AltWeeklies Wire
Cows, Roses, Geese and Speechnew
Armed with microphones, patches and processors, M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel, the two halves of the odd brain that is Matmos, have repeatedly demonstrated they can pull music from pretty much anything.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Matmos
Step Away From the Band Namenew
Don't worry, they don't condone AIDS...it's just that AIDS Wolf believe in messages from God. Hence the name.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
12-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: AIDS Wolf, The Lovvers
Detroit DJ Knows His Rootsnew
Techno with soul is a rare find -- so it's not surprising that DJ Stacey Pullen demonstrates a natural access to raw soul when he spins.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
12-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stacey Pullen
Ad Ventures in Musicnew
Local organization Non-Event presents a nifty array of experimental avant-garde in the loft of advertising agency "Modernista!"
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
12-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pita
Taking on John Adams at the Gardnernew
If there was ever any badass in the contemporary classical music scene, Alarm Will Sound is your ensemble.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alarm Will Sound, Classical Blast
Canucks with Hooksnew
Steve Lambke of The Constantines shares his thoughts on his band, ketchup-flavored chips and how the Canadian indie scene is totally superior to America's.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
11-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Constantines
Birmingham Popsters Trim Fat, Get Heavynew
With the release of their third album, Tender Buttons, Broadcast sound nothing like Stereolab — or Broadcast, for that matter.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
11-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: broadcast
Hot Stuff, Coming Through!new
Boston's Post-Apocalyptic Halloween Iron Pour will feature lots of fire, a courtyard full of art students, a Japanese prog-freak band and 100 pound pots of 3000 degree molten iron.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
10-26-2005 |
Concerts
Scraptacular Trio's Got Some Serious Junk in the Trunknew
Neptune is loud, abrasive and stunningly jarring...and so are their instruments.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
10-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neptune
Slo-Fi Singer Catchier Than Herpesnew
Don Lennon thrives on making light of the most mundane details of everyday life, a skill evident on his latest album.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
10-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Don Lennon
Pop Paragons Pimp the Ride, but Not Their Pridenew
Now that Death Cab for Cutie are absolutely everywhere, you’ll need an opinion of them to navigate the multiple conversations that will spring up due to their new record, Plans.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
10-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Death Cab for Cutie, Plans
Slow and Unsteady Wins the Racenew
These days, Tortoise are more popular than ever, but their once widespread fanboy fervor seems scattered and tucked away into enthusiastic, dorkish little pockets of -- well, enthusiasts. Why?
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
10-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tortoise
Pop on Icenew
Straight from the frozen tundra, naively sexy Norway native Annie (Lilia Berge-Strand) busts out sugary sweet pop that sends a shiver down our spines.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Isolee Shows Dance Nerds What's Whatnew
Hamburg producer Rajko Muller aka Isolee breaks away from lame-ass dance music and greases tired dance floors with hot electro-tracks.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Isolee, We Are Monster
Supergroup Lives Up to Its Prefixnew
When word got out that Themselves, the central unit of the experimental hip-hop collective Anticon, were grouping with the glitch-pop magnates of Notwist, fans wanted to know what a band like this could possibly sound like.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
09-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 13 & God
