Music
Westward Ho: An Interview with Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats
I heard that Eric from Fruit Bats moved to Seattle in March. Makes sense, seeing how his band now has two albums out on Sub Pop. I quickly learn that he is actually living in Tacoma though. “Dude, is Hilltop (a neighborhood in Tacoma notorious for ending up on episodes of Cops) still scary?” I
From New York To Salt Lake, Madball Travels the Legacy...
Hard, Fast, heavy, and mean, Madball is the truest form of New York hardcore, and maybe Hardcore in general. They hold absolutely nothing back and although their records are devastatingly excellent, it’s their live show that has made them the Legendary band that they are. For the past15 years they’ve been making hardcore music and
What Punk Should Be: A Return to the Basics with...
Every blue moon or so, I meet somebody that truly amazes me. This person can be extremely intelligent, unusually funny, or, even more rare, very wise, but when I picked up the phone to call Adi, the bassist from The New York Rel-X, I was not suspecting I’d meet one of these people. Adi welcomed
Picking Up the Pieces with The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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
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
