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Battles Drops a Pivotal Expermental Rock Opusnew
If the band parlays its critical-darling status into Conan/Letterman show-playing notoriety, we could be witnessing the (re)opening of the American music-fan mind to the degree of which we haven't seen since the Ford administration.
Matthew Dear: Poised to Break Out of the Techno Ghetto?new
The transition from techno producer to singing/lyric-writing techno producer is rarely attempted, never mind executed with competence -- but Asa Breed finds Dear furthering his songcraft within the genre, his flat, sometimes stilted voice complementing his low-slung, artfully spare techno.
Tags: Asa Breed, Matthew Dear
As Uncompromising As a True Head Could Hope Fornew
Who knew heady-mental Nordic prog rock would blow up in the 00s?
Never Mind the Shit, Here's Coachellanew
Is this annual desert festival an ordeal or orgasmic experience? Yes.
Seven Ultra-violent Mexican Songs to Put You in a Bueno Spiritnew
Violence and Mexican music go hand in hand like tequila and lime.
Zack Is Backnew
And de la Rocha's playing Mexican music?!
Jim Morrison at Midlifenew
Dave Brock and Wild Child break on through to the other side of 40.
OC Weekly |
Dave Wielenga |
11-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wild Child
Who Cares?new
Here’s hoping the Who don’t die before you get old.
OC Weekly |
Steve Lowery |
11-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Who
How You Get Excitementnew
'Every lament is like "I was born in the wrong time." I feel I was born in the right time -- I feel like I was exactly where I wanted to be.'
Tags: Kid Congo
The Costa Famenew
A year ago, he was just Matt Costa, now he's a singing sensation -- can a mere man survive having his dreams come true?
OC Weekly |
Ellen Griley |
08-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Matt Costa
Fall Art Threatnew
Rock 'n' roll may never die, but Mark E. Smith will still bury us all.
Tags: The Fall
Completely Unclassifiablenew
Don't get me wrong, I like the Red Krayola -- I just don't get it.
Tags: Introduction, The Red Krayola
Death Before Dishonornew
Sam Coomes discusses music trivia, war and religion.
OC Weekly |
Chris Ziegler |
04-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Quasi
Hey Mr. DJnew
New Order's Peter Hook likes to deejay because "it’s nice to please people" and "it's better than being dead."
OC Weekly |
Eyad Karkoutly |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Hook
