In Whores, Brendan Mullen has compiled over 300 pages of quotes from just about everybody who was ever associated with Jane’s (including the members), … read more
Review: Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane’s Addiction
Review: Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding
25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding is an appropriate subtitle, since Indy has been around to document the sport from the first plank with wheels to progressed into skatin’. … read more
Review: Just Before Now: Sketchbook Drawings
Just Before Now “is filled with selected drawings from six different sketchbooks during the time of March oh three to April oh four” (back liner note). … read more
Local Reviews June 2005
Localized – July 2005
Writing songs for this band is an immediate process; if the music gets labored, they throw it out. … read more
The Zack Hammers Interview: The Most Underground Skater Ever!
This kid is more exciting than a Red Bull enema and has more snap than a coke-laced Slim Jim. … read more
THE COUNTERCULTURE WILL BE TELEVISED: A Story About the Vans Warped Tour:
There will always be music for the masses, and music for people who actually love music. … read more
Waking Up with Jimmy La Valle: The Album Leaf’s New-Dawn Instrumentalism
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
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
Tough Resin: The Epoxies Glue Together the Weird and the Wonderful
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
Letts go to the movies: An Interview with Punk Filmmaker Don Letts
The inimitable Don Letts is definitely an underrated figure in the history of the punk rock movement. In addition to having filmed a handful of full-length films and documentaries and over 300 music videos for seminal bands like The Clash, PiL and more unlikely outfits like Ratt and the Gap Band, Don was also a
Dear Dickheads – July 2005
The only good part of your letter was the reference to Satan’s fires, but I doubt you even have the capability to see the coolness factor in that. … read more
