AltWeeklies Wire
Motherboarnew
There was a time when Motherboar's greatest dilemma was how to get another shot at playing a house show in the guise of their French pool-boy metal alter-egos, "Speedeaux."
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Peter Legasey |
01-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Motherboar
Delta Spiritnew
“We’re not a ‘flavor of the week’ band.”
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Hilary Hughes |
11-29-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Delta Spirit
Maseratinew
Just over a year ago, Maserati was dealt a blow that would knock the wind out of the most iron-clad stomach when drummer Jerry Fuchs fell to his death in a Williamsburg elevator shaft.
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Erik Ziedses Des Plantes |
11-16-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maserati
Boston Howlers Converge Continue a Streak of Stunnersnew
On Axe To Fall, Jacob Bannon unearths noises no human should be able to make. Kurt Ballou rips his guitar like he's auditioning for America's Next Top Guitar Hero at all times, and Nate Newton and Ben Koller still make up one of the most bludgeoning rhythm sections ever. For the band, it is just business as usual.
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Erik Ziedses Des Plantes |
10-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Axe To Fall, Converge
Times New Viking Rejects the Indie Rock Crownnew
One part pop-music classicism and one equal part DIY static, Times New Viking has been credited with reorienting underground rock away from the dance punk and self-indulgent freak folk that has dominated to a rawer, more immediate sound.
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Nick Feeley |
06-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
DeVotchKa: Not Just Gypsy Musicnew
A Mad & Faithful Telling continues to ride the gypsy-folk wave, but Shawn King (percussion/trumpet) wants to give DeVotchKa's audience more melodic credit.
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Kristen Humbert |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Monotonix: Out in the Sticksnew
Purists know that rock & roll is a violent, chaotic tool, and in its spastic live shows, the stripped down Israeli trio wields it like a manifesto.
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Luke O'Neil |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Monotonix
Stephen Malkmus on Drunken Jim Morrison & the Red Soxnew
"It's too tiring to be wasted. I know it's not what you want to hear from a rock band, but you need to keep it together. When you're younger you experiment but, when you're 42, getting wasted all the time is sort of desperate ... Either that or you got a problem."
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Craig Terlino |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pan-Pot: Strawberries, Saxophones & the Spice Melangenew
Yes, they are from Berlin and yes, they have some songs named after drugs ("Charly" and, er, "Crank") but from there, it is all innovation and high-action end-time tunes.
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David Day |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pan-O-Rama, Pan-Pot
Rob Swift on Biters, Haters and Nerd Circlesnew
Swift has spent the last two years developing Ill Insanity, an X-Ecutioners spin-off gang alongside the comparably nimble-wristed Total Eclipse and Precision.
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Chris Faraone |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ill Insanity
Neptune Goes Extra Big in '08new
Neptune is a three-man sculpture/electrical engineering/performance team who build their gear by hand; a mess of barrels, blades, auto scrap and other miscellany both domestic and industrial, all modded with electronics.
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Daniel Lopatin |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neptune
Everyone Wants Keren Annnew
Legions of indie-rock boys around the world have a behemoth-size crush on Keren Ann. I do not. I am a professional journalist with nothing but respect of Mlle.
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David Day |
02-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Keren Ann
The Pack Heeds a Higher Callingnew
As hip-hop continues to falter -- falling from high art to hi-fi ringtone factory -- it's quite possible that the salvation of the culture lies in four Vans-wearing skateboarding teens from Berkeley, CA.
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Martín Caballero |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Based Boys, The Pack
The Von Bondies: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Divorcenew
Like the bemused children of guilt-ridden divorced parents, Von Bondies' fans are eager for Jason Stollsteimer and company to make up for lost time.
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Martin Caballero |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Von Bondies
DJ Assault is Strictly Bootynew
Regardless of what it's called, Assault's high-energy style, which mixes elements of Detroit and Chicago techno, Miami booty bass and the sex rhymes of acts like 2 Live Crew and Too $hort, lands him in about 100 different DJ booths across the globe each year.
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Dave Wedge |
12-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
