Email Author Brendan Joel Kelley

Awards

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 16, 2005

  "High Voltage"

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1997 Stories by Brendan Joel Kelley

• Recordings

  published December 25, 1997

  Prince Paul psychoanalysis (what is it?) (Tommy Boy Records) "As long as I can remember, people have hated me." With that... More >>

• Recordings

  published December 11, 1997

  You Am I Hourly, Daily (Sire Records) You Am I is a Sydney, Australia, trio that's achieved an oddly impressive distinction... More >>

• Fixing a Hole

  published December 4, 1997

  "Independent." As with the word "corporate," "independent" (or "indie" if you're under 30) is just a word describing a socioeconomic fact,... More >>

• Promise Keepers

  published November 6, 1997

  It's an unusual story. A reputable hard-core label signs a pop band recommended by another band. The pop band tours, releases a shittily produced... More >>

• Merge Slowly

  published October 2, 1997

  Chapel Hill, North Carolina's Superchunk is a band inextricably linked to "indie rock," the ill-defined genre sitting somewhere close to "punk"... More >>

• Sweet Revenge

  published September 4, 1997

  Like your friend whose romances are messier than yours, the Mr. T Experience is back to cry about it with its eighth album, Revenge Is Sweet and... More >>

• The Passion

  published August 7, 1997

  Joan of Arc is not a band. Yeah, it just released an album (A Portable Model of, on Jade Tree Records). Yeah, individually, the members are... More >>

• Yo Yo a Go Go

  published July 31, 1997

  Olympia, capital of the state of Washington, is an unlikely candidate for indie-rock capital of the nation. That becomes especially clear... More >>

• Hi Times

  published July 3, 1997

  Immaculately clothed in thrift-store suits and sporting scuffed wing tips, the members of East Bay foursome the Hi-Fives shimmer with a panache... More >>

• Indie Rockers Do It Better

  published June 5, 1997

  Unless you've been isolated from civilization for the past six months, you know that the commercial music biz has been pushing "electronica" as... More >>

• Tickle Me Emo

  published May 29, 1997

  "I think we're the only high school band that stayed together after graduation," says 20-year-old guitarist Jeff Bufano, who along with guitarist... More >>

• Punk Rock Grrls

  published May 1, 1997

  When Kathleen Hanna screamed, "Don't need your dick to fuck!" on Bikini Kill's first album, she defined the burgeoning riot-grrl movement in one... More >>

• SXSW: C Minus

  published April 3, 1997

  Last month, Revolver's special investigations team (me) went undercover at the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference, the music industry's... More >>

• No, Just Ixnay

  published March 13, 1997

  The Offspring Ixnay on the Hombre (Columbia) As music-industry success stories go, the Offspring's quick ascent was an... More >>

• Frolicking Among the Pansies

  published March 6, 1997

  As the queer-core genre continues to expand, one band remains a touchstone--the homo-trinity of Pansy Division. Sure, there have been gays in rock... More >>

• The Nature of Static

  published February 6, 1997

  For a company president, Superchunk front man Mac McCaughan starts work late. It's 11 a.m. in North Carolina by the time he slides into the Chapel... More >>

• Live Wire

  published January 30, 1997

  Supersuckers Nita's Hideaway January 21, 1997 "Welcome to the rock show," Supersuckers singer/spokesman Eddie Spaghetti... More >>

• Spun, Spun, Spun

  published January 9, 1997

  The Beach Boys single-handedly popularized surf culture in America. Fine. The Beach Boys were the West Coast nemesis of the Beatles. Great. The... More >>

• Dr. Cynic's Revenge

  published January 2, 1997

  1. Warrant, Belly to Belly (CMC/BMG) Duh. 2. Great White, Let It Rock (Imago) Long since abandoned by fans and glory, these bloated,... More >>