AltWeeklies Wire
How Coldplay Became the First Band to Beat the Digital Deficitnew
Chris Martin and company can claim is that they're the first band to break the million mark in digital album sales. In other words, they're the Internet Music Kings.
Tags: Coldplay
Pity for Black Kidsnew
The internet is a filterless radio, and bands like Black Kids don't stand to win.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Kids, Partie Traumatic
Billy Corgan's Bombast was Mother's Milknew
Given the rise of "mainstream indie rock," the typical reference points are getting elbowed out in favor of other, broader touchstones. Indie's move away from indie influences is little but the result of the collective memory of today's 20-somethings, a group that came of age with a radio dial retooled by the rise of Nirvana.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
08-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Edie Sedgwick is Deadnew
But empty celebrity is alive and well. Often donning full drag, Justin Moyer uses the poor little rich girl persona to address how we understand celebrity and as a vehicle for the empty celebration of decadence and fame.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
02-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Hammer No More Fingers' Debut Sounds Almost Passenew
But after a half-decade of post-punk hair bands and precious indie pop, it's refreshing to hear an album get its hooks in without disco hi-hats or another whimsical glockenspiel line.
Everclear's Afterglownew
Art Alexakis speaks about growing old, listening to butt rock and being on welfare.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
05-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Everclear
Making a MASS-todonnew
Atlanta, Ga.'s Mastodon has perfected a brand of more-is-more heavy metal that bowls barriers and defies categorization in a genre that thrives on fine print and substrata.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
02-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
