AltWeeklies Wire
Chime Schoolnew

Sleigh Bells frontwoman Alexis Krauss rings the noise.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
05-26-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleigh Bells, Alexis Krauss
Chartbreakernew

Adele turns heartbreak into record-making success.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
05-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adele
My Chemical Romance Outwits the Gathering Gloom Patrolnew

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is a concept album set in 2019, where street gangs battle a Big Brother-ish corporation. And, yes, it's already inspired a line of jackets, a mythical spinoff band called the Mad Gear and Missile Kid, an ongoing series of Perils of Pauline-ish videos, even an upcoming Killjoys graphic novel.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
04-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Guitar Heronew

Helmet helmsman Page Hamilton still rocks, even if he has gone more than a bit Hollywood.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
03-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Page Hamilton
Darkness visiblenew

25 years later, synth-popsters OMD maneuver their way back into the spotlight.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
03-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cynical Guynew

The ambivalent resurrection of Marshall Crenshaw.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
02-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Marshall Crenshaw
Swans Songsnew

Michael Gira's newly reformed outfit is ready to menace a new generation.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
02-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jarboe, Michael Gira
Guster’s Last Strawnew

Following an unfriendly fall-out with rock royalty, the alt-pop band gets back to where it once belonged.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
01-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Guster, David Kahne
Habit of the Broken Heartnew

Chris Carrabba takes Dashboard Confessional's decade-old debut album back on the road.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
01-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
East is the Beastnew

Best Coast frontwoman Bethany Cosentino returns to her West Coast roots as part of the surf-pop trio.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
10-29-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kid Cudi, Best Coast
Junk Joint Serenadenew

After all these years, Social Distortion main man Mike Ness still manages to clean up pretty good.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
10-14-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Social Distortion
Yes, There Will Be Surfer Bloodnew

John Paul Pitts takes to the road with his highly acclaimed dormitory experiment.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
10-12-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Surfer Blood
A Person of Interestnew

Despite police suspicions to the contrary, eels frontman E is surprisingly well-adjusted.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
10-05-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: eels
Road From Ruinnew

A resurrected James explores the paths not taken.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
10-04-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: James
Forever Smashing Pumpkinsnew

Despite all his rage, Billy Corgan is no longer just a rat in a cage.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
09-20-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan