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Kaiser Chiefs Hail the Power of Playing Live

By Mike Usinger

The Georgia Straight | April 19, 2007

They've already figured out what separates good acts from great ones, namely that having the best songs on the planet won't help you conquer the world if you're boring as bat shit live.

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Tags: Kaiser Chiefs

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Franz Ferdinand Fires Backnew

As matches made in heaven go, Franz Ferdinand and Green Day are nowhere near the top of the list.

The Georgia Straight | Mike Usinger | 09-04-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Franz Ferdinand, Green Day, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Band of Skulls Gets Stripped Down to the Bonenew

For the members of England's Band of Skulls, finding their unique collective voice was a question of trust.

The Georgia Straight | Mike Usinger | 09-04-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Baby Darling Doll Face Honey, Band of Skulls

Sonic Youth Gets Better With Agenew

The almost unanimous verdict on The Eternal is not only that Sonic Youth sounds more energized than in years, but that the long-running alt-rock icons have come damn close to recapturing the form that made them legends in the first place.

The Georgia Straight | Mike Usinger | 07-27-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Eternal, indie rock, Sonic Youth

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Return of the Rocking Rob Zombienew

Rob Zombie has parlayed his obsessions with heavy music and low-budget fright flicks into a full-time career.

The Georgia Straight | Steve Newton | 05-03-2010 | Concerts

Tags: Gruesome Twosome Tour, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper

Los Angeles Beatmaker Nosaj Thing's a Deft Distillernew

Like many young musicians, Los Angeles–based beatmaker Jason Chung (aka Nosaj Thing) isn’t much more than the sum of his influences. What’s remarkable about Chung is how deftly he distills and commingles secondhand sounds.

The Georgia Straight | Martin Turenne | 02-08-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Jason Chung, Nosaj Thing

Alicia Keys Speaks to the Soul on 'The Element of Freedom'new

There are singers for whom song is one thing and one thing only: a church. Alicia Keys is that kind of artist, and for those of us who still look to records for uplift, for comfort, for a soundtrack to our joy and sorrow and fumbling growth, for a way to make sense of the human experience — Alicia is our girl.

The Georgia Straight | Tara Henley | 01-11-2010 | Reviews

Tags: The Element of Freedom, Alicia Keys