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Jane's Addiction: Still F***ing With You After 27 Yearsnew

Jane's Addiction is credited as being the granddaddies of the Alternative Nation, and for good reason.

San Antonio Current | Jaime Monzon | 05-02-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Interview: The Rebirth Brass Bandnew

Ken Korman talks to the Grammy- and Big Easy Award-winning group, which plays Jazz Fest May 6.

Gambit | Ken Korman | 05-01-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

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Zammuto's second act pays homage to his pastnew

Nick Zammuto has been many things in his life: an entry-level grunt at an L.A.-based pharmaceutical company, an Appalachian Trail hiker (literally, not figuratively), and for six years a devoted homesteader on a Vermont mountaintop where he and his family built a house and grew most of their food. But the 2011 breakup of the sonic scrap-heap pop group the Books — which Zammuto occupied opposite cellist Paul de Jong through a decade of critical acclaim — resulted in two new jobs: serving as public relations and front man for his new project, which bears his surname.

San Antonio Current | Adam Villela Coronado | 04-20-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

The Invisible Friendsnew

A year after the release of their first album, 1995's A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band, Los Amigos Invisibles moved to New York and soon after got a call from an enthusiastic David Byrne, who'd found the album at a local record store and turned into an instant fan. They hung up on him.

San Antonio Current | Enrique Lopetegui | 04-20-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Mayer Hawthorne steps away from the turntables and grabs the micnew

Mayer Hawthorne's back on the road supporting his recent album How Do You Do, which marks his major label debut on Universal Republic. He admits he had plenty of reservations about taking that next step.

Charleston City Paper | Andrea Warner | 04-20-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

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Patch Cord Godfathernew

At 79, Morton Subotnick still sings the body electric.

Colorado Springs Independent | Marc Weidenbaum | 04-20-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

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Surf's Upnew

The Beach Boys celebrate 50 years with a tour featuring the return of several original members.

Tucson Weekly | Jim Lipson | 04-19-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

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A Cultural Manifesto: Legacy of the Black Panthersnew

A Cultural Manifesto recognizes the legacy of the Black Panthers in music.

NUVO | Kyle Long | 04-05-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Gil Scott-Heron, Civil Rights, Black Panthers, Public Enemy, Cincinnati, Angela Davis, A Cultural Manifesto, Last Poets, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Freedom Fighters

Nothing is Saakred: Introducing enigmatic Melissa Ruizesparza Rodrigueznew

Even though the annual shadow cast by SXSW has receded, it often seems like San Antonio's musicians labor in the perennial penumbra of Austin's music scene.

San Antonio Current | Jeffrey Wright | 04-05-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Indie, SXSW, Saakred

Long Miles graduate from the school of reggae-rocknew

Four years ago, John Shields and the Long Miles were rookie bandmates in their first years of college. This week, they release 10-song collection titled Shades with a big show at the Music Farm.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 04-02-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: reggae, Music Farm, Local Bands, Long Miles

Lee Fields: out from James Brown's shadownew

"I'm still a North Carolinian at heart. The way I approach songs, I think about some of the things I learned and experienced as a boy growing up in Wilson."

INDY Week | John Schacht | 04-02-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: james brown, Lee Fields, soul singer, soul music