Top Menu

  • Subscribe
    • New/Renewal Subscription
    • Current Issue
    • Back Issues
    • Store Finder
    • Cart
    • Email Signup
  • Friday Freebie
  • Digital Edition
  • Advertise
  • About
  • Contact Us

Main Menu

  • Home Page
  • Opportunities
  • Magazine
    • Friday Freebie
    • Cover Stories
    • Feature Articles
    • DIY Spotlight
    • Signing Stories
    • Songwriter Profile
    • Sounds and Visions
    • Magazine Archives
  • Music News
    • Film/TV News
      • Out Take
    • Heart & Soul
    • Hit the Decks
    • Live Beat
    • Music Industry Tips
      • Artist to Artist
      • Art of Sound
      • Close Up
      • Crosstalk
      • Exec Profile
      • Industry Profile
      • The Legal Beat
    • Playlists
    • Studio News
      • Studio Mix
    • More Industry News
      • Assignments
      • Mixed Notes
      • Song Biz
      • In The Studio
  • Reviews
    • Get Reviewed
      • Submit Live Review
      • Submit New Music
    • Album Reviews
      • Vinyl Minded
      • My Favorite Album
    • Book Reviews
    • Live Reviews
      • Photo Blog Show Reviews
      • The Best Gig I Ever Saw
    • MC Lists
    • New Gear/New Toys Reviews
      • Can't Do Without
      • Blew My Mind
    • New Music Critiques
      • A Song That Changed My Life
    • Staff Picks
    • Video of the Week
  • Industry Contacts
  • Comedy Connection
  • Subscribe
    • New/Renewal Subscription
    • Current Issue
    • Back Issues
    • Store Finder
    • Cart
    • Email Signup
  • Friday Freebie
  • Digital Edition
  • Advertise
  • About
  • Contact Us
0

Products

  • June 2026 June 2026 $3.95
  • May 2026 May 2026 $8.00
  • April 2026 April 2026 $8.00
  • March 2026 March 2026 $8.00
  • February 2026 February 2026 $8.00
logo

Music Connection Magazine

  • Home Page
  • Opportunities
  • Magazine
    • Friday Freebie
    • Cover Stories
    • Feature Articles
    • DIY Spotlight
    • Signing Stories
    • Songwriter Profile
    • Sounds and Visions
    • Magazine Archives
  • Music News
    • Film/TV News
      • Out Take
    • Heart & Soul
    • Hit the Decks
    • Live Beat
    • Music Industry Tips
      • Artist to Artist
      • Art of Sound
      • Close Up
      • Crosstalk
      • Exec Profile
      • Industry Profile
      • The Legal Beat
    • Playlists
    • Studio News
      • Studio Mix
    • More Industry News
      • Assignments
      • Mixed Notes
      • Song Biz
      • In The Studio
  • Reviews
    • Get Reviewed
      • Submit Live Review
      • Submit New Music
    • Album Reviews
      • Vinyl Minded
      • My Favorite Album
    • Book Reviews
    • Live Reviews
      • Photo Blog Show Reviews
      • The Best Gig I Ever Saw
    • MC Lists
    • New Gear/New Toys Reviews
      • Can't Do Without
      • Blew My Mind
    • New Music Critiques
      • A Song That Changed My Life
    • Staff Picks
    • Video of the Week
  • Industry Contacts
  • Comedy Connection
Home›Author: Kurt Orzeck

Author: Kurt Orzeck

Kurt Orzeck

  • Signing Stories: Psycroptic

    Magazine, Signing Stories
    October 23, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Date Signed: May 2025 Label: Metal Blade Records Band Members: Dave Haley, drums; Joe Haley, guitars; Jason Peppiatt, vocals; Jason Keyser, vocals; Todd Stern, bass Type of Music: Tasmanian Death Metal ...
    Read More
  • Live Review of Cory Hanson

