QUEEN KWONG OUTBOSSES THE BOSS (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN) ON HER COVER OF “STATE TROOPER” STRANGERS EP OUT NOW VIA SONIC RITUAL “My intention for the video was to flip the male-gaze to the female gaze,” says Carré Kwong [...]
QUEEN KWONG STRANGERS SONIC RITUAL For those unfamiliar with Queen Kwong, behind this moniker is one Carré Kwong Callaway, who has moved from L.A. to London to continue her creative endeavours. After her three albums and EPs which garnered [...]
QUEEN KWONG TAKES A SURREALISTIC APPROACH FOR NEW VIDEO “NO RULES” ON TOUR WITH THE DANDY WARHOLS AND THE BLACK ANGELS “Lying in a kiddy pool full of cold milk was the most challenging part of the production for me,” laughs [...]
QUEEN KWONG RECLAIMS HER STRENGTH AND POWER IN SEDUCTIVE AND PROVOCATIVE VIDEO “THE MOURNING SONG” SONIC RITUAL “‘The Mourning Song’ is probably the most personal and blunt song on the record, so I wanted the video to be equally as bold and [...]
ETHEREAL POP FATHER/SON DUO NYTE SKYE CONFRONTS THE FEAR OF LOSING GRIP WITH “FADED” DEBUT ALBUM VANISHING OUT NOW VIA SONIC RITUAL “I think this one of our most accessible songs,” beams Nyles Lannon of Northern [...]
NYTE SKY EXPOSE THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC WITH THE INTROSPECTIVE SINGLE “DOING TIME” VANISHING OUT NOW VIA SONIC RITUAL “Doing Time“ feels like it references our changed lives and all the things we used to do that we don’t do [...]
Nyte Skye Vanishing Sonic Ritual Northern California’s newest alt-rock band Nyte Skye has released its debut album, Vanishing. Consisting of just Nyles Lannon working closely with his then twelve-year-old son Skye, and the result is an [...]
Queen Kwong Couples Only Sonic Ritual The moment The Cure stepped on the scene with their dark, gothic pop rock, that dark sound just kept on going, even when it was not fully in vogue. These days, such dark music seems to be in full favour [...]
QUEEN KWONG RELEASES HER TAKE ON A ‘POP’ SONG “WITHOUT YOU, WHATEVER” SONIC RITUAL LA-based Queen Kwong (a.k.a. Carré Kwong Callaway) shares her latest single “Without You, Whatever” from her forthcoming Joe Cardamone (The Icarus [...]