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Surprisingly durable and devoted, rockabilly is a vigorous American subculture, much like the Elvis-ites. The slicked-back pompadours, tattered sleeveless oxfords, tattoos and...
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7/1-7/30
While typecast TV stars have quotation-marked middle names for faster recognition -- witness Jaleel "Urkel" White -- it's quite uncommon for a fine artist and...
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The Faint were only the first to tap nascent New Wave nostalgia. Action Action is another that's wandered away from the whole emo/screamo/punk-pop thing, harking back twenty...
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By Steve Jansen, Benjamin Leatherman, Julie Peterson, Douglas Towne and Joe Watson Published:
June 30, 2005
SUN 7/3The local hip-hop underground goes above ground, as the true record playas of the Valley will turn on their turntablism talents during Reign of the Tech on Sunday, July...
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Bane frontman Aaron Bedard can wear a purple sweater with an appliqué teddy bear onstage and the tattooed folks in the crowd won't say a word. Bane just has that kind...
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Tussle doesn't claim to be a dance band. In fact, Tussle doesn't claim any musical genre as its own. But in spite of its transcendent aspirations, this band is bound to get...
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With its new disc Salazar Brothers, local band Rising Conviction takes a step toward being in Ozzfest someday. The band has been creating a straightforward hard rock sound...
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The Buzzcocks' sly Pete Shelley was "surfing on a wave of nostalgia for an age yet to come," but for most backward-looking bands of recent decades, the '60s will do just fine....
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The most impressive thing about Cowboy Troy's major-label debut is what it took to make a black country-rapper feasible. Hip-hop, the great assimilationist art, had to become...
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Lamb of God exudes metal -- long hair, a gregarious nature, and insane solos -- and puts on a superb live show, as this two-hour flick shows in detail. One of the best parts...
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"Retro World," from the Black Halos' debut, remains rock's most relevant self-critique six years after it was released. In it, grubby-voiced Billy Hopeless croaks, "Here it...
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For those who've longed for the poetic license of Morrissey crammed into the keyboard-tinted riffs of the Cars, leave it to the limeys to satisfy the demand. Maximo Park has...
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If not for the mass appeal of emotional exhibitionism, Billy Corgan would have been an acquired taste. Think about it: those vaporous guitar tones, the over-the-top...
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Your heart won't be the only thing pounding if you're in the middle of the dance floor at Myst on Thursday, June 30. There'll be loud, irresistible beats courtesy of the...
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Thursday 30 Acme Roadhouse: College Night with DJ J. Alan (Top 40)
Anderson's Fifth Estate: Area 51 with AKA (gothic, industrial)
AZ 88: DJ P-Body (jazz fusion, funk)...
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1. White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
2. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods (Sub Pop)
3. Coldplay, X&Y (Capitol)
4. The Flaming Lips, Fearless Freaks DVD (Sony)
5. Belle...
