Sometimes even the most talented musicians just don’t sound right together. It’s like watching Jeff Beck perform with Yo-Yo Ma — both are brilliant in [...]
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WHERE THE LAND MEETS THE SEA – Listen For the Gullsreviewed by Garrett Lyons
Interview: Davey Havok of AFIwords by Avir Mitra | photo by Jason Odell
I’m interested in longevity, especially in harsh environments. Things that somehow survive long beyond their expected timeline. And AFI has been around for a serious [...]
KEEGAN DEWITT – Islandsreviewed by Nate Griffin
Upon the first pass through Keegan DeWitt’s latest offering, Islands, I began setting various tracks to my unfinished soliloquy-ridden screenplay about an off-beat writer trying [...]
THE HI-NOBLES – Shakereviewed by Craig Gilbert
Okay, let’s gander at this a bit: the guy who used to sing for the San Francisco funk/metal band Mordred from the late ’80s until [...]
Too Deep: Humorby Nate Pollard
PUSH-PULL – Between Noise And The Indiansreviewed by Matthew Wright
This album has a serious DIY sound and feel. Which doesn’t have to be a bad thing, but in this case sorta is. The Push-Pull [...]
Too Deep: Great Ideaby Nate Pollard
The Nerve Of Some Peoplewords by Larry Livermore
by conventional standards, we are broke, or very nearly so. But thanks for noticing now, Republicans; a shame it escaped your notice when you — that’s right, you — were busily bankrupting us.
Mike Doughty – Casper the Friendly Ghost
Mike Doughty and ATO Records offer an MP3 download of “Casper the Friendly Ghost,” originally found on the 1983 release Yip/Jump Music by Texas-based artist/songwriter [...]
METAVARI – Be One of Us and Hear No Noisereviewed by Craig Gilbert
Hey now, here’s some shit: Indie-neo-folk-instru-tronica. How’s that for a music hack tag, huh? Hee hee! These guys have small snippets of some elements of [...]
TIMBER TIMBRE – S/Treviewed by Matthew Wright
Timber Timbre’s self-titled album is one of those outings that would best be described as the soundtrack to a film that’s yet to be made. [...]
HEAVY METAL PARKING LOTreviewed by Matt Edmund
Factory 515 17 min., dir. by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn Time capsules allow us to relive the past through artifacts preserved in time and [...]
Interview: Lou Barlowwords by Mark Huddle | photos by Eric Fermin Perez
Lou Reed once asked, “What becomes a legend most?” No doubt the unfailingly modest Lou Barlow would blanch at being called a “legend.” And yet [...]
TITLE FIGHT – The Last Thing You Forgetreviewed by Craig Gilbert
Melodic pop-core tunes here. You know how some listeners would hear a tune by, say, First To Leave or Fairweather or one of them bands [...]
Night Driving in the Heart of Americawords by Mark Huddle | photo by Nick Cowie
It was around 3 a.m. when the rain started. At first it was just a fine mist beading up on the cracked windshield. But by the time we hit I-77 in deepest, darkest part of West Virginia it was coming down in steady black sheets. There was an ill-wind blowing and our little car, weighed down with life’s possessions, swayed ominously with each gust.
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