Email Author Michael Alan Goldberg

2007 Stories by Michael Alan Goldberg

• Reviewing the Reviews

  published December 27, 2007

  The Fiery Furnaces — the frequently conceptual Brooklyn indie/art rock band with siblings Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger at its creative... More >>

• D.I.

  published December 20, 2007

  Y'know, it's pretty remarkable how many ancient hardcore bands — ones most of us thought were long gone — are still... More >>

• D.I. Won’t D.I.E.

  published December 20, 2007

  Y’know, it’s pretty remarkable how many ancient hardcore bands -- ones most of us thought were long gone -- are still crisscrossing this... More >>

• Reviewing the Reviews

  published December 13, 2007

  After more than a year of nonstop touring behind their latest album, Sacrament, Virginia thrashers Lamb of God are out on the road for one... More >>

• Atmosphere on the Side

  published December 6, 2007

  Chief among the reasons Deftones is one of the most compelling hard-rock acts of the past 15 years is Chino Moreno's gripping vocals, which often... More >>

• Atmosphere on the Side

  published November 29, 2007

  Chief among the reasons Deftones is one of the most compelling hard-rock acts of the past 15 years is Chino Moreno’s gripping vocals, which... More >>

• The Pain Event

  published November 15, 2007

  You want The Truth? Can you handle The Truth? SoCal emo-metalcore sextet Bleeding Through's third album hits like a falling... More >>

• Reviewing the Reviews

  published November 8, 2007

  Like an imaginative, hyperactive kid let loose amid the instruments in an elementary school music room, Minneapolis native Andrew Broder spent his... More >>

• Occult of Personality

  published November 1, 2007

  Straight outta Sweden comes Witchcraft, which — despite its black-metal name — rocks it fairly old school and classic. The sound these... More >>

• Think Big

  published August 16, 2007

  Whether it's because he just finished watching some classic Queen concert footage on the bus, or because he generally likes to think big, Stars of... More >>

• Pop for Peace

  published July 5, 2007

  Becky Stark, frontwoman for psych-pop/indie-folk foursome Lavender Diamond, is on a mission for peace. "All of our concerts we open by saying... More >>

• The Album Leaf

  published May 24, 2007

  Jimmy LaValle has made music in the past with some interesting bands (Tristeza and Black Heart Procession chief among them), but the best thing... More >>

• The Clientele

  published May 17, 2007

  Last year, in these very pages, I noted that the fabulously suave, poetic, and pillowy English band The Clientele "pulls off the rare, swell trick... More >>

• Junior Brown

  published May 3, 2007

  Musicians who invent stuff are way cool. There's Boston's Tom Scholz, who developed the hugely popular Rockman headphone amplifier; New... More >>

• Priestbird

  published March 8, 2007

  Priestbird — not to be confused with Priestess, Judas Priest, or "Freebird" — can be confused with Tarantula A.D. That's the... More >>

• Tour de Floor

  published January 25, 2007

  Nearly four years after forming, Tempe hardcore/trashrock quartet Casket Life has no money, no booking agent, and no record label. But they're... More >>

• Strike Anywhere

  published January 11, 2007

  After six or so years on Jade Tree Records, the Richmond, Virginia, melodic hardcore quintet Strike Anywhere — which formed in 1999 from the... More >>

• Albert Hammond Jr.

  published January 11, 2007

  Albert Hammond Jr. is The Strokes' Ron Wood, or maybe its Izzy Stradlin, or . . . y'know, the guy who's content to bash out a few chords and... More >>