Boston’s Kal Marks (originally the solo project of Carl Shane and now a trio) are set to release their first full length album as this lineup, and first recorded in a real studio, Life Is Murder, on ...

Boston trio Kal Marks are following up 2016's Life Is Alright, Everybody Dies with a new album called Universal Care early next year. The shift in sentiment from those titles hints at the worldview ...

Obviously this track is not a pick-me-up, despite its title. “Coffee” is just over seven minutes of punishing despondency, but as usual it’s good. Rhythmic bass and guitar lines drive the track, ...

It’s not until Carl Shane downs the last of his green tea that we acknowledge the apocalyptic weather outside the Brookline coffee shop we're sitting in. For over a decade, Shane’s band, Kal Marks, ...

Boston-based DIY veterans Kal Marks have shared their video for their new single “Kimmy,” off of their forthcoming Let The Shit House Burn Down EP, due out September 27 via Exploding in Sound Records, ...

The last time we heard new music from Boston-based Kal Marks was back in 2013, when they released their full-length Life Is Murder, a record that teetered on the edge of existential dread and absolute ...

Boston group Kal Marks make sludge with melodic tints that is considerably heavy. Following up Life Is Murder, Kal Marks is set to release a new record called Life Is Alright, Everybody Dies on ...

Kal Marks are releasing a new album, Universal Care, in a couple of weeks. We’ve heard “Adventure,” “Loosed,” and “Today I Walked Down To The Tree, Read A Book, And When I Was Done I Went Back Inside” ...

Indie rock often showcases a set of curiously contrasting textures. Kal Marks, a band from Boston, plays with lurching bass lines, plodding eighth notes and similarly stripped-down drum beats set ...

Bostonian trio Kal Marks have given their debut studio album a title that’s less than optimistic: Life Is Murder. But the band’s sound, though heavy at times, is hardly a bummer. They cut their sludge ...

Boston's Kal Marks are at their best when they make beautifully bleak music about navigating what it means to live with human error and uncertainty. 2013's fantastic ...