influences

Interview – Eskil Simonsson of Covenant

Helsingborg, Sweden’s greatest export to the U.S. just might be Covenant. With their 1994 debut, Dreams of a Cryotank, the group found themselves welcomed into the Synthpop/EBM community across the globe as they established a new standard for artful integrity within the genre. Touring the ... Read More

Interview – Kiirstin Marilyn

Some of us are content to sit idle, observing but rarely doing. Others of us continually strive to be the impetus for change—so much so that it inspires and drives us, and boldly creeps into our work. The multi-talented singer-songwriter, producer, actress, writer, and activist ... Read More

Memory: The Origin of Alien (Documentary Review)

The Alien franchise will be turning 40-years-old soon, and it has had a lot of ups and downs. There was 2012’s Prometheus which answered questions that were probably better left as mysteries, the 2013 video game Aliens: Colonial Marines which slung disappointment in its wake, and ... Read More

Interview – Alaena

You can call Alaena the Queen of Darkness, or not, but you should definitely be rocking her music! A delicious blend of Pop sensibilities and unfiltered darkness—t.A.T.u. partying with Marilyn Manson, scary movies viewed beneath rainbows—her juxtaposition of sounds and uncensored honesty marks her as ... Read More