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Jeff Hart's Ghosts of the Old North State (Singles 1991-2011)new
Built on a base of country twang but finished with touches of British Invasion rock, '60s garage pop, '70s Laurel Canyon, North Carolina bluegrass and jangle pop, Ghosts reveals Hart as an equally fine collector and creator. (Bombay Records)
Tags: compilation album, Jeff Hart
The P-90's Limited Supply EPnew
It's all pitched at a certain intensity, but there are hints of even greater eclecticism and enough promise to tickle anticipation.
Tags: The P-90's
Sinful Savage Tigers' The Last Night of the Revelsnew
The Tigers have arrived at a wonderfully catchy, stylistically balanced record in little time at all.
Tags: The Tigers
Stratocruiser's The Sparknew
Stratocruiser's fourth album successfully highlights more nascent psych influences that augment the ringing jangle pop and glammy hard pop of antecedents such as Badfinger and Cheap Trick.
Tags: Stratocruiser
Insane Clown Posse's Fan Reflectionnew
"We don't give a fuck if people understand it or not," says Violent J, or Joseph Bruce, from a California tour stop.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
10-12-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Insane Clown Posse, Juggalos
Mary Johnson Rockers' Hummingbird Heartnew
The songs on the band's third release are so catchy, well-written and eclectic that, at just over 30 minutes, it feels as though it's over before it's begun.
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My Dad is Dead bids a redemptive farewellnew
Early indie rock misanthrope My Dad is Dead ends its 25-plus-year run this weekend.
Tags: My Dad is Dead
Five Words with Drivin' n' Cryin'new
Kevn Kinney talks apostrophes, a hit, The American Dream, vocal surgery and "rust (or mold) never sleeps"
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevn Kinney, Drivin' n' Cryin'
Greg Humphreys' Realign Your Mindnew
For his second solo album, the lead soul man of Hobex and Dillon Fence delivers an intimate set of songs shadowed in twilight.
Tags: Realign Your Mind
Le Weekend's DBLSCRT Tries Its Songs Both Waysnew
The trio's second album features five mismatched song pairs that present parallel-universe takes on a similar melodic idea.
Tags: DBLSCRT, Le Weekend
Superchunk Reinforces Its Legacynew
Superchunk's ninth album, and first in nine years, doesn't reinvent the band but instead simply finds them doing what they do best, better than they've done it in more than a decade.
Tags: Superchunk
The Honored Guests finally value the process, not just the productnew
"It's about understanding your situation and understanding that something has to change in order to get to a better place," says frontman Russell Baggett of the band's third album, Please Try Again.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
08-27-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Honored Guests
A Half-True History of Shelton Hank Williamsnew
Shelton Hank Williams -- known on stage as Hank III -- might only be the most recent generation of three Hank Williams boys to make his name in music, but, with or without the legacy, he's an absolute American original.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
07-02-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mi Ami Weathers Touch & Go's (Mis)fortunenew
Mi Ami are a quintessential Touch & Go band, and as such are built low to the ground to weather bumps that destroy less hardy acts.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
03-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mac McCaughan: Through with Portastatic?new
For the time being, Portastatic is McCaughan's songwriting vehicle. But there's no telling if or when he'll put that vehicle on blocks, and get himself something new to fiddle with in the garage
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
