René (left) and Manny (right) of Citrus City Records. Photo by Erik Phillips It began with a compliment. Outside of a cafeteria at NoVA Community College in Woodbridge, Virginia, Manny Lemus approached René Franco who was sporting a WAVVES shirt at the time. “Hey, cool shirt,” Manny said to René. This opened a dialogue between the two and they soon found out that they were both at the same WAVVES show only days prior to meeting. As the conversation continued, Manny and René s

Ally Engelbrecht recently chatted with aol.ghost. The two of them discuss the meaning behind adapting a variety of names to release music under, as well as aol.ghost’s PARK TO SHOP. We've already met, but for article purposes, why don't you introduce yourself! I'm a queer nonbinary individual who uses xe/xer pronouns, I've been playing and recording music for about three years. I'm from Mentor, which is just outside of Cleveland. I read on your bandcamp that you first release

I had the opportunity to speak to Jordan Weinstock and Mickey Yacyshyn of It Takes Time Records, a small DIY label based out of St. Louis, Missouri. In their time as a label, they’ve put out tapes for bedroom pop and lo-fi indie bands from across the globe, releasing the likes of Boosegumps, Generifus, and Sobs. Get to know these two folks as we spoke about their roots, creating a family label via an internet community and the best astrological signs for running a label (bonu

Drew Cowen recently had the opportunity to chat with Gavin McIsaac of Arpeggi about everything from collaborating with pals to the creative process to the Senioritis tape release via Community Radio Tapes. Drew Cowen of GrizzlyGround: Is this your main project right now, or is it more of a side project? Gavin McIsaac: This is my main project. It kind of severes the line between a solo-thing and a band-thing. I’m primarily writing the songs, but it was set up to be this kind o

I had the opportunity to sit in a home recording studio in the basement of Ben Ryan and Kyle Grim of Dogwood Tales, while sipping on some piping hot echinacea tea to talk about their new album Too Hard to Tell. Their single “Too Hard To Tell” is available today. Get ready to fall into a nostalgia that you may not have lived yourself. Chez Goodspeed of GrizzlyGround: Introduce yourselves. Ben: My name is Ben Ryan, I play in Dogwood Tales. I write some music with Kyle, I write

GrizzlyGround recently had the opportunity to interview the charming Long Beach, CA indie rock band oblio. The trio consists of Blake Russell, Alex Strahle and Free Hallas. We chatted about everything from their latest single "Days" to their upcoming album Autophobia to Pokemon Go and salad dressing (...?)! GrizzlyGround: First, I’d like to say that I really enjoy your single “Days” a lot. The lyrics are extremely poignant. Especially the opening lyrics, “I’ve dreamed of drow