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ALBUM REVIEW: Drill For Absentee – Strand of a Lake, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 – Expert Work Records

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Drill For Absentee are a Philadelphia trio whose original run lasted from 1995 to 1999. Their catalogue is hardly the most extensive. Since their 2021 covid era reunion the band, Kevin Kelly – Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Michael Nace – Guitar, Vocals and new Drummer Ken Kuniyoshi (replacing co-founding member Bryan Sargent) have been busy in the recording studio. What they’ve come up with are two EP’s which have been put together as one LP (Note – Vol. 1 was put out digitally on September 13, 2022) while Vol 2 was forged between August 2022 to March 2025, out now via Expert Work Records. Continue reading →


INTERVIEW: Broken Clover Records’ Mickey Darius on DIY Labels, and How Artists Can Make More Money

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We caught up last fall with Broken Clover Records boss Mickey Darius. The label operator lives in the Bay Area but works with a plethora of artists across different genres all over the world. Mickey shared with us his origin story, how he created a label model that really pays artists and his thoughts on streaming services. 

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