    Live Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    August 23, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Neurolux  Boise, ID Contact: joe@groundcontroltouring.com Web: dragcity.com/artists/cory-hanson Players: Cory Hanson, vocals, piano, guitar; Evan Backer, bass; Evan Burrows, drums, percussion; Heather Lockie, viola; Emily Elkin, cello; Erik KM Clark, violin; ...
    Read More
  • Album Review of "Live EP" by Led Zeppelin (4/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    August 22, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Rhino Producer: Jimmy Page Archival Led Zeppelin material almost always boils down to semantics, and this collection of four songs is the ultimate case in point. You’ll be misled unless ...
    Read More
  • Signing Stories: Pretty Rude

    Latest, Magazine, Signing Stories
    July 31, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Date Signed: September 2024 Label: SideOneDummy Records Type of Music: Indie Rock Publicity: Caroline Borolla, Clarion Call Media A&R: Phil Bender-Simon Web: prettyrude.bandcamp.com When two business entities enter into contract ...
    Read More
  • Album Review of "Songs in the Key of Yikes" by Superchunk (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    July 26, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Merge Records Engineers: Paul Voran, Eli Webb Jon Wurster—one of indie-rock’s most adored—left the Superchunk fold in early 2023, because his "heart just [wasn't] in it anymore." Superchunk then made ...
    Read More
  • Sooper Records

    Feature Articles, Magazine
    July 24, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Founded in 2016 by artists NNAMDÏ, Sen Morimoto, and Glenn Curran—who met as fellow forward-thinking members of Chicago’s perennially underrated music community—Sooper Records is an ambitious labor of profound love. ...
    Read More
  • Album Review of "Moisturizer" by Wet Leg (9/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    July 3, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Domino Recording Co. Ltd.  Producer: Dan Carey  Moisturizer is only the second LP by the British indie-rockers, and boy, does it not show. “Catch These Fists” is a song Interpol ...
    Read More
  • Album Review of "Burn Cruise" by Leafblower (7/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 28, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Max Trax Records  Producer: Leafblower  In May 2023, Omaha, NE sludge servants Leafblower introduced themselves with an EP that didn’t so much entice as repel curious listeners of the doom ...
    Read More
  • Album Review of "Adventure Club" by Laura Jane Grace & In The Trauma Tropes (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 28, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
     Polyvinyl Records  Producers: Laura Jane Grace, Jacopho Fokas & the Onassis Foundation  Against Me! musical maven Laura Jane Grace came out as transgender 13 years ago and hasn’t flinched at ...
    Read More
  • Signing Stories: Noumenia

    Magazine, Signing Stories
    June 27, 2025
    by Kurt Orzeck
    Date Signed: March 2025  Label: Eclipse Records  Type of Music: Post-Groove Metal  Management: Chris Poland, Eclipse Records  Booking: Chris Poland  Publicity: Chris Poland, press@eclipserecords.com  A&R: Chris Poland  Web: facebook.com/noumeniaband  Go ...
    Read More
1 2 3 … 11 →

Our Sponsors

Featured Videos

logo

Founded in 1977 on the principle of bridging the gap between “the street and the elite,” Music Connection has grown from a popular print publication into a spectrum of products and services that address the wants and needs of musicians, the music tech community and industry support services.

  • 3441 Ocean View Blvd.
    Glendale, CA 91208
  • 818-995-0101
  • contactmc@musicconnection.com

Latest Posts

  • FILM - TV - THEATER - GAMES: DROPS FOR JUNE '26

    Film/TV News, Latest
    June 12, 2026
  • "Middle of Nowhere" by Kacey Musgraves

    Album Reviews, Latest, Magazine, Reviews
    June 12, 2026
  • Ear Candy: Happy Pride Month!

    Latest, Playlists
    June 12, 2026
  • Song Biz, June 2026: What's Going On This Month?

    Latest, Song Biz
    June 12, 2026

Find us on Facebook

  • Magazine
  • Store
  • Music News
  • Reviews
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Terms
  • Privacy
© Copyright Music Connection, Inc.. All rights reserved.