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Mount Moriah's Leaders Get Personal About Their Exquisite, Intimate Debutnew
Heather McEntire and Jenks Miller explain the voyages and stories of their self-titled debut LP during an extended conversation about the evolution of Mount Moriah and its songs.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mount Moriah
Five Words with Drivin' n' Cryin'new
Kevn Kinney talks apostrophes, a hit, The American Dream, vocal surgery and "rust (or mold) never sleeps"
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevn Kinney, Drivin' n' Cryin'
The Mountain Goats' Steady Struggle and Conquestnew
"It's all about me creating a space out of inside of myself where we can all suffer together, and raise our middle finger to the world to say that we're going to live through whatever suffering we're enduring." -- John Darnielle
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
04-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Joe Pug Outgrows the Solo Stagenew
"It's always good to be in just a little bit more water than you're used to being in, and just barely keeping your mouth above it, taking in those breaths."
INDY Week |
Peter Blackstock |
04-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Pug
The Joy Formidable Leads an Aggressive, Artful Britpop packnew
A debut as assured and confident as The Big Roar is a sure sign of better things to come -- Britpop, shoegaze, revivalism or whatever.
INDY Week |
David Raposa |
03-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Weedeater Shapes Up Its Actnew
The puking, "Dixie" Dave Collins says, doesn't usually start until midway through a tour. The Durham stop is night three. Bummer.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
03-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Weedeater
Ty Segall Outgrows Other People's Songsnew
The dizzied, heatstroked sound of Melted, Segall's third LP, turns simple song structures into repetitious labyrinths, begging the listener to get lost, too.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
03-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ty Segall
Eddie Palmieri Continues to Reinvent His Pioneering Latin jazznew
At age 74 with nine Grammys and 36 albums to his credit, one of Latin music's most recognized innovators shows no signs of letting up.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
02-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eddie Palmieri
The Story of Floating Action's Pan-Everything Soulnew
In the alchemy of greasy funk from Memphis and Detroit soul, Caribbean island riddims and Tropicalia beats, and African and Middle Eastern accents, Seth Kauffman has come up with a distinct sound he's dubbed "lo-fi North Carolina funk."
INDY Week |
John Schacht |
02-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Floating Action
Interview: Wilco's Glenn Kotchenew
Wilco's Glenn Kotche talks about the idea exchange between rock and classical music.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
01-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wilco, Glenn Kotche
Ari Picker's Harrowing Emotional Journey to Becoming Lost in the Treesnew
Picker's unhappy past pervades All Alone in an Empty House, the 2008 record the band reworked and rereleased this year on ANTI-.
INDY Week |
Jordan Lawrence |
12-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lost In The Trees
The Fresh & Onlys' Different Rocknew
The difference between surfaces and what's below them is a theme that runs through The Fresh & Onlys' music, a bright amalgam of garage, folk and psych. There's something idiosyncratic, however, in their meld of rock history and of-the-moment vision.
INDY Week |
Marc Masters |
11-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fresh & Onlys
Last Year's Mennew
Not quite out of high school, Last Year's Men have made one of the year's most addictive records.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
10-25-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Last Year's Men
Maple Stave Speaks With Its Musicnew
As a band, they're better than ever before on their new LP1. As analysts of their own music, they still struggle.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
10-14-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maple Stave
The Ironies and Energy of La Excelencia's Hard Salsanew
Powered by old-fashioned methods and ideals, La Excelencia has attracted the label "steam salsa" from one critic—they're taking an obsolete power source and retrofitting it for the modern age.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
10-14-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: La Excelencia
