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Ghastly Home Companionnew

The Haunted Windchimes' Mike Clark finally gets in touch with his inner ghost

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | 10-27-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mike Clark, Michael Clark, CD Release Show, Prairie Home Companion, S.P.Q.R., The Ghost of Michael Clark, Haunted Windchimes

That Extra Classic Soundnew

An up-and-coming reggae band wrestles with charges of "cultural appropriation."

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 10-27-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Spencer Krug, Dri, SF Weekly, Make-Out Room, The Independent, Papercuts, Moonface, Aaron Deer, Adrianne A. Verhoeven, Alex deLanda, Bitch Media, Ghosty, Ian S. Port, Josh Adams, Josh Miller, Manimal Vinyl, PopMatters, The Anniversary, The Horns of Happiness, The Impossible Shapes, Extra Classic

A look at Flaming Lips rock-doc The Fearless Freaksnew

In the 2005 documentary, The Fearless Freaks, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne gives viewers a tour of his backyard, before setting out into the neighborhood to introduce us to where he grew up and still lives, in a relatively downtrodden area of Oklahoma City.

Charleston City Paper | Stratton Lawrence | 10-27-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Flaming Lips, The Fearless Freaks

Wandering Starsnew

Downtempo visionaries Portishead slip back into focus.

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | 10-27-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: trip-hop, Portishead, Adrian Utley, The Passion of Joan of Arc

Stratocruiser's The Sparknew

Stratocruiser's fourth album successfully highlights more nascent psych influences that augment the ringing jangle pop and glammy hard pop of antecedents such as Badfinger and Cheap Trick.

INDY Week | Chris Parker | 10-26-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Stratocruiser

Sting: 25 Yearsnew

Even if Sting never went solo, his place in the rock 'n' roll Hall of Fame was secure thanks to the glorious way he mixed punk, reggae, and pop with the Police.

San Antonio Current | Enrique Lopetegui | 10-26-2011 | Reviews

Heads on Sticks' Brutish & Shortnew

In the last two years, Heads on Sticks have gone from a largely studio-bound offshoot of a prominent local bandleader and sideman to one of the best live acts in the area.

INDY Week | Jordan Lawrence | 10-26-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Heads on Sticks

Coldplay: Mylo Xylotonew

Breaking news: Coldplay can rock!

San Antonio Current | Enrique Lopetegui | 10-26-2011 | Reviews

TV on the Radio Fine-Tunes the Receptionnew

TV on the Radio's latest, Nine Types of Light, seems to mine deeper into their funky substratum. It feels crisp and direct with a strong backbeat. Kyp Malone, however, doesn't see it like points on a trajectory.

Charleston City Paper | Chris Parker | 10-25-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: TV on the Radio

Interview: Soundgardennew

A talk with Soundgarden's Kim Thayil about what's next for the band after the Voodoo Music Experience

Gambit | Alex Woodward | 10-24-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Voodoo Experience, Soundgarden

CD Review: Cement Stars' Form & Tempernew

Charlotte indie rock quintet Cement Stars follows up 2009's Geometrics with the six-song EP, Form & Temper.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Jeff Hahne | 10-24-2011 | Reviews

Gangrene Machine Puts Junk in Their Funknew

Gangrene Machine is a quintet of intellectual punks with the clamor of a Frank Zappa ensemble and the solemnity of a Monty Python skit. It's a parade of unorthodoxy in full costume, an approach that would have many straight-laced spectators asking, "Why?" -- to which they'd respond with a cavalier shrug of "Why not?"

Charleston City Paper | Abigail Darlington | 10-24-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Gangrene Machine