AltWeeklies Wire
Extreme Animals Recreates Itself with Old Soundsnew
Extreme Animals acts like the kids we were warned we might become from playing too much Galaga, but that's not entirely why it's embraced making new music with old MIDI technology.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Extreme Animals, MIDI technology
The Avett Brothers Rose From Obscurity to Balance on the Brink of Famenew
So many goals are behind them: selling out New York theaters, playing the Grand Ole Opry, wowing the biggest American rock festivals. But this new deal with Rick Rubin's American Recordings puts the band in a different league.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
07-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Caltrop's Not Exactly a Metal Bandnew
The band is reluctant to call itself metal, but Caltrop admits its music is heavy and loud. The songs are melodic, but the high volume of old amplifiers lets the tunes crackle in mild distortion. In a word, it rocks.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
07-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Miami's Torche Recasts Metalnew
With Meanderthal, Torche joins the current crop of innovative heavy bands rising from the South, each of them taking historical reverence for divergent forms and funneling it into iconoclastic, brazen hard metallic shapes.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
07-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kid-friendly Harry and the Potters Want Your Help for 'The Best Show Ever'new
The Potters asked fans to show up early, decorate the venue and bring the toys, props and games to turn the show into what it hopes is "the best show ever." With volunteers changing at every show, each gig will be a unique experience.
INDY Week |
Andrew Ritchey |
06-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Valient Thorr's Valient Himself Talks Motorhead, Mortality and 'Immortalizer'new
As Himself was preparing to record Thorr's fourth album, he was undergoing a battery of tests as he prepared to undergo surgery to give his kidney to his father.
INDY Week |
Spencer Griffith |
06-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Talking with an Older, Smarter Gonernew
Goner -- now three men between the ages of 35 and 40 -- took some inspiration from Iron Maiden and The Boss on how to keep making albums while taking care of the kids.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
06-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Big, Brassy Sounds of Orquesta GarDelnew
Onstage, Orquesta GarDel makes salsa dura: a locomotive of energy on steel rails with endless momentum and irresistible motion.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
06-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Shirlette Ammons' New Collections of Poetry and Music Get Personalnew
Shirlette Ammons—a Durham multimedia artist who will simultaneously release a book of her poetry and an EP of her music next week—gives both the musical and literary interpretations of her words equal prominence. Working together, the forms yield a rich picture of Ammons.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Danish Rock Council Helps Out Efterklang and Slaraffenlandnew
Through programs like the Danish Rock Council and Music Export Denmark, which back Danish bands' tours, the government wants to show the world Denmark has unique cultural exports worth importing.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Bleeding Hearts: Big Rock, Mid-sized Citynew
When the Hearts first caught on, some folks thought they looked tough, but their agile riffs and juvenile obsessions weren't rough enough for great Raleigh rock.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Pressure Boys and The Sneakers Cash in Their Reunions for Charitynew
Misfortune brought people -- in this case, six musicians -- back together to fight cystic fibrosis.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
05-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lou Reed Embraces His Legacy -- Maybenew
Is Lou Reed having fun? He seems to be smiling more lately.
INDY Week |
Marc Masters |
04-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Five Words with Dark Meatnew
Athens musical troupe Dark Meat rival Polyphonic Spree in size and the 13th Floor Elevators in squalling, shambolic approach.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
04-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Meat
Rey Norteno Sings One for the Roadnew
With their clean-cut sex appeal and yes ma'am manners, the members of Rey Norteno have become role models for an all-ages fan base, especially young Latinos who wait in long lines to get posters, hats and T-shirts signed.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rey Norteño
