I think we've reached a point where Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan can be referred to in the context of "Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan," without having to mention their respective former bands to make the average indie-informed reader think "Oh...
Anjulie, the latest signing to Hear Music, is set to release her debut album in the Spring but as a little teaser, she’s releasing “The Boom EP” and a free mp3 single, “Boom,” simply to let everyone know she ain’t no joke. Sounds...
Anjulie, the latest signing to Hear Music, is set to release her debut album in the Spring, but as a little teaser, she’s releasing “The Boom EP” and a free mp3 single, “Boom,” simply to let everyone know she ain’t no joke. Sounds...
Some bands are easy to qualify. On the very first listen to their very first record, any listener can have the band in question figured out – where they’ve been, where they’re going, how they’re going to get there and, in some cases, each stop...
On paper, adapting The Beatles' songbook for a theatrical production sounds like the easiest thing in the world because, on a purely superficial level, it has already been done; at moments during the runtime of the recently produced Beatles-esque feature film,...
Anyone that has become familiar with Sloan since they first appeared seventeen years ago can tell you that they are a rare sort of band. When the Peppermint EP and the following full-length Smeared erupted in 1992, they revived the precedent previously upheld by such...
If one were to chart the trajectory of AC/DC’s career path to date, it would suddenly become noticeable that it flows together about like a gear-head’s Cinderella story. Beginning in Australia, the brothers Young, along with Phil Rudd on drums and Mark...
The terms “classic” and “timeless,” as defined by Webster’s dictionary, are “A creation of the highest excellence” and “unaffected by time” respectively and, particularly in the context of pop music in general and...
By the time Mountain Goats front man John Darnielle put pen to paper and inked a deal with indie-rock institution 4AD in 2002, the band had already made a significant impression on the underground. Formed in 1991, Mountain Goats (though the only consistent member in...
By the time Mountain Goats front man John Darnielle put pen to paper and inked a deal with indie-rock institution 4AD in 2002, the band had already made a significant impression on the underground. Formed in 1991, Mountain Goats (though the only consistent member in...