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Who's Next on the Resurrection List for Rick Rubin?new

We're passing along the five worst (best?) candidates for a Rubin-esque overhaul.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  09-04-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Five Words with Dark Meatnew

Athens musical troupe Dark Meat rival Polyphonic Spree in size and the 13th Floor Elevators in squalling, shambolic approach.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  04-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Brett Harris' Debut Crisply Deliverednew

In a better world, we'd know more about Brett Harris than we do, and it'd be because he writes fine classic pop and plays all the instruments and not because he's got a funny haircut or an effete manner.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  03-27-2008  |  Reviews

Sentiments Get Monochromaticnew

Though the writing is generally sharp, the sentiments get a little monochromatic over the course of the Monologue Bombs' Beverages + Ghosts.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  01-31-2008  |  Reviews

Heavenly Staircasenew

Regina Hexaphone's Sara Bell looks back on a decade with a band she never thought she could lead.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  12-20-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Cool (and Smooth) John Fergesonnew

Indeed, one of the great joys of With These Hands is the ease with which Ferguson segues between styles, creating an evolving energy from the lively first half to the second half's gentler, late-night vibe.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  11-26-2007  |  Reviews

Snatches of Pink Nearly Do-Wellnew

While Snatches of Pink and Clarissa both went to the summit, enjoying a major label tenure and a bid for radio play, they never quite sparked popular imagination, despite several fine, well-regarded albums in the '80s and '90s.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  11-26-2007  |  Reviews

John Lee Hooker Jr. Walks His Own Pathnew

According to junior, if he tried to fill his father's shoes, he'd get cramps trying to take one step.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  09-27-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Dirty Projectors Cover Black Flag's Debutnew

The Projectors strip away the menace, offering lounge-ish musical beds that brightly color the misanthropic hue.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  09-21-2007  |  Reviews

Regina Hexaphone Flexs Its Percussionnew

After the gentle, hazy drift of its debut, The Beautiful World, it's strange and thrilling to hear Regina Hexaphone exchange its exquisiteness for greater muscularity.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  09-13-2007  |  Reviews

Don't Shake Our Treenew

The Rosebuds locks itself at home and emerges with its most extroverted album yet.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  04-26-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Southern Culture on the Skids & Heads on Sticksnew

These Southern iconoclasts have nailed the possum to the wall: Nobody captures the tragedy of upscale downward mobility better than Southern Culture on the Skids. Also reviewed: Heads on Sticks' The Pamphleteer.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  02-22-2007  |  Reviews

Static Clingnew

Mac McCaughan's band proper puts out its third album in a year.
INDY Week  |  Chris Parker  |  10-19-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

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