King of Jeans. The title of Pissed Jeans’ third album and second for Sub Pop conjures their essence perfectly—-masters of the mundane, beasts of the [...]
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No Age – You’re a Target
No Age: the name alone suggests multiple meanings and possible interpretations—timeless, ageless, anonymous, free from restriction, something positive from something negative… a profound strength in [...]
Interview: Grand Archiveswords by Jackson Ellis | photo by Hilary Harris
Dave Grohl has Probot. Isaac Brock has Ugly Casanova. Damon Albarn has Gorillaz and Maynard James Keenan has A Perfect Circle, but don’t for a [...]
Interview: Zak Sallywords by Nate Pollard | photo courtesy of Sub Pop Records
Most people leave their normal day jobs to pursue their passion for music. For former Low bassist Zak Sally, it was the other way around. [...]
Interview: Tiny Viperswords by Heather Schofner | photo by David Belisle
Originally published in Verbicide issue #25 On the fifth volume of Burn To Shine, Jesy Fortino (a.k.a. “Tiny Vipers”) stole the show. Settling onto a [...]
WOLF PARADE – At Mount Zoomerreviewed by Asher Ellis
Originally published in Verbicide issue #25 Any current fans of this Montreal indie rock band will not be disappointed with their sophomore effort. Although no [...]
DNTEL – Dumb Luckreviewed by Chuck Daley
Dumb Luck is chock full of all the prerequisite ingredients for a laid-back, indie rock (and I use the term “rock” lightly), hipster chill-fest: androgynous [...]
PATTON OSWALT – Werewolves and Lollipopsreviewed by Sean Lambert
The chubby, self-effacing funnyman with a supporting role on “The King of Queens” has upped his hipster cred a tick or two by putting out [...]
Interview: Marty Crandall of The Shinswords by Amy Butler | photo by Brian Tamborello
Originally published in Verbicide issue #19 Marty Crandall knows that it’s a “really big time” for The Shins right now, the Portland-by-way-of-Albuquerque quartet for which [...]
Interview: Mimi Parker of Lowwords by Kevin Munley | photo by Tim Soter
Originally published in Verbicide issue #19 The music of Duluth, Minnesota’s Low can sound pure and peaceful like a choir filled to the clouds with [...]
Interview: Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinneywords by Jackson Ellis | artwork by Michael Twohig
Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 Many veteran bands who’ve played for more than a decade will find themselves past their creative peaks. Their live [...]
Interview: James Mercer of The Shinswords by Jackson Ellis | photo courtesy of Sub Pop Records
Originally published in Verbicide issue #11 On February 13, 2004, I spoke with James Mercer, singer/songwriter/guitarist of indie-pop superstars The Shins, following sound check at [...]
Interview: David Crosswords by Jerry Giammattei | photo courtesy of Sub Pop Records
Originally published in Verbicide issue #9 Chances are, you’ve seen David Cross. Although you may not be able to place the Mr. Show with Bob [...]
Interview: Dan Hoerner of Sunny Day Real Estatewords by Jackson Ellis | photo by Cayte Nobles
Previously published in Verbicide issue #7 The year is 1993, the city is Seattle, Washington, and a rock outfit named Sunny Day Real Estate is [...]
MIGALA – Ardereviewed by Jackson Ellis
Originally published in Verbicide issue #4 I like this album…very relaxing music, the type of stuff I like to hear while I’m writing or traveling [...]
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