AltWeeklies Wire
Brian McBride: Drone Musician and USC Debate Coachnew
Stars of the Lid are a duo of Texas exiles: Adam Wiltize, who resides in Belgium, and Brian McBride, who is stationed in L.A. In 15 years of existence, they've released six full-length albums of extended ambient drones, their sound has grown increasingly lush, and their cult following has steadily expanded.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
04-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Rasta-Colored Dixie Flagnew
The 60s turned out to be the 90s.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
07-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mean Snacks and Monkey Shitnew
We talk bananas with George Saunders.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
05-11-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Stratocaster Collagenew
Glenn Branca describes his Hallucination City as "large, almost architectural blocks of sound that move around each other, inside of each other, on top of each other."
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Glenn Branca
Sleepwalker: Elliott Smith's Unhappy Dream Lifenew
Elliott Smith died on Oct. 21, 2003, of what most think was a self-inflicted stab wound to the heart. Now the entertainment industry has set a new world record: shortest period between an artist’s passing and the cottage industry created to exploit him.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
10-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews