Current and Past Issues of PureHoney

Published on September 7th, 2023

When the opening keyboard notes of “Daylight,” by indie duo Matt and Kim, pop from a speaker, you know exactly what song it is and »

Published on September 4th, 2023

Band names are a strange necessity of organization that can lead musicians in unexpected directions. How does any band aptly summarize its sound in just »

Published on September 3rd, 2023

Just like their namesakes, The Chameleons have hid in plain sight for the past four decades. Formed in the UK in 1981, the band conjured moody »

Published on September 3rd, 2023

One band, two souls working in euphoric sync, ODESZA have done nothing less than aim to recreate electronic music in their own cinematic image. But »

Published on September 2nd, 2023

There’s a German term, innerer schweinehund, that helps explain the under-the-radar endurance of Huntington Beach punkers Guttermouth. That voice — the “inner pig dog” — »

Published on July 26th, 2023

In our conversation with Bonnie Bloomgarden, leader and singer-songwriter of the mystical L.A. rock band Death Valley Girls, we’re musing about the things we need »

Published on July 25th, 2023

On blistering days when sun worship claims every inch of South Florida beach, the squinting through salted hazy air and the sunlight-induced retinal burn will »

Published on July 25th, 2023

A magical enchantress bridging the present and a distant past, Gal Musette is riding high on the whimsy of her latest single, “Into the Blue,” »

Published on July 24th, 2023

You can almost get the sense of Brian Borcherdt’s two main musical projects simply by their names. Holy Fuck is chaotic, hedonistic, a party in »

Published on July 24th, 2023

Just one good listen to experimental producer Al Lover can trigger incurable record collection envy. WIth a drum machine, analog synths and live instrumentation, Los »

Published on July 23rd, 2023

Most bands are boring: They pick a dependable sound/influence/genre and stick with it to the end. But sometimes the world gets lucky, as if Martians »

Published on July 22nd, 2023

“I’ve had an ongoing thought about a machine that records dreams,” Brett Reagan of CHEW tells PureHoney. “It would be weird if you could do »