AltWeeklies Wire
Face to Face opens up to a world of influencesnew
Truth or friction
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
04-24-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Har Mar Superstar Will be Bigger Than Ron Jeremy, But Not the Way You Thinknew
In a 2004 piece, London’s The Independent was quick to point out that Har Mar Superstar (Sean Tillman, also known from his Sean Na Na project) almost resembles porn star Ron Jeremy, and Wikipedia went as far as to say the two have only “one notable physical dissimilarity.”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
04-18-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
British ‘it band’ Alt-J rides a wave of critical successnew
Art for awe’s sake.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
04-17-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Family Dawg: David Grisman, Andy Statman Strung Together By Roots and Culturenew
The kinship Andy Statman and David Grisman share sprouts from music and culture and hinges on the merger of ancient melodies and America’s musical history. But there’s a familial vibe to much of the latter’s canon. Flipping through his recordings, the same names pop up repeatedly, sometimes at intervals of a decade, sometimes more—Jerry Garcia’s among them.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
04-15-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Not Dead: Akron/Family Defies the Pigeonholenew
Akron/Family drummer Dana Janssen may or may not be aware that Paul Williams is no longer spinning vinyl and opining, but the Portland-dwelling percussionist says he hopes journalists can eventually write uniquely on his band.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
04-11-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Akron/Family
The Smiths' Johnny Marr releases his (very) long-awaited solo debutnew
How late is now?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
04-10-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Herra Terra Warns You Not to Taste the White Poonew
Worcester, Mass. band Herra Terra talks about member changes, their new CD release and upcoming CD release party.
Worcester Magazine |
Matt Robert |
03-21-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Herra Terra
Staying Powernew
Folk-rock songstress Lisa Loeb hit it big in 1994 with ‘Stay (I Missed You)’ — and hasn’t dropped off since.
Folio Weekly |
Nick McGregor |
03-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mother Mother, one of the hottest bands from the Great White Northnew
While U.S.-based press on Mother Mother, who open for AWOLNATION at the White Rabbit March 9, might be slim, our neighbors to the north increasingly appreciate the band’s genre-bending rock.
San Antonio Current |
Callie Enlow |
03-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pat Martino has a coldnew
Guitarist Pat Martino’s made a concerted effort to traipse through life in the most healthy way he can. In part, it’s to combat the effects of an aneurysm, which swiped a huge chunk of his memory toward the tail end of the 1970s.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
02-25-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Punk Rock the Votenew
DOA's frontman leaves music (for now) to pursue politics.
VUE Weekly |
Paul Blinov |
02-21-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DOA, Joe Keithley
Afroman and the dangers of puff-puff paranoianew
He kept staring out the curtains, certain the cops were watching him. Of course, this shouldn't surprise anyone. After all, one of the known side effects of getting high is paranoia.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
02-20-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rap Capitalismnew
ScoreMore is the successful byproduct of booking agents Sascha Stone Guttfreund and Claire Bogle trying to deliver the acts they wanted to see.
Houston Press |
Shea Serrano |
02-14-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Guitarist Steve Gunn Chases Creeping Songcraftnew
“Time Off” doesn’t have a lackadaisical feel, although the widening row of Steve Gunn’s musical predilections disallows for total cohesion.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
02-08-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alt Hip-hop hero MURS comes to The Korovanew
Ever wish you could satisfy your lust for hip-hop without overlooking messages that degrade women, glamorize gun and drug culture, and are willfully un-empathetic?
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
02-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
