New Gear Creates New Attitude As an independent artist it’s hard to justify the continual investment in your gear. You tend to tell yourself that I’ll invest in gear when I reach this certain milestone. That’s logical and practical, but a lot of the time, music is neither of those things. Ever year, I re-evaluate […]


TRENCH GUN Kill the Insurance Industry Destroy the predatory insurance industry by not buying in. Core RefractionDrown in the Echo It’s an echo (echo, echo, echo, echo) TroisnyxLonely A song I wrote to process cultural loneliness that I’d been feeling acutely over Christmas 2024 and the ensuing New Year. The events alluded to are events […]

1. Food for Thought I know a small percentage of artists out there don’t really mind if no one ever hears anything that they write. That’s okay, but also strange if discoverability is being aided by third parties like Indie Boom Shockwave or Abrasive Monologues. We really want to push indie music out into the […]

Drown in the Echo Drown in the Echo is a new release from Core Refraction who is featured frequently on Indie Boom Shockwave. Core Refraction features intricate guitar work and improvisation with a focus on an older, more 1990s sound in most cases, though there are exceptions. If you like the music of iconic 1990s […]