Rock Reads: You Can’t Always Get What You Want In his autobiography, Sam Cutler—tour manager for The Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead in their raucous heydays—seems coy about the path his [...] Adam Perry \ May 06, 2010 Read More
Music Magnified: Dr. Dog Makes A House Call In Santa Fe On its cross-country tour two years ago, Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog—a quirky, lovable indie-soul band—packed bars that held 200 people when the fire department [...] Adam Perry \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More Dr. Dog, learning a new song (Jason Nocito)
Sonic Reducer: Grateful Dead Bootleg, Frank Zappa Dvd Despite the stereotypically cheesy cover art that will probably shoo away non-Deadheads (as usual), Crimson, White & Indigo (or “7/7/89”) includes a whole [...] Adam Perry \ Apr 08, 2010 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Frank Black, Pavement, Richard Hell Like all of Black Francis’ solo career, NonStopErotik is stylistically all over the place. The album misleadingly starts with unexceptional alt. rock that [...] Adam Perry \ Mar 11, 2010 Read More
Top 10 Indie Rock Songs Of The Decade To some, indie rock is an aesthetic, something between Sonic Youth and Pavement that’s only played by people with mop-tops, ringer T-shirts and [...] Adam Perry \ Jan 07, 2010 Read More
Music Interview: New Model Army Punk Rock And Poetry In Motion These days, a real punk band can almost never find its way onto the pop charts. But back in the day (see: mid-’80s), [...] Adam Perry \ Oct 08, 2009 Read More Justin Sullivan, second from right, leads the charge in old-school British punk outfit New Model Army. (Aimee Candelaria)
Music Interview: Ween Exclusive! A Rare Chat With Ween Despite last year’s joyous release of an incredible live show from 1992 [ Live at The Cat’s Cradle, 1992 , Chocodog Records], all [...] Adam Perry \ Sep 03, 2009 Read More Ween’s Gene (Aaron Freeman) and Dean (Mickey Melchiondo) (Courtesy of Ween)
