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The Fidgety Sound, the Sudden Change-Ups: This is Why You Love Quasinew

The fidgety sound, the sudden change-ups: This is why you love Quasi.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 03-05-2010 | Reviews

Everything You'd Expect From Johnny Cash, Reallynew

An album full of hurt, devotion, malaise and dejection — American VI: Ain't No Grave is everything, really, that you’d expect from a well-rounded Cash album.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 02-17-2010 | Reviews

Tags: American VI: Ain't No Grave, Johnny Cash

Wait, What Happened to Brian Jonestown Massacre?new

No one just kind of likes Brian Jonestown Massacre. Well, not until now, maybe. A band that enjoyed hefty press after the 2004 documentary DiG! became the darling of Sundance, fans and haters have become staunch in their stances.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 02-17-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?, Brian Jonestown Massacre

Anvil's Wishes Have Finally Come True, After Three Decadesnew

When they finally became rock stars, they were old enough to be members of AARP. But for the core members of Anvil, drummer Robb Reiner and singer/guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow, it was hardly too late.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 02-04-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Anvil, Robb Reiner, 30-Year Itch, Steve Kudlow

Zeppelin or Not, No Quarter Doesn’t Just Preach to the Choirnew

The stage is their pulpit. And on it, in long, curly wigs, bell-bottomed jeans and chest-baring shirts, they become what they preach, mimicking note-for-note “Stairway to Heaven” and “When the Levee Breaks” the way Led Zeppelin would have played it.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 01-29-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Altar Call, cover band, no quarter, tribute band, Led Zeppelin

Leave it to a Kid from the CD Generation to Make Tapes Cool Againnew

Whitworth University's Alex Davis runs Leftist Nautical Antiques, which releases limited-edition cassette tapes, from his dorm room.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 10-28-2009 | Music

Tags: Alex Davis, Leftist Nautical Antiques, Whitworth University, DIY, cassette tapes

Romani Music and Punk Rock? Together? Yup. Meet Gogol Bordellonew

Under the balls-out direction of the band's founder, Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello has redefined punk rock ethics and brought traditional Romanian music to the headphones of popular music fans around the globe.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 10-08-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Gogol Bordello

Sunny Day Real Estate's Dan Hoerner Leaves a Quiet Life to Play Rock Star Againnew

For Hoerner, a Spokane resident and native, this isn't just a reunion tour. It's a visit to a past life -- a life buried under births and deaths, under 9-to-5 jobs, long-gone fame and quiet anonymity.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 10-08-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Sunny Day Real Estate, indie rock, reunion tours

Husband-and-Wife Duo Jucifer Are no Sonny and Chernew

At every Jucifer show, a very tall and very, very loud wall of amps stand sentinel behind the band, floor to ceiling -- stacked neatly at some shows, haphazardly arranged on top of each other at others. That wall of amps is not simply loud -- it's practically the third member of the band.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 10-07-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Jucifer, heavy metal

Onstage, the Demure Sallie Ford Becomes a Brassy, Magnetic Sirennew

Before and after a song, Sallie Ford is just a 22-year-old girl from North Carolina who likes music. The person Sallie Ford becomes in between -- in the full speed and inertia of a song -- is remarkable.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 10-07-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside, Not An Animal

The Rosewood Thieves' Revivalist Sound is Earning Them Lots of New Fansnew

Whether or not the Rosewood Thieves intend to do it, their music leans heavily on musical eras long passed: the tra-la-la of mid-'60s American pop-folk and the drone of experimental music from that same era.

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 10-07-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Rosewood Thieves