Music | Profiles & Interviews | AAN.org

Maple Stave Speaks With Its Musicnew

As a band, they're better than ever before on their new LP1. As analysts of their own music, they still struggle.

INDY Week | Grayson Currin | 10-14-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

The Ironies and Energy of La Excelencia's Hard Salsanew

Powered by old-fashioned methods and ideals, La Excelencia has attracted the label "steam salsa" from one critic—they're taking an obsolete power source and retrofitting it for the modern age.

INDY Week | Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 10-14-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: La Excelencia

Thrash Pickupnew

Warning! One of the members of Spellcaster or Evil Survives may steal your indie-rock girlfriend.

Tucson Weekly | Jarret Keene | 10-14-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Spellcaster

Doug Walters Lets His Artsy Side Shinenew

Even though he was busy this year with his rock bands Torture Town and the Fairy God Muthas, songwriter Doug Walters found time this year to assemble a solo album of instrumentals and experimental music.

Charleston City Paper | Jared Booth | 10-13-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Doug Walters

Check The Rhimenew

Q-Tip Talks Kanye West, the Roots, and the Reunion of A Tribe Called Quest.

Miami New Times | Stacey Russell | 10-13-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Roots, Kanye West, ATCQ, A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip

Cattle Decapitation: Metal Vocals Are More Than Just Screamingnew

The first complaint is never the squealing guitars or abrupt rhythms; the vocals are always the obstacle, and one often worth overcoming.

INDY Week | Bryan Reed | 10-13-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cattle Decapitation

George Duke's Musical Gumbonew

The Grammy Award-winning keyboardist and composer is a giant in the world of contemporary jazz and fusion, but his technique, style, and spirit cover more musical ground than most jazz cats.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 10-12-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: George Duke