Sic Old Alps I’m not saying there’s going to be illicit drug use or anything, but Sic Alps, Death Valley Days and Mei Long will get [...] Alibi \ Oct 11, 2007 Read More
Sonic Reducer While unmoved by their last release, Planet Of Ice vanquishes any ho-hum feelings that may have been associated with Minus The Bear. Yes, [...] Alibi \ Oct 11, 2007 Read More
Wieners I keep forgetting to congratulate the winners of this year’s State Fair Talent Showcase, which was announced a few weeks ago by the [...] Laura Marrich \ Oct 11, 2007 Read More
Luca Nick Luca Fights For His Life And Wins As he and his band, Luca, traveled the country, Nick Luca found himself with a case of the touring blues. Unfortunately, things were [...] Simon McCormack \ Oct 11, 2007 Read More Luca
The Avengers Penelope Houston Revisits The Early Days Of Punk We’re not yet at the point in history when I can stop asking this question: What’s it like to be a woman in [...] Marisa Demarco \ Oct 11, 2007 Read More Penelope Houston
Sonic Reducer Guitarist David Torn “magicked” dozens of hours of live studio improv (with altoist Tim Berne, keyboardist Craig Taborn and drummer Tom Rainey), condensing [...] Alibi \ Oct 04, 2007 Read More
You Write The Songs That Make The Whole World Sing Just kidding. Sarah West, Freddy Raygun and Leah Black do. Learn how at the Songwriters Showcase this Thursday, Oct. 4, at Ben Michael’s [...] Alibi \ Oct 04, 2007 Read More
Sonic Independence Seven-Year-Old Oscillation Electronic Music Festival Rails Against Conformity The Oscillation Electronic Music Festival is remarkably well-behaved for the strong, subversive stuff it spits out. The festival is a two-day gathering of [...] Laura Marrich \ Oct 04, 2007 Read More
They Probably Are Giants By Now A Silver Anniversary Approaches The Songwriting Geniuses Behind "Birdhouse In Your Soul" And "Particle Man" In spite of their unorthodox sound and nerdy science- and history-based lyrics, They Might Be Giants managed chart toppers and radio play with [...] Marisa Demarco \ Oct 04, 2007 Read More The two founding Johns, Flansburgh (left) and Linnell, of They Might Be Giants. (Susan Anderson)
"We're Not Worthy! We're Not Worthy!" "We're Not Worthy! We're Not Worthy!" Wayne Campbell, the character created by Mike Myers on "Saturday Night Live"’s "Wayne’s World" sketches, could have been based on Mike Trujillo. Like [...] Laura Marrich \ Oct 04, 2007 Read More
