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
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
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
Peelander-Z Are Always Super Coolnew
What do you get when you mix Mexican wrestling, Japanese anime and punk rock? The superhero trio Peelander-Z, who have landed from outer space to impress earthlings with their warped sound.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
07-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peelander-Z
Rock the Party That Rocks the Bawdynew
Just try and keep doing your cool hipster head nod during a collision with super sexxxy, campy rockers Gravy Train. The Weekly Dig double dares you.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Are You Wigglin?, Gravy Train
