Editor Ken’s Top 10 of 2011
The Metal Goldfish of CHRYST Since branching off into web exclusive mode, Highwire Daze has been able to cover more music that ever before, and has done a record number of interviews and reviews this year. Compiling a mere Top Ten List has been especially daunting. I can honestly say that each recording... more
12/18/11 by ken
Filed under A Hope For Home, Amely, An Early Ending, Bands, Chryst, Deserters, Ebonylake, Forest Of The Soul, Gary Numan, Glen Campbell, Joe Brooks, Kyle Castellani, Leaves Eyes, Miracle At St Anna, My Genuine Find, Parentz, Sketches, Sleep For Sleepers, The Ready Set, Verah Falls, Vieo Abiungo, Yggdrasil
Sleep For Sleepers
Conditions by Sleep For Sleepers (Self-released EP) After a year away with a tentative status regarding the band’s future existence, Sleep For Sleepers has reawakened with a glorious new EP. Once signed to Dreamt Music (a division of Facedown Records), on their own, Sleep For Sleepers continues to... more
09/14/11 by ken
Filed under Bands, CD Reviews, Music, Reviews, Rock, Sleep For Sleepers
Editor Ken’s Top 10 of 2010
20 Years of Highwire Daze Madness In November, Highwire Daze celebrated an major anniversary. 20 Years! I never thought we would make it this far. I mean, who stays with anything for 20 years? We may not be publishing the paper edition on a regular basis, but the website is updated several times... more
12/18/10 by ken
Filed under Aaron Shanley, Amely, Artist vs Poet, Backseat Goodbye, Bands, Borknagar, Burning Twilight, Darkthrone, Destruction Of A Rose, Enslaved, Frames, Framing Hanley, Krokus, Memphis May Fire, Messengers, Mikey Sawyer, My Genuine Find, My Ticket Home, Nox Aurea, Sketches, Sleep For Sleepers
Sleep For Sleepers: New Awakenings
Sleep For Sleepers is a indie alternative band whose debut CD The Clearing was released a few years ago on the Facedown/Dreamt Music label. After a lot of touring all across the country, the band returned to the studio earlier this year and recorded a stunning new EP entitled What Has Been Done Will... more
12/13/10 by ken
Filed under Bands, Interviews, Sleep For Sleepers
Sleep For Sleepers
What Has Been Done Will Be Done Again by Sleep For Sleepers (Self-released EP) Sleep For Sleepers may find themselves taking the DIY route after their stunning debut release on Dreamt Music from last year, but What Has Been Done Will Be Done Again continues to show why this band is so vastly underrated.... more
08/01/10 by ken
Filed under Bands, CD Reviews, Music, Reviews, Rock, Sleep For Sleepers
Into The Clearing with Sleep For Sleepers
The Clearing by Sleep For Sleepers is definitely one of the most astonishing releases of the year. Filled with a spiritual passion and profound sense of urgency, fans of bands such as Ride and Copeland will find a lot to admire when experiencing this compelling Los Angeles-based band. We sat down with... more
12/18/09 by ken
Filed under Bands, Interviews, Sleep For Sleepers
Sleep For Sleepers
THE CLEARING by SLEEP FOR SLEEPERS (Dreamt Music) Just when I think the Los Angeles music scene has stagnated beyond repair, along comes a band like Sleep For Sleepers with their soaring, genuinely moving tunes showing that there is still clearly vivacity and passion left in our community. These Whittier-based... more
08/25/09 by ken
Filed under Bands, CD Reviews, Reviews, Rock, Sleep For Sleepers
