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Sleepless Nights' Heart is a Lonely Wanderernew
The Halifax band has been home to more than 20 musicians over its five-year lifespan. This revolving door has garnered the band comparisons to Broken Social Scene, something frontman A.A. Wallace is quick to dismiss.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
03-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleepless Nights
Bullet for My Valentine Takes Aimnew
Are these guys the new face of British metal?
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
03-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jeppa Hall's Kingdom Lies Between Vaudeville and Psychedelianew
And her folk fantasies are played out as Goatgirl.
Seattle Weekly |
Aja Pecknold |
03-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Queen Shmooquan
Seattle, You Love Your Mainstream Country Musicnew
You just won't admit it.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
03-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Crippled Nation Grows Upnew
The band changed its name to Streetside Symphony, which fits its current sound.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Streetside Symphony, The Curse
Life After System of a Downnew
When SOAD went on hiatus, bassist Shavo Odadjian remained busy with a series of projects in music, film, and online. He describes it as "coming out of my shell."
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appleford |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shavo Odadjian
L.A. Heroes Unitenew
DJ music from L.A. may still be unknown to much of the world, but Droog is plugged into a global groove.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Droog
Border Crossingsnew
Dengue Fever combines the indie and the Cambodian to create sounds enigmatic and modern.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Matt Diehl |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dengue Fever
Fist Citynew
Rockwell Knuckles aims to punch through St. Louis hip-hop's glass ceiling.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rockwell Knuckles
The "West Coast Sound": Lauded Songwriters Grapple With Its Genesisnew
Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear on the L.A.'s scene.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Pride of Kinston, NCnew
On the tour kick-off, Parker filled the 1,000-seat room with people he grew up with, their children and grandchildren, and folks who've simply read about him in the Kinston Free Press as the local hero who's spent the last four decades touring alongside James Brown, George Clinton and Prince.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
02-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maceo Parker
Caretakers of the Heartnew
Shearer's songwriting voice has got one foot in the self-affirming whisper of Elliott Smith, and the other in the mud puddle of Gold Rush-era Neil Young.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
02-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: La Lamentor, Weinland
The Original Sin of Gutter Twinsnew
The idea of combining the heavily tattooed, sullen skulk of Mark Lanegan -- he of ex-Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age fame -- alongside the glutinous howl of Greg Dulli -- he of Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers fame -- is just plain wrong.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
02-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gutter Twins
No Chemical Romancenew
Josh Jones of Evangelicals says not everyone in Oklahoma takes part in drug-addled orgies.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
02-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: evangelicals, The Evening Descends
The Lasting Greatness of Passing Strangenew
When the songwriter called Stew first appeared in the pages of New York Press, he trying to free his ambitious band from the Los Angeles power-pop scene. Now he's on Broadway.
New York Press |
J.R. Tayor |
02-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Passing Strange
