The Purple Cow Story Playing Each Show As If It Were Their Last The Purple Cow Story grew up idolizing fellow Oklahomans The Flaming Lips and were further influenced by local Norman, Okla., band the Chainsaw [...] Simon McCormack \ Apr 12, 2007 Read More The Purple Cow Story
More Fun Than A Junior Spelling Bee I Is For Ida emerges for a rare local show along with Seattle’s sensitive H Is For Hellgate and locals Sin Serenade and [...] Alibi \ Apr 12, 2007 Read More
Music To Your Ears Couldn’t get Shins Tickets?— You’re not alone. In fact, The Shins‘ choice to play the El Rey had a lot of you folks [...] Laura Marrich \ Apr 12, 2007 Read More
Oh, Neko! Neko Case, Of Course It’s easy to get sick of music. You could be that guy who has an immaculate archive of vinyl and always knows about [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 12, 2007 Read More Neko Case (Victoria Renard)
Hillary Smith Quartet Brings Standards And More To The Outpost In-Demand Vocalist Emphasizes Her Jazzy Self With New Group Vocalist Hillary Smith has so much on her plate right now she’s just going to have to get herself a bigger one.She’s performing [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 05, 2007 Read More Hillary Smith
James Mercer’s Inverted World “We’re a little nervous,” James Mercer says into a cell phone as he stands outside the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., a [...] Lash Bower \ Apr 05, 2007 Read More The Shins are (from left) Dave Hernandez, James Mercer, Jesse Sandoval and Marty Crandall (Brian Tamborello)
Captured! Captured by Robots, The Teddy Bear Orchestra, and Unit 7 Drain play for your enjoyment at the Launchpad on Wednesday, April 11th! Alibi \ Apr 05, 2007 Read More
Rx Bandits Former Pop-Ska Figureheads Have Become A Prog Rock Outfit To Be Reckoned With Not so long ago, the RX Bandits were another cog in the gear of what seemed like an unstoppable ska machine. Propelled by [...] Simon McCormack \ Mar 29, 2007 Read More Picture this: RX Bandits
Bookish Bands Gather round, young and old, as August Spies [see "Spotlight," March 1-7] dazzles the commonwealth with rock music. "Good show!" cries We Were [...] Alibi \ Mar 29, 2007 Read More
Sonic Reducer The greatest lyricists in my computer’s music listings seem to move closer to one another like old friends as albums are added. Bird [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 29, 2007 Read More
