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N.H. Metal Heroes Not To Be Taken for Granitenew

Scissorfight guitarist Jay Fortin confirms his band's credibility, as well as his hatred for "mall-ified" commodity emo.

Dig Boston | Luke O'Neil | 11-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Scissorfight

All-American Swede Heartnew

Amandine are Swedish Americana rockers who speak in one accent, yet sing in another.

Dig Boston | Jedd Gottlieb | 11-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Amandine

The Greatest Drug Rock Band in the History of Forevernew

So yeah, the guy from Earth did give Kurt Cobain the shotgun with which he killed himself. But besides that, Earth is an awesome band.

Dig Boston | J. Bennett | 11-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Earth

Perhaps the Band Should Find Some New Hobbiesnew

U2 may not have the power to change the world with its music, but it still has the power of its celebrity.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Nikhil Swaminathan | 11-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: U2

She Makes Dreams Come Truenew

Fantasia's strings of life weren't always so sweet as her gorgeous high notes.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Tamara Palmer | 11-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Fantasia, Free Yourself

Juan-Uppednew

Not since Daft Punk has someone folded art into artifice as neatly as the Juan Maclean.

Dig Boston | Kiran Aditham | 11-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Juan Maclean, The Juan Maclean throws down on the dancefloor

Gotta Love Itnew

Merging heavy metal's satanic symbol with love's shorthand icon, H.I.M.'s heartagram ranks among modern music's most popular designs -- perhaps better known than the Finnish quintet itself.

Cleveland Scene | Andrew Miller | 11-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Dark Light, H.I.M., H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo, Scandinavia

Reaction Wantednew

Never mind the manifestos: Deerhoof thwarts categorization with no-rules art-punk.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 11-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Deerhoof, The Runners Four

Dylan Carlson is positively wanking, though his dynamics suggest caveman repetition more than Guitar Center tech. At its best, Sword is hypnotic and crude like prime Crazy Horse. (OK, maybe not as good as all that.)

Baltimore City Paper | Jess Harvell | 11-16-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Earth, Dylan Carlson, Earth 2, Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword, Sun O)))