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The Meat Puppets Rely on New Drummer for New Albumnew
The group returns to its '80s sound with Rise to Your Knees, the first new Pups release with both Kirkwoods since 1995's No Joke!
INDY Week |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Donny Hue and the Colors Almost Never Practicenew
But the nebulous music collective went into the studio and came out two days later with Folkmote, a debut that blends the huge swells of Spiritualized with the bittersweet bounce of Elephant 6's finest.
INDY Week |
Rich Ivey |
09-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Donny Hue and the Colors, Folkmote
Chest Pains: Heart Attack Bandnew
Older punks with cardio conditions finally find each other.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
08-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dark Meat: A 'Psychedelic Carole King'new

The Athens band's acid-adventure deluge of sound is anything but tranquil.
INDY Week |
Margaret Hair |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Meat, Universal Indians
Night Ranger Still Loves 'Sister Christian'new
Maybe you don't remember Night Ranger, the 1980s pop-metal crossover stars, but you definitely remember the band's biggest hit, right?
INDY Week |
Margaret Hair |
07-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Night Ranger
Parts & Labor: Additional Fees May Applynew
Trying to talk to members of the Brooklyn fuzzy-math and acute-angle trio about something other than music isn't easy.
INDY Week |
Margaret Hair |
07-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Parts & Labor
Feltbattery's Pastoral Noisenew
Benjamin Trueblood makes music by listening to his surroundings.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
07-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Feltbattery
Profile: the Fiery Furnacesnew
Shifty winds.
INDY Week |
Alex Henderson |
07-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fiery Furnaces
Palomar Plucks Upnew
This indie-pop band has found a few ways to spruce up its sound and inject more excitement into its live set.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
06-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Palomar
After Death, Marriage and Birth, Two Dollar Pistols are Backnew
The Pistols are warm again with the release of Here Tomorrow, Gone Today.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
06-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Two Dollar Pistols
El-P Forgets the Facts of His Lifenew
I'll Sleep When You're Dead signals a shift in lyrical approach that's tempered the aim of his laser tongue.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
06-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: El-P
Everclear's Afterglownew
Art Alexakis speaks about growing old, listening to butt rock and being on welfare.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
05-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Everclear
Comas Alivenew
Frontman Andy Herod talks happiness and returning South.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
05-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Comas
Dan Deacon: Total Smarty Partynew
The Baltimore composer cleary gets the most high-minded concepts of electronic music, experimental composition and all points in between.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
05-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Deacon
Z'EV: Precious Mettlesnew
The sound artist has had a long, lonely path to innovation.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
05-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Z'EV