefully arranged guitar slice and the monochromatic drum brush, Leo and Cassandre are creating psychedelic, indie folk music that is generously compared to Brian Jones Massacre. Their about section states that are a…

Elvyn Rhud - Orange Is For Love. 

Trippy neo-psych rockers Elvyn Rhud are the like the french equivalent to The Brian Jonestown Massacre, effortlessly channeling the dark corners of the 60's with songs drenched in jangling guitars, droning vocals, and…

Trippy neo-psych rockers Elvyn Rhud are described as the french equivalent to The Brian Jonestown Massacre, effortlessly channeling the dark corners of the 60’s with songs drenched in jangling guitars, droning vocals, and layers of percussion. 

Watch “Orange Is For…

Elvyn Rhud’s new single Orange is for Love skillfully takes up the standards of jangly Doors/Tea Party psychedelic rock with the haunting goth style of Bauhaus and Joy Division. The tambourine works to provide further depth to the echoing vocals…

Psychedelic underground rock and roller — Elvyn Rhud — is a fresh breath of death in times of utter blackness and hopeless despair. 

The lonely artist hails from France, and carries with him a downtrodden feeling of forlorn resonance…

Trippy neo-psychedelic rockers Elvyn Rhud hail from France, but they don’t sound like the typical French music export. Their songs are soaked in reverb, and drenched with jangling guitars, droning vocals, and layers of percussion. It’s as if Brian…