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On the Vergenew

Cymbals Eat Guitars were eager to change things up for their much-anticipated sophomore release.

Tucson Weekly | Eric Swedlund | 10-05-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

“The Other F Word”new

Black Flag’s Ron Reyes, Black Pacific’s Jim Lindberg talk about “The Other F Word,” a documentary based on Jim Linderg’s autobiographical “Punk Rock Dad: No Rules, Just Real Life.”

Easy Reader | Kevin Cody and Jim Lindberg | 10-04-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Black Flag, Black Flag, Black Pacific, Pennywise, Black Pacific, Pennywise

Gringo Star's Nick Furgiuele Cranks the Reverbnew

Atlanta's Gringo Star specializes in a jangly, dreamy cacophony -- a British Invasion-inspired, mod-tinged take on classic power pop.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 10-04-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Gringo Star, Nick Furgiuele

Blair Crimmins Won't Play Wallpaper Musicnew

Blair Crimmins and his troupe have stayed busy this year playing around the Southeast in support of a new EP titled State Hotel. The single "Old Man Cabbage" is a steamy number with an exotic melody.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-29-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Spontaneous Combustionnew

Jazz legend Art Lande keeps the art of piano improvisation alive

Colorado Springs Independent | Cicily Janus | 09-29-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Built to Thrillnew

Ladytron synthesizes its art-pop masterpiece

Colorado Springs Independent | Tom Lanham | 09-29-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tiger by the Tailnew

Nick 13 tracks down his own Bakersfield sound.

Colorado Springs Independent | Tom Lanham | 09-29-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Don’t Throw Najee Under the Kenny G Busnew

Najee may hesitate to call his music "smooth jazz," but there are few things smoother than when the saxophonist and his bass player trade licks in the opening minutes of his 1986 hit, "For the Love of You." It's probably the slow, heavily reverbed drum fills and electronic snare pop that sentence Najee to inevitable Kenny G comparisons, but that curly haired sax man can't touch his peer when it comes to adding funk and soul into the mix.

Charleston City Paper | Stratton Lawrence | 09-28-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Jazz, Najee

Founding Father of H-Town Rap Keeps Pluggin’ in ‘Wicked’ Industrynew

Learning about K-Rino (born Eric Kaiser) involves re-evaluating what it means to be hardcore. All Music Guide attributes 24 releases to him in 16 years.

San Antonio Current | Adam Villela Coronado | 09-28-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Say Revenge! debuts with a fun — and furious — shit-talking albumnew

The women of Say Revenge! — half of the co-ed foursome — are the type that, no matter what they say to you, always seem on the verge of laughter.

San Antonio Current | Enrique Lopetegui | 09-28-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Mixed Vocabularynew

The Stone Foxes look to the blues as they craft their Southern-style rock.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 09-28-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Stone Foxes

The Many Lives of Celsius 7new

Famous for his theatrics, the Oakland rapper is now cultivating a more serious, focused persona.

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 09-28-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Kalri$$ian, Baby Jaymes, Shattuck Down Low, Foreign Legion, Dub Esquire, Jacob Battersby, Psychokinetics, Shannon Curtis, Smooth Rick the Chosen, Celsius 7

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