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The Wanderers' World of Finger-Picked Acoustic Guitar Blues/Folk/Raga/Whatevernew
The rice-paper umbrella for this monolithic-on-its-face style of instrumental, mostly finger-picked guitar folk, at least since the first disc of the three-part Imaginational Anthem series came out in 2005, has been "American primitive."
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
10-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Antique Scream: Psychedelic Truck-Stop Rock or Three-Man Demolition Team?new
The Arizona band is picking up stakes in February 2009 and moving to Seattle, where it has a record deal with Concealed Records.
Phoenix New Times |
Serene Dominic |
10-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Antique Scream, Concealed Records
Langhorne Slim Rollicks and Ramblesnew
Langhorne Slim is a streetwalking troubadour, trailed by his faithful backing War Eagles; a folk-singing vagabond, unwinding faithless tales over shuffling Americana.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Parker |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Langhorne Slim
The Mystery of The Residents Isn't Who They Are -- It's Whynew
Even those who've never heard a single note of Residents music are aware of the iconic top-hatted eyeball heads and the fact that no one knows who's been making that twisted noise for more than 35 years.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Residents
'Hands Off' Music from the Ethernew
Every Saturday afternoon, unusual music fills Fondren Guitars. In addition to the sounds of people trying out guitars, there's a distinctive electronic melody reverberating through the store.
Jackson Free Press |
Larry Morrisey |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Thomas Grillo, theremin
Tad Doyle Goes into Interstellar Overdrivenew
He once made music heavy enough to rumble the earth. With Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Tad Doyle aims to rumble the cosmos.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Silver Jews' David Berman Keeps His Demons at Baynew
On the surface, Berman's more together than he's ever been.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Watain's Erik Danielsson on Satanismnew
Last year's critically lauded Sworn To The Dark propelled Sweden's Watain into a place amongst extreme Satanic metal's elite.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Muskox Infiltrates the Local Scene 3 Inches at a Timenew
Among the more intriguing music marketing enigmas to hit Toronto is the annual appearance on Soundscapes' shelves of mysterious mini-CDs housed in matchbook-like packages emblazoned with the image of a hairy horned beast: the mark of Muskox.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Muskox
HorrorPops Offer More Than Psychobilly Stylenew
Chatting to the charismatic singer and upright bassist about the tattooed trio's upcoming tour in support of its new record, Kiss Kiss Kill Kill, it becomes apparent that mile-long, jet-black lashes and a heavy Scandinavian accent go a long way toward making mundane political factoids seem enthralling.
The Georgia Straight |
Jenny Charlesworth |
10-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: HorrorPops, Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
Peter Hammill on Surviving Prog-rocknew
Hammill first made a name for himself in the 1960s as the singer-songwriter for prog-rock innovators Van der Graaf Generator, and since that band broke up in the 1970s has gone on to record literally dozens of shape-shifting solo albums.
Shepherd Express |
Mark Krueger |
10-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Hammill
Dead Confederate Rebuffs Southern-rock Conventionsnew
Though his band's name seems pretty self-explanatory to him, Dead Confederate bassist Brantley Senn is amazed at how often it's misinterpreted.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
10-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dead Confederate
Ardent Revivalnew
The label that launched Big Star returns with a new secular-music imprint.
The Memphis Flyer |
J.D. Reager |
10-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
How Blag'ard Survived Brushes With Fame, F-150s and Fatherhoodnew
Blag'ard's injuries have been numerous and fancifully acquired. The Chapel Hill duo of singer/ guitarist Joe Taylor, 36, and drummer Adam Brinson, 26, seems destined for near-misses and closeness-to-catastrophe.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
10-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tegan and Sara are Back in the Habitnew
Narcissism and novelty are not what have compelled the two biological halves Tegan and Sara to navigate their entire adult lives in an eponymous folk pop band.
New York Press |
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan |
10-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tegan & Sara
