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The Weird Luck and Southern Gothic Styles of Jim Whitenew
When White was picked up by David Byrne's Luaka Bop label, White estimates, only about 30 people had ever heard his music.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Margaret Welsh |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lach on Antifolknew
"Antifolk is to folk what punk was to rock 'n' roll," he says. "Both genres had gotten stale and commercialized and overblown, and the subgenres came in to say the emperor's new clothes didn't exist."
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jennifer Kelly |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Von Bondies Aim for Immediacynew
Jason Stollsteimer is famous as the guy that Jack White of the White Stripes once slugged in a barroom fight. He's also well known as frontman of the Von Bondies, the Detroit garage-rock band that formed in 2000. I recently talked to Stollsteimer about the band's upcoming album.
Isthmus |
Rich Albertoni |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Von Bondies
Old 97's Frontman Rhett Miller Reflects on the Past and Presentnew
He's quick to call Blame It On Gravity the best Old 97's record yet -- although he does stammer when pressed on whether it really is his favorite.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Kills Carve Out New Terrainnew
With their dark, nuevo garage swagger and relentless undercurrent of staccato percussion, the Kills are obviously influenced by Velvet Underground, but since their inception in 2000 they've sidestepped the trap of over-emulating their idols.
Seattle Weekly |
Hannah Levin |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meet the Replacements Again with Deluxe Reissuesnew
Gather 'round, children, and you will hear stories of the early '80s, when "alternative" music was still called "college radio" and good old punk rock was still relevant. Well, kinda relevant.
Shepherd Express |
Blaine Schultz |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Healthy Living with Laura Veirsnew
With her acoustic guitar, Daria sunglasses and poetry-laden lyrics, Laura Veirs certainly fit the mold of a typical modern folk singer-songwriter. For her most recent album, however, Veirs broke that mold, aggressively smashing it into tiny shards.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Solitary Musicial Genius Dosh is a One-Man Band No Morenew
Anticon recording artist Martin Dosh is used to sitting on a swivel stool flanked with drums, a Fender Rhodes keyboard, a few pots and pans and an array of looping pedals. This leading name in one-man-bands is a tour de force alone, but now tours with partner Mike Lewis to explore the wider musical world found on Dosh's latest, Wolves and Wishes.
Montreal Mirror |
Scott C. |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dosh, Wolves and Wishes
White Rabbits Conquers the Underground One Book at a Timenew
Despite his lack of formal education, White Rabbits bass player Adam Russell has long led a literary lifestyle. He dropped out of high school when he was 16 because he was frustrated with teachers who regularly kicked him out of class for reading stuff like Moby-Dick, physics texts, and Nietzsche when he was supposed to be paying attention to them.
Cleveland Scene |
Ben Westhoff |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fort Nightly, White Rabbits
The Death Set Lives It Upnew
A Death Set gig is in the same full-contact, play-in-the-crowd style as Dan Deacon and Girl Talk, which requires an absence of personal-space inhibitions on Johnny Sierra's part, but how close is too close? "I don't know," he chuckles. "I haven't had to say that yet. The closer and more spazzy it gets, the more fun it is."
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Worldwide, The Death Set
Winds of Plague Wreaks Havoc, Tours Comfortablynew
Conning its way onto shows or trying desperately to find venues at the last minute is now a thing of the past for Winds of Plague. Last year, the band signed with metal giant Century Media records and released its second full-length album, Decimate the Weak, earlier this year.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Trevor Hale |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Decimate the Weak, Winds of Plague
White Denim Takes its Buzz in Stridenew
It's not that he doesn't want to acknowledge how White Denim's indie-rock stock went blue-chip. But vocalist/bass player Steve Terebecki just recognizes the precipitous decline of rock stardom's gravitas.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Randy Harward |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Denim, Workout Holiday
Resonantly Humannew
While Sea Wolf's songs may seem bleak, they nevertheless brim with vitality.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sea Wolf, Leaves In The River
The Pleasant Contortions of Clinicnew
Another Liverpool quartet heads for the States -- but this group wears surgical masks.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Bleeding Hearts: Big Rock, Mid-sized Citynew
When the Hearts first caught on, some folks thought they looked tough, but their agile riffs and juvenile obsessions weren't rough enough for great Raleigh rock.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
