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Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes' Bones for Tindernew
Robinson's gothic, chamber-hop formula works tremendously on Bones for Tinder, the first full-length following last year's EP Precious Blood, and proves he can move freely without his more famous band. (Five Head Entertainment)
Five Words with Southern Culture on the Skids' Rick Millernew
We caught up with the SCOTS frontman to discuss his band's history with fried chicken and what some folks call rednecks.
INDY Week |
Spencer Griffith |
12-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Swiss Bluegrass of North Carolina's Kruger Brothersnew
The Kruger Brothers perform progressively minded, classically conscious folk that's rooted in American tradition but flairs wildly with disparate influences.
INDY Week |
Spencer Griffith |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Kruger Brothers
Megafaun's Phil Cook Steps Solonew
"What I'm trying to master is not any one of these instruments, but forgetting my head and listening to my heart."
INDY Week |
Spencer Griffith |
05-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rapsody's Return of the B-Girlnew
B-Girl continues Rapsody's ascension toward the level of even her most prominent collaborators, male and female.
Tags: Return of the B-Girl
Valient Thorr's Strangernew
Valient Thorr still finds its distinction by directing its menace at deserving targets via social commentaries charged by precision and power.
Tags: Valient Thorr
Kooley High is Moving to New Yorknew
"My mama always told me that people won't respect you sometimes until you leave and come back, so we're doing our little leave and come back thing because we're definitely coming back."
INDY Week |
Spencer Griffith |
08-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Wealth of Free Musicnew
Bigger crowds for bands, higher sales for bars, and cheaper nights for fans: So why aren't all shows free?
Tags: live music, economic issues
The Urban Sophisticates Stretch Their Boundaries on 'Classic Material'new
Though the move toward more traditional production bridges the Sophisticates back across the gap toward mainstream hip-hop, there's still plenty of variety on Classic Material.
The High and Mighties Might as Well Call Their Reggae 'Retread'new
Like every other group currently commercializing a pop reduction of reggae, Chapel Hill band The High and Mighties cites Bob Marley as its forefather.
A Second Look at Ben Folds Five's 'Reinhold Messner'new
At the time of its release, Reinhold Messner -- 11 largely interconnected songs stretched over 40 minutes -- was panned by many critics.
Valient Thorr's Valient Himself Talks Motorhead, Mortality and 'Immortalizer'new
As Himself was preparing to record Thorr's fourth album, he was undergoing a battery of tests as he prepared to undergo surgery to give his kidney to his father.
INDY Week |
Spencer Griffith |
06-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Annuals Make Major-Label Debut on Split EP with Sunfoldnew
Where Annuals takes cues from the kitchen-sink, simmer-and-swell indie crowd, Sunfold refocuses '90s alternative rock with the familiar tools: "Between the Worlds" has the guitar harmonies Rivers Cuomo has been searching for since Pinkerton.
How Does Inflowential Stack Up in mtvU's New Contest?new
Pitted against We Are Only Fiction and The Lives of Famous Men, Inflowential now competes for a grand prize package that includes $10,000, cell phones and the host spot for an episode of mtvU's Dean's List.
Oso Optimo Understands the Weight of its Influencesnew
The Raleigh trio spends much of this debut working through its earliest identity crisis, vacillating between crunchy power-pop and gritty alt-rock.
