New Dog

New Dog (Kill Rock Stars) is the musical project of Anar Badalov, formerly of the bands Metal Hearts (Suicide Squeeze Records) and Travels, and currently one half of Hourloupe & ARANANAR. Anar has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, sharing the stage with artists including Six Organs of Admittance, Michael Gira, Akron/Family, Murder by Death, Chad VanGaalen, Big Thief, Mi and L’au, David Bazan, Black Heart Procession, and Kristin Hersh. His music has been described as “both ominous and amorous at once” and “intimately taut and emotionally wrought.”