Music Interview: Sleepercar A Secret Best Friend For seven years, Jim Ward tinkered with an Americana album.The guitarist for defunct post-hardcore band At the Drive-In and lead singer of alternative [...] Simon McCormack \ Nov 20, 2008 Read More Sleepercar (Alison Narro)
Music To Your Ears An Interview With The Alibi's Second Earwig Playlist Winner Screen Name: pathless Real Name: Mark Fischer Age: 33, Cancer Day Job: Medical student going into Family and Community Medicine Winning Earwig Mix: [...] Laura Marrich \ Nov 20, 2008 Read More
Fotw: Use The Force Use The Force And bring me the passengers–I want them alive! Hit By A Bus, The Big Spank, Sector 5, Seis Pistos and Felonius Groove Foundation [...] Alibi \ Nov 20, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer One must appreciate the vital significance of a soundtrack, especially when the maestro is The Flaming Lips. This is no regular Flaming Lips [...] Alibi \ Nov 20, 2008 Read More
Show Up!: The Melismatics Hard Work Pays The Melismatics understand that every show counts.The band once watched a fellow Minneapolis group screw around on stage in front of a five-person [...] Simon McCormack \ Nov 13, 2008 Read More “When we say ‘Melis,’ you say ‘Matics!’ ” (Alex Abercrombie)
Wax Tracks Eighty-Eight States And Counting A son of Seattle’s underground music tradition, rapper Grieves is as independent as they come. He certainly has the independently produced albums and [...] Justin Hood \ Nov 13, 2008 Read More Word is lobster bond: Producer Budo and rapper Grieves share it.
Fotw: Boobie Stars Boobie Stars Burlesque Noir, Vertigo Venus, Savannah Bloom, DJ Brian Botkiller, Paris-A-Go-Go and Satyricon star in a skinema-themed night of live and DJed music, film [...] Alibi \ Nov 13, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer Lacking both the ingenuity and guts of piano stadium rock bands like Coldplay and Keane, Snow Patrol proves it’s destined to play second [...] Alibi \ Nov 13, 2008 Read More
Music To Your Ears Scandinavian Metal Quiz 1) True or false: Gothenburg is the name of a real Norwegian town. Match the metal genre to its defining characteristic: 2) Black [...] Laura Marrich \ Nov 13, 2008 Read More
Jazzed: John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet Composer’s Genre-Blind Music Gently Breaks New Ground Drummer/composer John Hollenbeck admits to being a “mixtape guy.” As a kid, he’d raid his brother’s record collection to create tapes featuring a [...] Mel Minter \ Nov 06, 2008 Read More John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet