Mike Usinger

Contributions

“There was a long process of us resenting each other”—the improbable return of Death From Above 1979

Ten years ago, DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 made their debut with a beautifully bombastic DIY dance-punk classic titled You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine. Two years later, it was all over for bassist/synth player Jesse F. Keeler and vocalist/drummer Sebastien Grainger. DFA1979 didn’t so much break up as completely implode, with Keeler releasing the following […]

Lightning Dust - Infinite Light

Infinite Light King beardo Stephen McBean gets all the attention in perma-bonged psych rockers Black Mountain, but discerning fans know the band's secret weapon is tremolo-voiced singer Amber Webber. Lightning Dust–comprised of Webber and Black Mountain drummer Joshua Wells–began as a side project, but blossom into their own crazily beautiful thing on Infinite Light. The […]