POSTED // Apr 8,2009 - You could call Buenos Aires a late-night kind of town, sure, or you could call the American economy right now a bit shaky. Exercises in understatement aside, know this: If you were to show up at a club in the capital of Argentina at, say, 1 a.m.

POSTED // Mar 11,2009 - Folk singer Alela Diane Menig splits most of her time between Oregon and California, and that’s worth paying attention to because of how frequently a sense of place plays a defining role in her gorgeous songs.

POSTED // Nov 19,2008 - Hard work eventually pays off—or so goes the mantra indie musicians often repeat to get through the day. nBands that have been around for years still struggle just to get a few pairs of feet through a club’s doors, and a night’s hard work can often result in barely enough cash to gas up the van and trudge on to the next venue. For Athens, Ga., band Dead Confederate, though, years...

POSTED // Apr 30,2008 - In October 2005, Dark Meat made its public debut, and what started out as two roommates steeped in rock & roll knowledge cranking out Neil Young tunes in the fecund musical college town of Athens, Ga., ballooned into an impossibly vigorous, sprawling...