Dead Meadow formed in 1998 from the remnants of two young indie DC bands, The Impossible Five "Gern Blandsten Records" and its immediate follow-up Colour.[1] The band started as Jason Simon on vocals and guitar, Steve Kille on bass, and Mark Laughlin on drums. They began to combine 70s hard rock and 60s psychedelic rock with far out and sometimes mystically minded lyrical themes occasionally even hinting at the obscure genius H. P. Lovecraft and ot...

Sic Alps, a messy, gritty indie rock affair rooted in noise pop and the Velvet Underground's seminal soporific lo-fi, formed in the early 2000s as a collaboration between Matt Hartman (formerly of Henry's Dress) and Mike Donovan (formerly of the Ropers); the two met in the late '90s while on tour with their respective bands. Starting with Semi-Streets, their cassette-only debut single released on Folding in the fall of 2004, Sic Alps released a little over half a dozen singles over the course of...

White Fence is the project of Tim Presley. His third full-length, Family Perfume, is a double album that will be released in two parts - Vol. 1 will be released on vinyl and digitally on April. 3 - then Vol. 2 will be released on vinyl and digitally on May 15, and a CD and cassette version of the whole package including Vol. 1 and 2 will be released the same day.  A 2LP version will be released at a later date, TBA soon. White Fence will be touring with Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees and will b...