It's Smooth, It's Sweet, It's Vanilla Pop Vanilla Pop Croons Over Three Years At Martini Grille Here’s a common scene: A young man leans against the bar, making a phone call to, let's say, his roommate. He chats for [...] Amy Dalness \ Apr 13, 2006 Read More
Music To Your Ears Moonshine Champagne—What is this magnetic force that attracts people to banjos, barefeet and overalls? I haven’t been able to quite figure out what [...] Laura Marrich \ Apr 13, 2006 Read More
Sonic Reducer The Kleptones are more than the sum of their samples. They do what’s called “mashup” or “bastard pop,” where super-geniuses clip moments of [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 06, 2006 Read More
Trilobite Debut Cd Party Folk-Country With A Story To Tell Singer, songwriter, fictionist and former Stanford attendee Mark Ray Lewis grew up the son of a country preacher in Hannibal, Mo. Lewis' family, [...] Simon McCormack \ Apr 06, 2006 Read More
Music To Your Ears Let the Spring Crawl Countdown Begin—Spring Crawl is set for Saturday, April 29, this year … less than one month away! Clear your [...] Laura Marrich \ Apr 06, 2006 Read More
El Aviador Dro Monday, April 10, Burt's Tiki Lounge (21-and-over); Free: For over 25 years, El Aviador Dro has been a fixture of the synth pop [...] Simon McCormack \ Apr 06, 2006 Read More
Two Gallants With Edith Frost And The Zincs Sunday, April 9, Launchpad (21-and-over), Free: Like Johnny Cash with throat cancer or Flogging Molly's Dave King on a whiskey binge, Two Gallants' [...] Simon McCormack \ Apr 06, 2006 Read More
Four Shillings Short The thing about Four Shillings Short is that they're so unique, writers who attempt to explain their sound have gone to great lengths [...] Amy Dalness \ Apr 06, 2006 Read More
Jurassic Rock Revelation recording artists Shook Ones and Sinking Ships perform a monster set with local newbs Outlaw and Excruciation. $5 show starts at 7 [...] Alibi \ Apr 06, 2006 Read More
It'S De Bashment Kev Lee says “party” with a Caribbean accent. Soak in songs from his upcoming project, Genre—Strictly Reggae and a performance by chanteuse Sina [...] Alibi \ Mar 30, 2006 Read More