AltWeeklies Wire
White Rabbits Conquers the Underground One Book at a Timenew
Despite his lack of formal education, White Rabbits bass player Adam Russell has long led a literary lifestyle. He dropped out of high school when he was 16 because he was frustrated with teachers who regularly kicked him out of class for reading stuff like Moby-Dick, physics texts, and Nietzsche when he was supposed to be paying attention to them.
Cleveland Scene |
Ben Westhoff |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fort Nightly, White Rabbits
Photographer's My Chemical Romance Nightmare has a Happy Endingnew
Last week was a wild one for freelance photographer Nichole Torpea. The 22-year-old UMSL grad was shooting the May 3 My Chemical Romance concert at the Pageant for Riverfront Times, when, she says, she was assaulted by a member of the band's security team.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
05-16-2008 |
Music
The Death Set Lives It Upnew
A Death Set gig is in the same full-contact, play-in-the-crowd style as Dan Deacon and Girl Talk, which requires an absence of personal-space inhibitions on Johnny Sierra's part, but how close is too close? "I don't know," he chuckles. "I haven't had to say that yet. The closer and more spazzy it gets, the more fun it is."
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Worldwide, The Death Set
Winds of Plague Wreaks Havoc, Tours Comfortablynew
Conning its way onto shows or trying desperately to find venues at the last minute is now a thing of the past for Winds of Plague. Last year, the band signed with metal giant Century Media records and released its second full-length album, Decimate the Weak, earlier this year.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Trevor Hale |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Decimate the Weak, Winds of Plague
White Denim Takes its Buzz in Stridenew
It's not that he doesn't want to acknowledge how White Denim's indie-rock stock went blue-chip. But vocalist/bass player Steve Terebecki just recognizes the precipitous decline of rock stardom's gravitas.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Randy Harward |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Denim, Workout Holiday
Sun Kil Moons Shows His Rawest Momentsnew
This album will leave you wondering: Why isn't Mark Kozelek more famous?
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: April, Sun Kil Moon
Resonantly Humannew
While Sea Wolf's songs may seem bleak, they nevertheless brim with vitality.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sea Wolf, Leaves In The River
The Pleasant Contortions of Clinicnew
Another Liverpool quartet heads for the States -- but this group wears surgical masks.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Bleeding Hearts: Big Rock, Mid-sized Citynew
When the Hearts first caught on, some folks thought they looked tough, but their agile riffs and juvenile obsessions weren't rough enough for great Raleigh rock.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Martin Rev and Alan Vega Continue to Do What They Wantnew
For decades, Suicide’s relevance has popped up amid many a wheel. In recent times, groups from Wolf Eyes to Glass Candy share Vega and Rev as a powerful antecedent.
New York Press |
Matthew Kantor |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: suicide
This Little Undergroundnew
Reviews of recent concerts and music news.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
05-15-2008 |
Music
Good Nightnew
What to see during FMF when your bank account is a little low.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-15-2008 |
Concerts
Enchanted Japannew
Review of Love Psychedelico's album.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Feguson |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Unfabulousnew
Review of Scarlett Johansson's attempt at becoming a singer.
Orlando Weekly |
Rob Boylon |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
The Dirtbombs Surround Us with Sirensnew
There's no better music to both amplify and appease our worries of self-annihilation than guitars that ring like air raid sirens; a double-bass, two-drum front that rolls like an army tank; and a singer who cackles wildly as he stomps through civilization's ashes.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
