AltWeeklies Wire
Five words with Lizz Wrightnew
Lizz Wright came into the world as the daughter of a pastor in small-town Georgia. The family business led her to a love of gospel music, which flowered into a love of singing.
INDY Week |
Ashley Melzer |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dark Water Rising's Native American heritage is an inspiration, not a limitationnew
"Working together, going the extra mile; we have that in our community, no doubt, but through our music we're trying to spread that message to everyone."
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Water Rising
Megafaun Continues to Reinvent Itselfnew
The release of Megafaun's new album—their most traditional yet—is the perfect chance to get behind the conceptual encrustation and find out what they really care about.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
09-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Megafaun
Nobunnynew
Bay Area garage rocker makes a new identity of rock 'n' roll references.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
09-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nobunny
Brooklyn MC Jean Grae Gets Ready to Go "Music Heavy"new
"My persona/ personality is not made up, it's honest and vulnerable. From choosing what I wear every day to my tattoos -- I try to be inappropriately appropriate."
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jean Grae
Arborea's music echoes through the deep hollows of backwoods Mainenew
"If we got frustrated, I'd say, 'C'mon, let's go for a ride in the canoe, and watch the sun go down.'"
INDY Week |
Jesse Jarnow |
09-01-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Arborea
Pictureplane's Geographic Isolation Hasn't Limited His Dance Musicnew
"The last record was more about time and space and outer space and galactic alignment than human consciousness. This one was more about the physicality of the world and sexuality."
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
08-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pictureplane
Bitter Resolve's Misfits March Forwardnew
The monolithic riffs and malevolent rhythms of Bitter Resolve's proto-metal suggest the sort of bros who would bludgeon Chapel Hill's stereotypical indie rocker in the back alley behind Local 506 just for fun. But that would be missing the message.
INDY Week |
Corbie Hill |
06-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bitter Resolve
A new collaboration lets Shirlette Ammons finally speak on sexnew
"It seems like queerness has become sort of a pop culture circus as opposed to the way some people are choosing to live their lives every day."
INDY Week |
Jordan Lawrence |
06-23-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shirlette Ammons
Wilmington's Onward, Soldiers are an Unlikely Southern Rock Bandnew
The genre-tweaking folk-rock band Onward, Soldiers is roots rock with a Southern soul and a restless heart.
INDY Week |
Jordan Lawrence |
06-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Onward, Soldiers
Stretching the Boundaries of Jazznew
The five members of Peter Lamb's Wolves stretch their techniques—and the boundaries of their jazz
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
06-09-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Lamb's Wolves
Megafaun's Phil Cook Steps Solonew
"What I'm trying to master is not any one of these instruments, but forgetting my head and listening to my heart."
INDY Week |
Spencer Griffith |
05-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Red Collar Frontman Jason Kutchma Returns From the Road, Americana Curios in Townew
Jason Kutchma's unplugged solo work has reached a point where it's no less charged than his full band's output. And he's now released two EPs of live recordings.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
05-02-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jason Kutchma
Portland's Grails are Sonic Foragersnew
Middle Eastern exotica swirls into sludgy stoner rock riffs. Desert-baked noir-scapes lift off into synth-fueled space rock. Elemental drones contrast with trip-hop beats and modern chop-shop sampling. Grails is an evolving maze.
INDY Week |
John Schacht |
04-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Grails
Emeline Michel's Rich Haitian Fusionnew
The nickname Queen of Haitian Song doesn't sit well with Emeline Michel: "I said, 'OK, if I'm a queen, I'm a queen of the heart. I want to have the biggest heart ever to share with everybody, and give that wherever I go to my music."
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Emeline Michel
