POSTED // May 5,2010 - Midway through their debut, Sweet Apple shows their true artistic colors on “Hold Me, I’m Dying.” Though the song’s souped-up rock is rowdy...
POSTED // Apr 14,2010 - Alan Sparhawk is still learning how to become a responsible performer. As the man who has guided solemn indie-rock act Low for more than 15 years ...
POSTED // Mar 31,2010 - Ryan McPhun knows that ambition can be pricey. As the man in charge of Auckland, New Zealand, indie-pop trio The Ruby Suns, he uses a menagerie of instruments ...
POSTED // Mar 17,2010 - Kevin Murphy once believed he had reached a time where he’d heard “most good old music.” Though he now considers that outlook as “very ignorant ..."
POSTED // Mar 10,2010 - When art-punk doomsayers The Blood Brothers called it quits in late 2007, Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato still hadn’t considered their futures ...
POSTED // Jan 27,2010 - When Nouvelle Vague began their inaugural run of concerts in the U.K. after forming in 2003, Camille and Mélanie Pain had some hesitations ...
POSTED // Dec 30,2009 - As a Phileas Fogg for the 21st-century indie-pop set, Charlie Brand is there to guide you through woolly and farfetched terrain.
POSTED // Dec 16,2009 - Garage rock has a curiously dubious nature. Based on the notion that garage inherently champions a primordial version of rock & roll over the thoughtfully orchestrated fret acrobatics of, say, a progressive band ...
POSTED // Dec 9,2009 - Where might The Lawrence Arms be without booze? Knowing how frequently the Chicago trio uses alcohol and its attached subtexts as lyrical fuel, it’s hard to imagine their woebegone, crooked punk devoid of this cliché.