Laura McCarthy, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

Sick Joy: We Don’t Feel Like Dying

It’s not an easy task to put out an optimistic spin on the inevitable traumas we all face in life.

GRIDFAILURE & MEGALOPHOBE are an unusual couple of projects. Both have a sense of drama and and enjoy playing with

John Mitchell, the prestigious musician and producer working under the name LONELY ROBOT, has written a tapestry of songs that weave

TIM BOWNESS is known for his cinematic and progressive ventures with the likes of NO-MAN, but has an expansive solo

The international music scene is at a height right now. You can find almost any artist of any size, from

KUGGUR, the solo outing of Guðmundur Óli Pálmason (SOLSTAFIR, KATLA), is a project that came about when Pálmason and his

There’s much to enjoy on Saurian Apocalypse, even without a wider understanding of the trilogy of albums it belongs to.

The sci-fi universe of the Dune books by Frank Herbert are back in the popular frame once more with the

SICK JOY’s debut record We’re All Gonna F***ing Die has the daunting task of addressing impending mortality in a way

Dark-gaze is an interesting name to put on a record. It opens a band up to many ways of interpreting