Metric’s 2003 debut, OLD WORLD UNDERGROUND, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?, was a statement of both resignation and resurrection: when the underground you once romanticized has given way to pre-fab Rebellion™, grab a shovel and start digging your own subterranean sanctuary. But… (Read More)
Gothic Theatre
Artists
The electro-rock outfit Metro Station is comprised of Trace Cyrus (vocals, guitar), Blake Healy (keyboards, synthesizer), Mason Musso (vocals, guitar), and Anthony Improgo (percussion). As is often the case in the band’s native Hollywood, Metro Station owes its formation to a… (Read More)
A cat walks through a forest, playing a fiddle. A swarm of glutinous, fleshy sea aliens with nipples for eyes come gobbling out of the deep. A column of electric space lightning spasms laser bolts out of the screen. J Mascis… (Read More)
Rock isn’t dangerous any more. The revolutionaries have long since packed their bags and moved uptown creating a void left to be filled with derivative, tired out music. Faux-angst and lip gloss. Hollywood has officially invaded rock and Hollywood ain’t dangerous… (Read More)
MFA (Motion for Alliance) is all about spontaneity, freedom and unity. Consisting of 6 members and a mix of instruments, machines, turntables, words and dance, the perform original compositions and improvisation collecting influences from jungle, hip-hop, jazz, trance and tonal experimentation… (Read More)
Patterning his persona and logo after the Marvel Comics supervillain Dr. Doom, the man behind MF (Metal Face) Doom’s iron mask is actually Daniel Dumile, aka Zev Love X, a member of former Big Apple hip-hoppers KMD. First featured on the… (Read More)
A classically trained vocalist, Mia Doi Todd began writing songs while a student at Yale University. Her debut album, The Ewe and the Eye, was released on Xmas records in 1997. Come Out of Your Mine followed in 1999 on the… (Read More)
Michael Glabicki (Lead Singer Of Rusted Root)
The result, as evidenced by songs like the Eastern-tinged “Faith I Do Believe,” and the dark, driving “Voodoo,” is a rich tapestry indeed, alternately glimmering and brooding, luminous and mysterious. Under the ever-so-subtle direction of frontman Michael Glabicki—whose fluid, expressive vocals… (Read More)
Michael Ian Black was a founding member of Stella with Michael Showalter and David Wain. Before Stella, Black was best known as a cast member and writer for the sketch comedy show The State, which aired for three years on MTV… (Read More)
When I was in 4th grade I saw “Animal House” and it changed my life. I wanted to be John Belushi. In fact, after I graduated from college I overdosed on cocaine and heroin and died. I grew up in Princeton… (Read More)
While you may think you know pianist/composer Michael Wolff, until you have heard his groundbreaking project Impure Thoughts, you don’t know him at all. Using wisdom gained with such giants as Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Airto, Cal Tjader, and the Thad… (Read More)
“Ya know I really hate writing these things. I mean, what do you say to make people listen to your music? I’m not a fan of changing yourself for anything. With me, what you see is what you get. That’s why… (Read More)
Michelle Malone – Stompin’ at the Gates of Eden That old R&B song with the lyric “Devil or Angel, what will she be?” always comes to mind when I think about the talented Michelle Malone. Being fortunate to have been… (Read More)
When Mick Taylor plays guitar a generation listens. With over 20 years in Rock and Roll to his credit, Mick has lent his talents to Great artists such as The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and his first Mentor, John Mayall. Mick… (Read More)
From Denver, Colorado, hails MIDGARD with their innovative style of powerful, melodic extreme metal. Formed in March of 2000 the band has been perfecting their brand of complex brutal riffs mixed with catchy melodies and the vocals that range from melodic… (Read More)
Straight out of the bowels of Creepsville USA armed with sleazy tales of sin, sex, and destitution come the Midnight Creeps to bring the danger back to rocknroll! Consisting of singer Jenny Hurricane, guitarist Heather Mars, bassist Jonas Parmelee, and drummer… (Read More)
Formed in November, 1998 by three Rutgers students, Midtown soon became a quartet. The band took advantage of the fertile New Jersey punk scene to develop a unique sound that combined elements of emo and hardcore and began recording shortly after… (Read More)
A great deal of the groundwork for the mid- to late-’90s explosion of ska and ska-metal was laid by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, who were one of the first bands to cross high-energy ska with hardcore punk and heavy metal and… (Read More)
As I sit down to write this—I realize that it is a daunting task. How do I convey 10+ years of Touring and recording into a neat little package for everyone to read. The last thing that those ten years have… (Read More)
Mike Andrews Of The Greyboy Allstars, Donnie Darko, Me And You And Everyone We Know, Freaks & Geeks
Mike Andrews (aka Elgin Park), is the guitarist and a founding member of The Greyboy Allstars. He is touring this summer in support of his debut solo album Hand On String. Packed in between Greyboy reunion shows and the recording of… (Read More)
Sometimes, one isn’t the loneliest number. Sometimes, one is company. A man crisscrosses the country, covering thousands of miles as he drives from city to city in solitude. There are no eyes to turn to save his own in the rearview… (Read More)
The Punch Out!! Has been a long time in the making. As a part of the Psychodelic Zombiez, I was always surrounded by great writers. And though I had a hand in some of the Zombiez writing, Geoff Gallegos, and Josh… (Read More)
Boulder singer-songwriter Mike Hayden says a music teacher once told him he’d be a great musician if someone would just break his heart and bring outsome true emotion. In November of 2003, events in Hayden’s life would lead him to begin… (Read More)
Whether as a solo artist, an accompanist for Mark Lanegan, a bassist for Dinosaur Jr., or a sought-after mixer, the talented Mike Johnson has always been an active part of the indie rock scene. Starting in 1985 with the melodic punk-influenced… (Read More)
Longtime Coloradoan guitar player, musician and recorder of bands. Bringing unique, hard-rockin’ material with occasional experimental impulses—he currently appears either in a 3-piece band, or solo (Read More)
After years leading seminal punk band Social Distortion, Mike Ness ventured his first solo record, Cheating at Solitaire, in 1999. He was born in 1962 in Lynn, Massachusetts; his family relocated to Orange County, California later that year and he grew… (Read More)
