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 […]
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, The Dandy Warhols, 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.
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 […]
John Fryer With His Latest Project Black Needle Noise
As extensive and impressive as John Fryer’s career has been, it’s hard not to say he’s simply one of the best, a true corner stone in the music business. His latest project “Black Needle […]
Punk Rock, The Ramones, And Riots
The year was 1984 and the Ramones were playing at The Hollywood Palladium with Black Flag as their opening act. This would mark the very first time seeing them live for me and would go […]
Interview with INHALT
INHALT is a San Francisco based trio best known for their dynamic synth-driven dark electronic sound. Their first three releases were on notable record labels such as; a split 12” with London’s seminal World Unknown […]
