![Alan Sparhawk from Low](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/Low.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent How did Low form? We started in ’93. I had been in a “louder” band for a while. I quit and decided I…
![The Sound Gallery: phos (Republic of Texas Recordings, Somewhere Cold Records, 2005)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/soundgallery-phos.jpg?resize=200%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent Our site’s belief in The Sound Gallery’s sophomore full-length CD release, phos, should be evident in the fact that we, along with Republic…
![V/A: The Sleepover Series [Volume 1] (Hammock Music, 2005)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/The-Sleepover-Series-Volume-1.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent From the opening moments, the music is quieting, cutting through the busyness and clamour of life with floating guitar lines. All of the…
![Low: The Great Destroyer (Subpop, 2005)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Low-Destroyer.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Jason Hearing rumors of Low’s change in tempo and sound before the release of The Great Destroyer made me a tad nervous. I love Low’s…
![Graham Sutton of Bark Psychosis](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bark-Psychosis.jpg?resize=320%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent Influential “post-rock” band Bark Psychosis reemerged from obscurity in 2004 to deliver a stunning full-length CD (only the second proper full-length for the…
![SWC Awards 2005](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/Board-of-Canada-Headphase.jpg?resize=355%2C140&ssl=1)
CD’s of the Year 1. Sufjan Stevens: Come On, Feel The Illinoise!: Another year, another amazing Sufjan Stevens release. Blending sociological analysis and evocative storytelling…
![Giant Drag: Hearts and Unicorns (Kickball Records, 2005)](https://somewherecold.net/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
by Brent Reckless. Fun. Catchy. Silly. Menacing. All of these adjectives could be used to describe Giant Drag’s new full-length of noise-pop Hearts and Unicorns….
![Tommy Lugo and Bob Forman of Stellarscope](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/stellarscope-1_0_0.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent Philadelphia’s Stellarscope is a duo that has been creating concoctions of lush noise for a few years now. They are in the process…
![Perry Wright, Alex Lazara, and Dale Baker of The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-prayers-and-tears-of-arthur-digby-sellers-534f0552c97890.07183182.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent An unheralded band by the name of The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers has just released an epic indie-rock masterpiece, entitled…
![Gary Murray of LN](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Gary-Murray.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent When did you start playing music? ’92, ’93 somewhere around then. I’ve seen little articles and reviews describe you as “the elusive” Gary…