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Megafaun Continues to Reinvent Itselfnew

The release of Megafaun's new album—their most traditional yet—is the perfect chance to get behind the conceptual encrustation and find out what they really care about.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
09-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Mount Moriah's Leaders Get Personal About Their Exquisite, Intimate Debutnew

Heather McEntire and Jenks Miller explain the voyages and stories of their self-titled debut LP during an extended conversation about the evolution of Mount Moriah and its songs.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mount Moriah
Minus Sound Research Has Nearly Perfected Its Formulanew

Minus Sound Research, which curates and presents the visual art of local musicians in galleries, reinvents itself for its fifth-anniversary show.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
10-08-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Two Decades In, Lud Remains Lean, Mean and Laid-Backnew
V -- which encompasses vintage indie rock, classic rock, funk, punk, even Krautrock -- feels cozy, a little funky and very lived-in, too.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
11-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
How Blag'ard Survived Brushes With Fame, F-150s and Fatherhoodnew
Blag'ard's injuries have been numerous and fancifully acquired. The Chapel Hill duo of singer/ guitarist Joe Taylor, 36, and drummer Adam Brinson, 26, seems destined for near-misses and closeness-to-catastrophe.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
10-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chest Pains: Heart Attack Bandnew
Older punks with cardio conditions finally find each other.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
08-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Feltbattery's Pastoral Noisenew
Benjamin Trueblood makes music by listening to his surroundings.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
07-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Palomar Plucks Upnew
This indie-pop band has found a few ways to spruce up its sound and inject more excitement into its live set.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
06-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Worms, Mud, Bodies, Rootsnew
CocoRosie talks about heading to southern France to record their latest album in a "misty, dreary old farm."
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
05-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: CocoRosie
Whose Limbs Shatter Mountainsnew

The marvelous, harder-than-fiction decade of Fin Fang Foom.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
01-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fin Fang Foom