It’s easy to relate to Dorothea Tachler of My Favourite Things when she describes their latest release, ‘Fly I Will, Because I Can’, as a healing journey within the music. “Music was my anchor […]
Author: Judy Lyon
Judy Lyon is a Music Photographer and Journalist originating from the L.A. area and now a PNW transplant. Her early days of working in T.V. and Film in the late 1990s eventually brought her to still photography. In 2000 on she spent most weekends searching the L.A and Ventura County club scene in search of great up and coming talent. Fast forward twenty years to thousands of photographs and words later with many publishings along the way...she's had the opportunity to photograph and write about many talented artists such as; Love and Rockets, Bauhaus, Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dave Pirner, Peter Murphy, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Gene Love Jezebel, The Cult, Mike Peters, and Black Needle Noise, just to name a few. Today she continues this journey of documentation with Torched Magazine in search of great up and coming talent to long time favorites.
Chris Frain’s ‘Pattern Language’, A Retro-Futurist Journey
Colorado-based synth-electronic crafter, Chris Frain, takes listeners on a retro-futuristic journey under the moniker ‘Pattern Language’, with his six-track mini-album debut ‘Total Squaresville’ via Happy Robot Records. Pattern Language shares the same krautrock spirit of […]
Black Needle Noise Artist Spotlight with Betsy Martin ‘Dead Star’
It’s hard to imagine being rejected as an artist from your hometown community at the beginning of your career but that’s exactly what happened for Betsy Martin and her band ‘Caterwaul’. Most communities would get […]
Digging Their Way Out Of The Underground, Meet LuckyandLove
Meet LUCKYandLOVE, one of L.A.’s newest electro rock, dream pop, synth gaze bands to dig their way out of the underground. Starting in 2014, they are Loren Luck (drums, synths) and April Love (vocals, […]
‘Lost In Reflections’ Set For Release by John Fryer and Black Needle Noise
Legendary Producer John Fryer is set to release his second album with Black Needle Noise titled ‘Lost In Reflections’ which includes new track, ‘Neon Noir’, with vocals by Dr. Strangefryer himself. The song instantly injects […]
Black Needle Noise Artist Spotlight With Attasalina ‘Messages By Dreams’
2019 UPDATE: Attasalina has recently launched a new album campaign on Patreon and would be ever so grateful for any and all support! Attasalina, born just two blocks from the boardwalk in Venice Beach, Ca., was given […]
Black Needle Noise Artist Spotlight With Mimi Page ‘Swimming Through Dreams’
Mimi Page is a singer-songwriter, producer and composer born and raised in LosAngeles, California. Her cinematic music and ethereal vocals have been featured in a multitude of soundtracks and scores for acclaimed films, television, and video games. TM […]
Black Needle Noise Artist Spotlight with Andrea Kerr ‘She Stands On A Storm’
Andrea Kerr grew up in Glasgow, which is a port city on the River Clyde in Scotland’s western Lowlands. It’s a national cultural hub famed for its Victorian and Art Nouveau architecture, and home to […]
Poptone, The Great Comeback!
There’s certainly only one Poptone, the latest incarnation of the Bauhaus family and probably one of the greatest post-punk comeback stories of all time! They are Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins (founding members of Bauhaus, […]
The Veldt’s Pioneering Vision
Never losing their pioneering vision, The Veldt are back in full form for Record Store Day on April 22 via Schoolkids Records, releasing ‘Symmetry / Slow Grind’, their new 7” 2-track single. Forming in the late 80’s […]
