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Cool (and Smooth) John Fergesonnew
Indeed, one of the great joys of With These Hands is the ease with which Ferguson segues between styles, creating an evolving energy from the lively first half to the second half's gentler, late-night vibe.
Snatches of Pink Nearly Do-Wellnew
While Snatches of Pink and Clarissa both went to the summit, enjoying a major label tenure and a bid for radio play, they never quite sparked popular imagination, despite several fine, well-regarded albums in the '80s and '90s.
Nantucket's Long Journeynew
The group shared stages with AC/DC, Kiss, Cheap Trick, Styx and Journey, and was even the subject of a bidding war in 1977. But they just never had that No. 1 hit.
INDY Week |
Kathy Justice |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nantucket
'Carolina Funk': A Labor of Lovenew
Chapel Hill's Jason Perlmutter spent half a decade compiling this 22-cut, 23-page package, which travels the same high road as similar triumphs of excavation and passion.
Buck 65 Supposes He Makes Hip-Hopnew
Ever since the press and the public caught wind of Buck 65, aka 35-year-old Richard Jerfry, in the late '90s, his identity -- that of a white rapper from Nova Scotia -- has been his onus.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hammer No More Fingers' Debut Sounds Almost Passenew
But after a half-decade of post-punk hair bands and precious indie pop, it's refreshing to hear an album get its hooks in without disco hi-hats or another whimsical glockenspiel line.
On Not Meeting Porter Wagonernew
John Howie Jr., frontman of the Two Dollar Pistols, got sick around Oct. 28, the day Grand Ole Opry legend Porter Wagoner, 80, died. He was still recovering at home in Mebane when he relayed the following story of almost meeting Wagoner when the Pistols played Opryland in 2003.
INDY Week |
John Howie Jr. as told to Grayson Currin |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Porter Wagoner
Randy Whitt Unbottlesnew
He's on the lanky side, and his stride and stage presence suggest an abundance of energy waiting to escape.
Party at the Cartridge Family's Padnew
On Shine Like a Bottle, you'll be attending a pair of parties, both with a Replacements undercurrent.
A.C. Bushnell's Battlenew
How a battle with liver cancer gave a fiddler something to sing about.
INDY Week |
Ruth Eckles |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A.C. Bushnell
There's Troika; Where's 305?new
Troika Music Festival advances without 305 South, the venue that hosted the two biggest shows of last year.
Tags: concerts
Day Action Band on the Family Lifenew
On Wives & Babies, Matt and Nate O'Keefe sing largely about long workdays and kids in car seats and finding happiness at home. Not groundbreaking, no?
Tags: Day Action Band, Wives & Babies
Josh Ritter on Crosswords, Inspiration and Toll Boothsnew
On Ritter's latest release, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, "The Temptation of Adam" claims Most Ambitious cut.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Ghost and Squirrel Nut Zippersnew
Remembering a haunted recording session in New Orleans.
INDY Week |
Tom Maxwell |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Squirrel Nut Zippers
'Crawl Inside Your Head' Roams Geek Turfnew
SNMNMNM's quirk-and-chorus has long had a wide appeal. This record won't change that.
Tags: Crawl Inside Your Head, SNMNMNM
