AltWeeklies Wire
Monotonix: Out in the Sticksnew
Purists know that rock & roll is a violent, chaotic tool, and in its spastic live shows, the stripped down Israeli trio wields it like a manifesto.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Monotonix
Silversun Pickups: Waiting is the Artist's Partnew
Even in the midst of the L.A. band's skyrocketing popularity, most of their time is spent simply getting to the next gig.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
06-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Silversun Pickups
Old Dude Still Cooler Than Younew
Is he over the hill, or at the top of the heap?
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
01-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ad Frank
Literary Diarrheanew
To call reading this book a waste of time is almost an insult to activities like picking your toes and staring at the wall.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
01-03-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
Into the Sonnew
Lennon knows all of the preconceptions people have about him -- who knows, though, maybe he's just a prick.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
12-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sean Lennon
Party Downersnew
Hot Chip have long considered themselves more of a recording project than a touring one -- although the consolidation of a live band and plans to record a third album as a group have lately altered the plot a bit.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hot Chip
What Does Boston Sound Like?new
It sounds something like We're All Gonna Die.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: We're All Gonna Die
Exquisite Bummersnew
Murder By Death's new album, In Bocca al Lupo, features a breadth of songs whose themes touch on everything from murder, death, violence and criminal suffering.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
05-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: murder by death
Chanteuse on the Loosenew
You'd be well-advised to experience Giant Drag's uniquely familiar sound before the band lives up to their name.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
05-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Giant Drag
Not A Bad First Draftnew
Editors play instantly familiar hand-wringing, doomsday dance-rock with pants-off disco beats, throat-slashing ninja guitars and a bass archer firing off sexy groove darts like Gay Cupid in too much eyeliner.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Editors
N.H. Metal Heroes Not To Be Taken for Granitenew
Scissorfight guitarist Jay Fortin confirms his band's credibility, as well as his hatred for "mall-ified" commodity emo.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Scissorfight
Portrait of a Mannew
Saint Morrissey covers the traditional timeline of Moz's life, from the early days of books and boredom, through the Smiths years and his resurrection as one of the most influential artists of the past few decades. But it is decidedly a fan's book.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
New Orleans Weirdoes Safe, Sound and Unsoundnew
Despite having been ousted from their hometown by a rather unfriendly natural disaster named Katrina, Quintron and Miss Pussycat continue to play around with their music...and puppets.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Go, Go!Team, Go!new
The Go!Team explains why gibberish is cool, and just how they follow no trends and all trends.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
10-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brit-Poppers a Little Bit Literatenew
Idlewild's Roddy Woomble discusses that undefined point where a song becomes something more than a sequence of impulses.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
08-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Idlewild
