AltWeeklies Wire
Radio Nowhere Trades Physical Dollars for Digital Dimesnew
After his band's popularity waned, Mike Baker began using social networking to write his music and build a buzz.
East Bay Express |
Eric Rubin |
08-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pissed Jeans Shed Office Life With Controlled Aggressionnew
Some people relieve 9-to-5 desperation by smashing the office printer with a baseball bat or, say, blowing up the corporate headquarters of credit-card companies with homemade dynamite. Pissed Jeans plays music -- delirious, fast and loud.
San Diego CityBeat |
Nathan Dinsdale |
08-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: King of Jeans, Pissed Jeans
Lusurfer is on a Satanic Mission to Spread Surf Rock to the Massesnew
The origins of Satanic surf-rock band Lusurfer are hazy at best. Over a round of PBRs at a local watering hole, I try to coax a narrative out of the four metal-heads-turned-surf-rock enthusiasts seated around me, but the details are implausible, sketchy, and at times ridiculous.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andrea Swensson |
08-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blonde Devotion: Motown Diva Chris Clark Rises from Obscuritynew
From 1965 to 1967, Motown released a few criminally ignored singles that found a home on Clark's 1967 long-player Soul Sounds. Given the scattered sessionography, Soul Sounds surprisingly holds up better than any other studio album by the more recognizable greats of Motown.
Metro Times |
Serene Dominic |
08-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jazz Drum Prodigy Justin Faulkner is Ready for the Big Timenew
Justin Faulkner played his first gig professionally at 13, but by that time he'd already been playing the drums for more than a decade, ever since his mother brought an Ohio Arts "Rock the World" toy kit back to their West Philly home.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
08-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Breathe Carolina's Kyle Evans Discusses the Joys and Dangers of the Warped Tournew
July 13 is the first day off for Breathe Carolina bandmates Kyle Evans and David Schmitt since they hopped aboard the pop-punk juggernaut known as the Warped Tour, and they're determined to enjoy it. So they've headed to Delaware's Dewey Beach for an afternoon of Jet-Skiing, little knowing that their joyful excursion is about to go terribly awry.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
08-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sunn 0))) Guitarist Greg Anderson Talks 'Big Church' and 'Monoliths & Dimensions'new
Sunn 0))) offer big ideas gradually, thoughtfully, create a monolith of sound and then mold it into something graceful but menacing. It's no accident that their new album features a cover painting by sculptor Richard Serra; the band's output feels heavily inspired by Serra's massive series of Torqued Spirals.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
08-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Blue Scholars are Turning the Artist-Label Relationship On its Headnew
Seattle hip-hop group Blue Scholars have brokered a deal in which New York hip-hop label Duck Down Records signed to them. Whether that's the most accurate way to put it is debatable, but the message is clear: things are changing.
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Cunningham |
08-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Atlanta's The Black Lips Cook Up Garage Rock Chaosnew
Atlanta, Georgia's flower punks the Black Lips have taken lysergic garage rock around the globe. The band's even been forced to flee India. Here bassist Jared Swilley discusses the group's instigation nation by nation.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
08-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lykke Li Offers Girlish Quirks and Contradictionsnew
Swedish dance-pop singer Lykke Li is a 23-year-old mystery ... she's capricious and full of contradictions, at once plucky and melancholy, sweet and standoffish. She delights in her eccentricities, and though she doesn't lie, per se, she usually doesn't volunteer the whole truth, either.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jesse Sandoval Discusses His Forced Exit from the Shinsnew
On May 2, without a formal announcement or press release, the band that "will change your life" performed for the first time without longtime drummer Jesse Sandoval and keyboardist/bassist Marty Crandall.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
08-06-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lacuna Coil Adjusts to Life as Italy's Great Rock Hopenew
Fortune has clearly smiled upon Lacuna Coil, founded more than a decade ago by tag-team vocalists.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-06-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Otep Loves Younew
A few weeks ago, Otep Shamaya logged into her Facebook account and sent a message to a fan’s sister, a stranger, wishing her a happy birthday.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Handerson |
08-06-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
John Forte: From Jailhouse to Jazzhousenew
Ex-Fugees producer Forte keeps a low profile these days. Since his release from prison last December, after serving seven years of a fourteen-year drug sentence, Forte has started treating home as his sanctuary.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Former Wild Weekender Maren Parusel Shows Off Her Softer Sidenew
If going from punk to piano was a strange transition, Parusel isn’t saying so.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jim Ruland |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
