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Mum's the Wordnew

The members of the Icelandic pop troupe don't like intellectualizing their music, they just want to have a good time performing it.
New York Press  |  Amre Klimchak  |  11-08-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Give Me Your Uglynew

Sufjan Stevens continues to celebrate the downtrodden and disgusting with The BQE at BAM.
New York Press  |  Gerry Visco  |  11-01-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

African and European Sounds Mix on Zap Mama's Latestnew

The music the band makes draws from various influences without necessarily adhering to a single style, and each tune surprises the listener.
New York Press  |  Ernest Barteldes  |  10-25-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Liz Tormes is Ready for the 'Limelight'new

Her brooding songs, mostly ruminations on breakups, are layered in whistling, half-countrified guitars, enigmatic language and her chameleonic voice: wispy and filled with longing, then deep and round, then husky and pained.
New York Press  |  Jonathan Vatner  |  10-25-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Monotonix Has Chutzpahnew

Get ready to drink from the band's dirty, sweaty boot.
New York Press  |  Saby Reyes-Kulkarni  |  10-18-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Les Savy Fav's Controlled Chaosnew

Frontman Tim Harrington is a gentle giant and a mad shaman of a faithful rock tribe.
New York Press  |  David Callicott  |  10-04-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

James Chapman Never Loses His Sense of Directionnew

The England native fuses pop songwriting and electronica.
New York Press  |  Amre Klimchak  |  09-27-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Will Sheff's Waters Run Deepnew

The singer of Okkervil River pens lyrics that can only come from the mind of a man who spends considerable time in the company of classic authors and dead poets.
New York Press  |  David Callicott  |  09-27-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

We Love You, Bell Hollow, But We Hate Your Friendsnew

The return of the old-school shoegazers.
New York Press  |  J.R. Taylor  |  09-27-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Big Bear Breaks Stuffnew

The New York hard rock act has 90-plus shows and one full-length album under its belt. A second disc is nearly finished.
New York Press  |  Shaun McCormack  |  09-13-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Bill Callahan Strips it Downnew

The artist formerly known as Smog and (Smog) has shrugged off the pseudonym(s) in favor of the name his parents gave him, and he's still adjusting.
New York Press  |  Amre Klimchak  |  09-06-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Camera Obscura: Shy No Morenew

The band gets momentum --- and a little louder this time.
New York Press  |  Amre Klimchak  |  08-23-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

For Car Bomb, Cohesion is the New Extremenew

The Long Island band brings a new sense of order to extreme metal's chaos.
New York Press  |  Saby Reyes-Kulkarni  |  08-16-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Black Moth Super Rainbow's Scary, Happy Fairytalesnew

The band's electro-psychedelic reflections exude otherworldliness, as if they were concocted outside of real time in another dimension.
New York Press  |  Amre Klimchak  |  08-16-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Portugal. The Man's Visual Instinctsnew

The Alaska band is more than just a Mars Volta rip-off.
New York Press  |  Saby Reyes-Kulkarni  |  08-09-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

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