Laura McCarthy, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

Helga: Tales Through The Mist

When thinking about how to approach defining HELGA, it’s interesting how hard a band they are to define. With a

It’s always exciting for instrumental fans to have a band like VIPASSI return. Their last record Sunyata was a 30-minute

Being able to create something progressive often requires complicated ideas being laid out in way that feels both multifaceted and

If you’ve not heard of RØRY, where have you been? With a huge following on her TikTok @adhd_love, where RØRY

The winter seasons are often quite a whirlwind for people, with last minute deadlines and festivities to plan and decorate

There’s something about modern folk influences that allows something other worldly to permeate the music. What HELGA do is keep

The story of DVSTR is a really interesting one. Forged from a couple of mates just seeing if they could

With a plethora of cinematic videos and deep, story-weaving songs, CULANN are a well-kept secret of Irvine Scotland. Light, progressive

To make electronica that feels alive is a difficult task. To make it into something that feels like a living

Cybergrind is such a surreal genre to listen to, and there seems to be two camps to enjoying it; you’ve