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Robby Grant's Pretty Meets Alicja Trout's Loud for Mouserocketnew
Mouserocket started out, a decade ago, as a Trout side project of sorts -- an outlet for lighter, poppier, more playful songs that didn't fit her other projects. But it's developed over the years into a classic, collaborative band.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Underrated Country Star Gary Allan Turn Pain into Artnew
He's underrated within the world of mainstream country, where he plays small theaters or opens for lesser artists like Rascal Flatts, despite being one of the handful of the best record-makers that genre's seen in the last half-decade or so.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Contendernew
Band-juggling songwriter Tim Regan launches Antenna Shoes with a new album.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andrew Earles |
04-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Generous Gambler, Tim Regan
Be Your Own Pet Refuse to Grow Up and That's Goodnew
The group's second album sounds like a promise that even though she's no longer a teenager, we can still expect the Muppet-punk brattiness that animated the band's eponymous 2006 debut, which was known to blister paint at high volumes.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
04-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
Iron Mic Collective Creates a New Memphis Soundnew
Iron Mic's vitality comes in representing a considerable, mostly silent slice of the city's African-American hip-hop audience: people who don't relate to Three 6 Mafia or Project Pat or Yo Gotti and never thought there'd be Memphis-bred hip-hop for them.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
03-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jill Scott: Neo-soul's Deserving Standard-bearernew
Philly soulster and Roots protegee Jill Scott has become the scene's true standard-bearer. She's the genre's reigning poet laureate -- a strong, precise lyricist in a genre without many.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
03-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jill Scott, The Real Thing
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
Capturing Chaosnew
The North Mississippi Allstars get back to basics.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Rocking Returnnew
Tennessee hard-rockers Egypt Central fell through the major-label rabbit hole and lived to tell about it.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Egypt Central
Downhome Boy, Updatednew
Country star Brad Paisley is a Maxim and Field & Stream kind of guy.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Educators School Memphis in Roots-Rocknew
Year-end releases from Rob Jungklas and the Central Standards give divergent spins on roots-rock.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gully, Rob Jungklas
The Whigs: A Throwback in a Good Waynew
Athens' Whigs perfect a brand of no-frills rock that never goes out of style.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mission Control, The Whigs
Levon Helm Mines His Arkansas Roots for Comebacknew
The story leading up to the making of Helm's first album in 25 years is filled with so much triumph over adversity that you might think it's made up.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
12-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dirt Farmer, Levon Helm
Surveying Stevie Wondernew
He's become the now-underrated owner of one of modern pop's greatest discographies.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stevie Wonder
Ingram Hill's Bass Player Woesnew
After completing Cold in California, the group's original bassist left the band. Then there was another guy ... he didn't last.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cold in California, Ingram Hill
