AltWeeklies Wire
Revenge of the Nerdsnew

The 5th annual Nerdapalooza 2012 music fest anticipates its biggest year to date – and its most awkwardly public presence.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
08-03-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Paul Stanley promises brand-new Kiss spectacle with Crüe, The Treatmentnew

Kiss has never worried about being upstaged by an opening act.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mötley Crüe: Never too old to rock 'n' rollnew

You're only as old as the bands you feel, and when one of those bands wrote a song called "Dr. Feelgood," well, that's a clue, isn't it?
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Freddie Mercury's swagger remains powerful 20 years after his passingnew

In her well researched, carefully crafted book Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury, British music journalist and author Lesley-Ann Jones shines light on some of the more private moments of late rock singer Freddie Mercury's life.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dream back onnew

Aerosmith rises from the ashes of American Idol
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Steve Tyler, Aerosmith
The Anarchist Song Booknew

Noise musician BLACKIE searches for total freedom in music.
Houston Press |
Shea Serrano |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Verisimilitude: Teen marvels ditch angst for musical aptitudenew

A Verisimilitude show is like sitting in on a low-key band practice. Somewhat awkward and pleasantly unrefined, each 30-minute set boasting personality and charismatic dance moves.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-29-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Five Finger Death Punch is just doing its jobnew

Jason Hook sounds like a businessman.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
It Has To Be Perfect: Q&A with Kristin Hershnew

Kristin Hersh on guitar gear, writing about mental illness & how to rock without sounding like a beer commercial.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
07-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Man Behind The Blank Tapesnew

Matt Adams cut his first records in basements, and built his cult of personality as a loner.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-25-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Smif-n-Wessun: Re-Enta da Stagenew

Smif-n-Wessun's Bucktown has undergone significant gentrification over the last decade. And the cultural exchange at work there's important for the advancement of art.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
07-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Iron Maidens' double-X chromosome doppelgangers rock in the shadow of greatnessnew

It's got to be strange, being in a one-band cover group. No matter how much you master your craft, no matter how daring your stage presence or how intense your live shows, there's got to be the constant sensation of living in another band's shadow.
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
07-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Surf-pop stars Best Coast simply want 'to write perfect pop songs'new

Best Coast channel Stevie Nicks and Patsy Cline while staying true to their Golden State muse.
Orlando Weekly |
Allie Conti |
07-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Unstrung heroesnew

String Cheese Incident stretches its musical imagination.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
07-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: String Cheese Incident
The joy's still there for Three Dog Nightnew

Danny Hutton may be one of the best connected veteran pop stars in the Los Angeles band scene. As a singer, he's best known by fans as one of the three lead vocalists of Three Dog Night. As a manager and producer, he's revered by musicians and colleagues as an open-minded, optimistic supporter of the West Coast music industry.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
07-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danny Hutton, Three Dog Night