Features
Wednesday, November 30 2005
The Living Blue
The Living Blue are not your typical musical adventure using the punk attitude of garage rock as a jumping-off point. Really!
Thursday, September 1 2005
Shredding to the Tune of a Bleeding Heart
American Minor may have found a nurturing scene in its adopted hometown of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, but as vocalist Rob McCutcheon explains, the band still fights routine pigeonholing.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Playing Tight and Thinking Freely: Interpreting Dungen
Dungen's Gustav Ejstes on improvisation, the language barrier, power trios, and the importance of taking it easy.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Come on Feel the Distraction, or, The Original Balladeer, or, The Architecture of Musical Fiction
Sufjan Stevens explains how he got sidetracked into this whole music thing and lets us know what he really likes.
Sunday, January 1 1995
A Matter of Balance: An Interview With Richard Swift
Has pop music lost its soul? Is excellence accidental? Richard Swift on the cons of modernity.
Reviews
Friday, May 16 2008
Hayden: In Field & Town
Hayden Desser’s recipe for artistic success: He knows what is necessary and when it’s so. Throughout the entirety of In Field and Town, everything is completely necessary and nothing is extravagant.
Monday, March 3 2008
The Warlocks: Heavy Deavy Skull Lover
LA psych masters show us who's boss on their fourth LP.
Thursday, January 31 2008
Instruments of Science & Technology: Music from the Films of R/Swift
Richard Swift is an ideal when it comes to our modern definition of artist: comfortable in many mediums and unafraid to experiment.
Wednesday, November 14 2007
Emma Pollock: Watch The Fireworks
The Delgados founder, Emma Pollock, shows an uncanny knack for the swelling pop epic.
