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Roman Numerals Delivers Rhythm Rocknew
Roman Numerals is equal parts straight-laced indie rock and dance-hall electro grooves. The songs aren't club bangers but they aren't head bangers either.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Roman Numerals
One Man's Quest for Mysterynew
In some ways, Ben Chasny's feelings about MySpace match his take on creating music in general.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Greg Ruggiero’s 'Balance'new
Warm and liquid, the music of jazz guitarist Greg Ruggiero slides into the ear so easily, you don’t notice until it’s already had its way with you.
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Balance, Greg Ruggiero
Little Metal Sistersnew
The most promising metal act in Albuquerque is not staffed by tattooed, beer-guzzling, sweaty men in their late 20s/early 30s. It's Suspended, a trio of chicks who all three turned 21 this year.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
12-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Suspended
Royal Dead Does the Zombie Stompnew
Despite his blood-soaked T-shirt and ghoulish colored contacts, there's a smirk on Eddie Suicide's face that lets you know he takes his band's mantra of gore and destruction only half-seriously.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
11-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Royal Dead
Isaac Brock Doesn't Like Softball Questionsnew
You start an interview easy, with some chill question that allows your source to go on and on about himself, to warm to you. This is, apparently, not the way to go with Isaac Brock, a man who isn't hot on the idea of explaining himself or why his band's latest album is so much better than a lot of the shlock Modest Mouse put on shelves in the last decade.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
11-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Modest Mouse
Glenn Danzig Talks With His MySpace Alteregonew
As MySpace Glenn Danzig, I write evil blogs and comments, post Danzig videos and generally infect the MySpace community with unhealthy doses of Danzig. Never in my bloodiest dreams could I imagine I'd actually get to speak with the real Glenn.
Weekly Alibi |
Weber |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danzig, The Lost Tracks of Danzig
Dafnis Prieto's Quintet Mixes Jazz, Latin and Classical Texturesnew
Alongside the equipment commonly found in a jazz drum kit -- toms, snare, kick drum, wood blocks, high hat, cymbals -- Cuban-born drummer/composer Prieto mounts an unorthodox percussive instrument: a frying pan.
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
11-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Absolute Quintet, Dafnis Prieto
Luciana Souza Gets Personalnew
Every so often, the right song meets the right singer at the right time, producing a transcendent performance that marries them forever. Souza found it with Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Waters of March."
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Luciana Souza, The New Bossa Nova
Nick Luca Fights for His Life and Winsnew
As he and his band traveled the country, Nick Luca found himself with a case of the touring blues -- but things got worse when he was actually diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
10-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Luca
Frontwoman Penelope Houston on Early Days of Punknew
She would like The Avengers to be compared to other classic punk rock bands without any reference to gender -- period.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
10-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Avengers
Against Me! Discusses New Album, Butch Vignew
Touring for their fourth full-length album, New Wave, these guys are rocking the boat with punk that's rich, raw and honest.
Weekly Alibi |
Justin Alan Hood |
09-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Against Me!, New Wave
Spectrum's Drone State of Mindnew
To tell the story of Spectrum, you first have to tell the short, furious story of Spacemen 3, the British band that reworked and re-presented psychedelic rock as a tranced-out mix tape of fuzz guitars and dreamy melodies.
Weekly Alibi |
Kyle Silfer |
09-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spectrum
Okkervil River's Will Sheff Doesn't Want to Be Brandednew
The Austin group has been called indie-folk-rock and "lit-rock," but Sheff thinks it's up to the listener.
Weekly Alibi |
Thomas Gilchrist |
09-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Okkervil River, The Stage Names
Hillary Smith Quartet Brings Standards and More to the Outpostnew
In-demand vocalist emphasizes her jazzy self with new group.
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
04-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hillary Smith Quartet
