Seeing Brent Amaker and The Rodeo on any night is a party, but couple them with the closing gig of Neumos’s weeklong birthday celebration and… Continue reading
There are a lot of great things about Neumos, the club that’s anchored Capitol Hill’s live-music scene for a decade now. It’s fitting, then, that… Continue reading
Walking Papers highlights one of the great strengths of the Seattle music scene: its incestuous, collaborative nature. Since so many musicians play in so many… Continue reading
Kudos to Denton, Texas’ Midlake for doing what few bands have been able to do: make a record that retains a sense of identity despite… Continue reading
You might not know it, but this long-running Southern California punk band, in addition to its own legacy, has spawned countless other acts for decades.… Continue reading
The rock legend, who died in 1970 from an overdose of barbiturates, would have turned 71 today—which may seem ancient by guitar-hero standards, but here’s… Continue reading
His favorite targets include the homeless, Asian shop owners, security guards, and cabbies. With an unwavering stare and nerves of steel, he aims his video… Continue reading
This co-headlining tour was born when Chris Shiflett, whose day job as guitarist for Foo Fighters, signed a deal for side project the Dead Peasants… Continue reading
Here’s a helpful hint to all the aspiring indie rockers out there: Go to this show! The top-billed performers—Bazan, Walla, and the Winters’ John Roderick—are… Continue reading
Mike Doughty doesn’t exactly know why he’s doing what he’s doing on his current tour, but he’s doing it anyway. He’s excavating songs from his… Continue reading
On aesthetics alone, Andrew W.K. may seem an unlikely choice to sing 35 classic Ramones songs alongside longtime Ramones drummer Marky Ramone on his latest… Continue reading
1. The 42-year-old singer/songwriter’s sixth LP, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, is receiving… Continue reading
Despite having already recorded Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, it wasn’t until Jack Endino wandered into a Hamburg bar to meet ’60s psychedelia purveyors Blue Cheer… Continue reading
Ty Segall promises that his latest LP Sleeper will be his only solo release this year. That might be a strange statement for most artists,… Continue reading
A lot of artists fear sobriety will zap them of their creative potency. A lot of them would be right. Take Aerosmith, for example. No… Continue reading
Los Angeles band Redd Kross, led by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald, has had a long and storied career, releasing its first EP in 1980… Continue reading
With his slogan-bearing trucker hats, his oversized glasses, and a career that has balanced a rigorous stand-up schedule with steady acting work, Judah Friedlander is… Continue reading
Perhaps more than any other band at Bumbershoot this year, Savannah, Ga.’s boundary-pushing metal act Baroness finds itself in transition. After the band’s tour bus… Continue reading
Holing themselves up in the studio for six months, the three members of the Berlin-based electronic supergroup Moderat–a collaboration between Modeselektor and Apparat–finally emerged with… Continue reading
On its third record, Soft Will, Chicago trio Smith Westerns have grown up and slowed down a bit. Whereas its second release, Dye It Blonde,… Continue reading
