AltWeeklies Wire
My Chemical Romance: Heroes of Their Fans' Storiesnew
A large chunk of the stylish emo group's Hot Topic-clad followers have taken to writing fan fiction, featuring My Chemical Romance as the main characters in ordinary settings -- and some downright compromising positions.
Chicago Newcity |
Janine Schaults |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Chemical Romance
Venus in Fistsnew
Lou Reed gets all healthful and New Age-y, but cross him and you might still lose an eye.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lou Reed
Alex Cline's Blended Vocabulariesnew

Jazz drummer? Exotic sound-maker? For L.A.'s new-music impresario, it all goes together.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alex Cline
The Rise and Fall of the Donnasnew
Don't count out the all-girl band yet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
02-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Donnas
Waking Up Naptownnew
The Mudkids raise Indy hip-hop from the underground.
NUVO |
Leslie Benson |
02-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Mudkids
Video Made the Radio Starnew
Oakland's Maldroid hopes to ride YouTube all the way to the top.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
02-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maldroid
Metamorphosis by Songnew

How struggling songwriter Jeremy Works became a popular, virtual-world, singing frog.
San Antonio Current |
Lupe Flores |
02-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lean and Sobernew
Baatin comes clean about Slum Village, mental rehab and getting off crack.
Metro Times |
Kahn Davison |
02-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Baatin
Martin Dosh Went from Writing Fiction to Making Instrumental Musicnew
Martin Dosh is the proud recipient of an English degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz. But, he concedes, "I'm obviously not doing very much with it."
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
02-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dosh
The Commissionernew

Say hello to Mick Boogie, the DJ Eminem loves to hate.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
02-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mick Boogie
Momentum In the Sunnew

Malajube have paid their dues and earned their bunnies, straddling the anglo and francophone music scenes in Montreal, and now they're playing to a surprisingly receptive international audience.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
02-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Malajube
Moz the Catnew

In which Steven Patrick Morrissey speaks of ghosts, glam rock, Obama -- and why squirrels like him.
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
02-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Morrissey
Revelation On Exposition Boulevardnew

Singer Rickie Lee Jones finds renewed inpiration through improv, activism, and the untwisted words of Jesus Christ.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
02-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rickie Lee Jones
Gizzy Keeping Busynew
With hot club nights, big-name remixes and a Ninja Tune deal cooking, Ghislain Poirier keeps bouncing higher.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
02-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ghislain Poirier
Remember Himnew
Aqualung/Matt Hales talks about his stage name, his love of the piano and his new CD.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
01-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aqualung/Matt Hales