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Pop Punk Progenitors: The Descendents never want to grow upnew
It's easy to misjudge punk rock, figures the Descendents' Bill Stevenson. "There's some impression it's this bonehead thing," he says. "But when you look just a little beyond that surface, you realize it's where a lot of the thinkers are in the rock community."...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
08-08-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Forever Gifted and BlackGrand Performances Pays Tribute to Nina Simonenew
Nina Simone would have been 90 years old this year. This year also marks the 10th anniversary of her death.
Random Lengths News |
Terelle Jerricks |
07-01-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Consciously Unconscious: Pianist Matthew Shipp Paws at Improvisationnew
Matthew Shipp’s time in David Ware’s company wasn’t all supplication. The pianist recorded incessantly during the decade, and today counts upwards of thirty dates under his own name. The pace of recording and relentless thought put into Shipp’s work is evident. But practicing to play spontaneously seems like a contradiction—one the pianist quickly clears up.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
06-24-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girl in a Coma Singer Nina Diaz' Spiritual Makeovernew
“What’s up with Nina?” I asked Faith Radle, Girl in a Coma’s manager, looking at the band’s lead singer, Nina Díaz. It was pouring rain that afternoon in late May, but we were safely sheltered at the ballroom of the Omni Hotel, minutes after Judge Nelson Wolff gave his State of the County address and seconds before I lamely asked, “Is she going to the gym, or something?”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
KING KENDRICK BRINGS HIS TALENTED FRIENDS TO OUR NECK OF THE WOODSnew
Kendrick Lamar burst into the national spotlight in 2011, following the release of his debut album Section.80, which included the hits “HiiiPoWeR” and “A.D.H.D.” If that album — lyrically focused on issues of drug addiction, violence, love, lust, and the battle to improve oneself — got people talking about Lamar as if he was next in line for the rap throne, 2012’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City proved they were right.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-12-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ecstatic Improvisation: “The Source Family” Documents the Strange Days of Father Yod and Ya Ho Wha 13new
The Source Family, helmed by a war-vet-turned-restaurateur with the given name Jim Baker, could be lumped into the miasma of 1960s social experiments. But there’s something else going on. Smoking weed was a ritual, but drugs weren’t a focus. They weren’t totally freed from monetary concerns—Baker’s Sunset Strip health-food eatery sustained them. It’s all curious—the reams of music they recorded as Ya Ho Wha 13 are, too.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
06-12-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Back in Blacknew
Michael Jackman interviews Keith Morris on the eve of his appearance with Flag at the Orion Music + More festival on Belle Isle. Morris discusses why he left Black Flag, his time with the Circle Jerks and what he has been up to now, as a middle-aged man.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
06-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Been away for too longnew
Soundgarden returned from hiatus for right reasons—and the results are good.
Boulder Weekly |
David Accomazzo |
05-24-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Raising Capital Citiesnew
The 'best band in Los Angeles' scores with its 'Safe and Sound' single
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
05-15-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Capital Cities
Down in the basement: Mike Rep's dank and creative lifenew
As suburban sprawl began its duplicitous creep, a kid named Mike Hummel and his family took up residence in Timberlake, a region southwest of Ohio's capital. It was the 1960s.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
05-14-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Trapped in the matrix with Black Moth Super Rainbownew
Electronica nihilist Tom Fec snatches chaos from the jaws of victory
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
05-09-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Magic of Os Mutantesnew
A 47-year-old band from Brazil is coming to Club Congress to promote a new album. Why should you care?
Tucson Weekly |
Thane Tierney |
05-07-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: os mutantes
Slow Growernew
Yo La Tengo isn't afraid to let the momentum build gradually
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
05-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yo La Tengo
Sweden's Mysterious Goatnew
The greatest myths are good stories. And tales behind the discovery of any band are just decent fiction—or at least realities tweaked well enough to conjure up towering imagery.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
04-25-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Goat
Big Boi's like a meat lover's pizzanew
The MC is currently on tour in support of his sophomore effort Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. We caught up with Big Boi via phone in advance of his April 30 appearance at the Vogue.
NUVO |
Kyle Long |
04-24-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
