Picking Up the Pieces with The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up

Picking Up the Pieces with The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up
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Picks Us Apart, the new album from The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, serves as a memoir for Paul Gonzenbach and his summer 2003 about with severe mental illness. … read more

Off to See the Wizard: Ozzfest’s Bury Your Dead and Trivium Gear Up to Spellbind

Off to See the Wizard: Ozzfest’s Bury Your Dead and...
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After 10 years of avoiding Salt Lake City, Ozzfest finally brings its extravagant headbanging musical tour to Utah. … read more

Tough Resin: The Epoxies Glue Together the Weird and the Wonderful

Tough Resin: The Epoxies Glue Together the Weird and the...
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Upon finishing the Y2K-scare of phone conversations, I understood that The Epoxies are a band that will continue to do what they love because they love it. … read more

Papa Don’t Preach: A Conversation with David Pajo

Papa Don’t Preach: A Conversation with David Pajo
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David Pajo is busy. He finished the highly successful, cult-approved Slint reunion tour, released his 6th solo album and is working on a Slint reunion tour DVD. … read more

Waking Up with Jimmy La Valle: The Album Leaf’s New-Dawn Instrumentalism

Waking Up with Jimmy La Valle: The Album Leaf’s New-Dawn...
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La Valle has been creating music for over ten years, beginning with Locust, where he served as their first keyboard player at the ripe old age of sixteen. … read more

THE COUNTERCULTURE WILL BE TELEVISED: A Story About the Vans Warped Tour:

THE COUNTERCULTURE WILL BE TELEVISED: A Story About the Vans...
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There will always be music for the masses, and music for people who actually love music. … read more

Out of the Coffin: Kim Nekroman Resurrects the Nekromantix

Out of the Coffin: Kim Nekroman Resurrects the Nekromantix
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Kim Nekroman, with his homemade coffin bass, stayed at the forefront of the European psychobilly scene for 16 years, until the band relocated to L.A. … read more

Sample Jack: An Interview with Meat Beat Manifesto

Sample Jack: An Interview with Meat Beat Manifesto
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It was around 1990 when I was staying up late on Sunday nights to watch 120 Minutes on MTV when Meat Beat Manifesto first grabbed my attention. … read more

When You Wish Upon A Star: An Interview with Ethan Miller of Comets on Fire

When You Wish Upon A Star: An Interview with Ethan...
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While researching Comets on Fire interviews in preparation, I came across a word several times that I think adequately describes the aesthetic of this band: organic. … read more

Versified Street Life Reinventing Bar Rock Hype: Interview with The Hold Steady

Versified Street Life Reinventing Bar Rock Hype: Interview with The...
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I was doing a lot of drugs when I first heard the Hold Steady’s debut release, Almost Killed Me, in January 2004, and I was enraptured. … read more

Hardcore Realists: Death from Above 1979 Sneer at Glory

Hardcore Realists: Death from Above 1979 Sneer at Glory
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My impression of Canadian two-piece Death from Above 1979 pre-interview was that they don’t suffer a fool. … read more