Articles tagged "indie"

Notes from the Road

Mount Eerie: 8 November 2009 - Lakeshore Theatre, Chicago

by Kirstie Shanley

[11.Nov.09] :. Mount Eerie: 8 November 2009 - Lakeshore Theatre, Chicago / Words and Pictures by Kirstie Shanley

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Music Review

Cale Parks: To Swift Mars

by Joseph Pickert

[5.Nov.09] :. To Swift Mars samples the ‘80s pop zeitgeist to various effect, but is strongest in its least nostalgic moments.

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Music Review

The Black Heart Procession: Six

by Matt Gonzales

[3.Nov.09] :. Still bleak after all these years, the Black Heart Procession has failed to, well, proceed much.

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Notes from the Road

Herman Düne + Julie Doiron: 29 October 2009 - Chicago

by Kirstie Shanley

[2.Nov.09] :. Words and Pictures by Kirstie Shanley

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Music Review

Tegan and Sara: Sainthood

by Mariana Gudino

[27.Oct.09] :. Sainthood , an experimental mesh of their last two efforts, explores new scopes for the Quin twins.

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News

Indie films’ hot new venues are online

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[27.Aug.09] :. PHILADELPHIA — Two summers ago, a group of university film and media grads spent a month in Philadelphia making “Happy Birthday, Harris Malden,” a goofball comedy about a guy with a...

PopWire

 

Camper Van Beethoven: Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty

by Alan Ranta

[21.Nov.08] :. Popular is a point of debate, but the best picks from the legendary indie slacker outfit's catalogue still spreads strength and beauty across college radio stations to this day.

 

Wolftron- Flesh & Fears

by Chris Conaton

[4.Jun.08] :. The frontman of Daphne Loves Derby does a solo album of romantic pop. But where's the heart?

 

Orphans and Vandals: Terra Firma / Christopher 10” Single

by Spencer Tricker

[21.May.08] :. Orphans and Vandals write romantic music -- street music, played with a deceptive nonchalance that evokes the early days of the Velvet Underground.

 

soso: Tinfoil on the Windows

by Mike Schiller

[30.Jan.08] :. soso offers poetry, offset by stretches where he sings refrains in a strained, broken, awkwardly high tenor.

 

Life of Ryan: An Interview with the Cribs

by Robert Collins

[22.Oct.07] :. The Cribs made a name for themselves as brash, belligerent punks, but they’ve cemented their place in the rock world with their music -- an intelligent, resolutely British take on power pop that’s actually done better across the pond than in Britain.

 

A Desire to Make Sound: The Arrival of Creative Guitar God Nels Cline

by Will Layman

[14.Aug.07] :. The jazz guitarist -- with Wilco, his trios, or anyone else -- opens up a conversation about how to keep this music living.

 

Benni Hemm Hemm: Kajak

by Deanne Sole

[4.Jun.07] :. That professional-amateur sound Hermannson is aiming for can be a tricky thing to perfect.