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Indie Rock Capo Damon Che on Don Caballero's Longevitynew
Though Don Cab is said to have pioneered the mathematical, clean-guitar-tone approach that became an indie hallmark in the wake of the band's groundbreaking early work on Touch and Go records, few of the band's peers pursued Che's muse in quite the same fashion.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
12-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Von Iva Hits the Big Time with Jim Carreynew
How do you amass a large audience from outside the traditional music industry? If you're San Francisco's Von Iva, the answer has moved from labels to licensing -- a direction that recently landed the group in the onscreen company of Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
12-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Minneapolis Hip-Hop Heavies Heiruspecs End Their Hiatusnew
Just four years ago, riding high on the national release of A Tiger Dancing, Heiruspecs were on the fast track to being the biggest band to come out of Minneapolis in the new millennium. By the end of 2005, however, it all came crashing down -- literally.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andrea Swensson |
12-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Burning of Rome are Fired Up and Ready To Gonew
Adam Traub launched The Burning of Rome as a recording project, an opportunity to indulge his love of old-school punk and metal, while also exploring a more experimental, synth-heavy sound.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
12-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ace Hood: From Broward County to the Worldnew
The 20-year-old flame-throwing MC is in the midst of his official career launch to the world, and it appears he's getting cosigns galore.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jimmy Gnecco's Sound is All Oursnew
Despite how he's been portrayed by critics and perceived by fans, the Ours frontman isn't particularly in love with his pain, nor does he need to feel tormented to write.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
12-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pianist Terry Adams Moves Beyond NRBQ with a New Band and Forays into Jazznew
In 2004, NRBQ went on hiatus, and the band is unlikely to perform again on a regular basis. Adams has begun to forge a solo identity, recording a jazz-piano album, Love Letter to Andromeda, and a pop-rock throwdown called Rhythm Spell. He calls his current touring band the Terry Adams Quartet, a group featuring bassist Pete Donnelly, drummer Conrad Choucroun and guitarist and singer Scott Ligon.
Riverfront Times |
Roy Kasten |
12-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Clare and the Reasons Combine Whimsy and Melancholy to Inspire Imaginationsnew
Thanks to a blend of urbane pop, jazz and blues, Clare and the Reasons' 2007 debut album, The Movie, inspires cinematic vistas of narrative to unfold in the mind.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blitzen Trapper Finds Sub Pop Success with its Fourth Albumnew
After self-releasing three albums -- including Wild Mountain Nation, the 2007 album that put them on the radar of Sub Pop and the music press -- Blitzen Trapper have just managed to corral the kind of attention Fleet Foxes are already swimming in.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
11-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Seattle's Conrad Ford Finds Beauty in Highway 99new
The band is a hushed and ghostly Americana outfit cut from the same vintage fabric as Barton Carroll and Jesse Sykes.
Seattle Weekly |
Hannah Levin |
11-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dead Confederate Carries the Flag for a New Variation on Southern Rocknew
Wrecking Ball, the band's debut album for the imprint, is a heavy, feedback-drenched affair that finds Morris caterwauling over expressionistic tracks like "Flesh Colored Canvas." The results have earned Dead Confederate raves from publications like Rolling Stone and Spin, if not a life-changing amount of folding green.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
11-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Times New Viking Leads a Lo-Fi Indie Resurgencenew
The drummer and vocalist for Times New Viking realized early on in his studies that regimented lectures in art history and brush-stroke fundamentals weren't going to satisfy his creative impulses. So Adam Elliott did what disillusioned students do best -- he dropped out.
The Georgia Straight |
Jenny Charlesworth |
11-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
What's Rock God Chris Cornell Doing with Timbaland?new
Sure, Cornell's stylish crooning of the James Bond theme "You Know My Name" for 2006's Casino Royale showed he's matured considerably since his grunge-bellowing days, but what the fuck? A hook-up with über-urbanizer Timbaland represents a radical rethink.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
MC Zulu's Space Dancehallnew
Zulu works on Planet Lazer Bass, but he lives right here in Chicago.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
11-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Scott Weiland's Candlelit Bluesnew
We talk with the former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer on the eve of his first solo album in a decade.
L.A. Weekly |
Erin Broadley |
11-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
