We're delighted to announce that the official Russian Circles Reverb shop is now open. All items in this shop come directly from the band, and include studio-used, road-tested guitars, cabs, drums and more. If you're a fan of Russian Circles…
Read moreJan 3 2023
UNKNOWN GNOSIS: AN INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIAN CIRCLES' BRIAN COOK
Russian Circles' Gnosis is an exploration of space and time: it’s the bedrock blasted to bits to lay the foundation for another Brooklyn condominium. It’s the Earth pulsating around the mouth of a geyser. It’s the cold front moving in…
Read moreNov 17 2022
In Search Of Tone: Mike Sullivan Of Russian Circles
This interview series started as something small I thought I could get advice from a few guitarists on how to play guitar. I did not think I’d be getting actual advice on how to better my tone from one of…
Read moreNov 7 2022
DIG BOSTON INTERVIEW WITH MIKE SULLIVAN
Chicago instrumental post-rock trio Russian Circles are an incredibly loud band. When guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncrantz, and bassist Brian Cook get together, the decibels are raised to massive levels, the syncopation is tight like a double knot, and…
Read moreOct 13 2022
Russian Circles Full Feature in Distorted Sound
It seems extraordinary to think that RUSSIAN CIRCLES have been playing and creating music for nearly two decades. With seven studio albums and their debut EP going all the way back to 2004, the band have had an eighteen year…
Read moreSep 16 2022
INTERVIEW: RUSSIAN CIRCLES ON PANDEMIC LIFE AND ARENA TOURS
Russian Circles’ eighth full-length studio album, Gnosis, is officially out via Sargent House. It’s a record that was very much shaped by the COVID-19 shutdown, the band forced to embrace new approaches to songwriting with the prospect of touring put…
Read moreAug 30 2022
How wild gear changeups, Irish guitar lessons and "way too much" Boss Metal Zone helped Russian...
Russian Circles have come back swinging from the pandemic. Their new record, Gnosis, is their most unapologetically heavy yet. That's saying something, because their last album, 2019's Blood Year, was already crushing.
There's an even greater directness to Gnosis. It…
Read moreAug 12 2022
Russian Circles’ Cloud of Uncertainty: Interview with Brian Cook
Russian Circles are in their element onstage. The trio of Mike Sullivan, Brian Cook and Dave Turncrantz thrive on the chemistry that comes from sharing the same proximal space, building intensity from the physical act of performance. That’s not always…
Read moreAug 12 2022
“THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR HAVING SOMETHING SOUND GNARLY”: RUSSIAN CIRCLES’ MIKE SULLIVAN...
“It’s not an ‘Yngwie’ sense of classical,” Russian Circles’ guitarist Mike Sullivantells us. “It’s more symphonic. Especially with layering and looping. You can create something you can hum, that can be stuck in your head – not just thrashing.”
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Read moreAug 10 2022
RUSSIAN CIRCLES RELEASE FIRST EVER MUSIC VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK OF FORTHCOMING ALBUM
Russian Circles have released their first ever music video for the title track of their forthcoming LP Gnosis, available next week, August 19th, via Sargent House. The Centerpiece of the album “Gnosis” begins with a slow-build exercise in krautrock methodologies—drones…
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