Burning Brides formed in Philadelphia in the spring of 1999. According to their label bio, Dimitri Coats (vocals/guitar) and his longtime girlfriend/musical partner Melanie Campbell (bass) dropped out of Juilliard art school and spent two long years together "traversing the country… (Read More)
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THE BIO of….ME (from butchwalker.com) When I was growing up, it was all about metal… When I wanted to go see AC/DC with my friends, my mother (who I love dearly) said "you can’t go see AC/DC in concert! The devil… (Read More)
Sweden’s Caesars take a confident step out of the garage on their new album, Paper Tigers a lively, layered rock album informed as much by Lennon/McCartney as the 13th Floor Elevators and Stooges. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “garage aesthetes” for… (Read More)
Calexico, a Tucson collective of musicians focused around Joey Burns and John Convertino, forged an eclectic identity through their exploration of Southwestern culture. Composer Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti Westerns as well as Portuguese fado; Afro-Peruvian music; and ’50s and ’60s jazz, country… (Read More)
To relate the story of a band which has no story clearly must involve a slight amount of background (and no small amount of sleight of hand). A South American venture involving a young group from Sao Paulo, a sudden sense… (Read More)
This city has no shortage of bands that augment their music with gimmicks,trying to parlay costumes, props, or general jackass antics into a solid club following.But the one person/three cyborg unit Captured! By Robots transcended mere novelty at a recent Mission… (Read More)
In the 18 months since Carmine Red’s inception, these four Kansas City natives have already garnered some amazing opportunities. In June 2003, the band was named Kansas City’s “Next Big Thing” through a regional contest hosted by KRBZ (96.5 the buzz)… (Read More)
A Brief History I grew up on a dairy farm in Sicamous, BC with my Austrian father, my English mother and my Canadian brother. My father, an accomplished violinist, taught me how to play the piano when I was very young… (Read More)
:Cut Yourself A Switch marks the first solo album by Catherine Irwin, perhaps best known for her work in Freakwater. Catherine’s songs about death and dying and dying and death compliment the Emmylou-esque offering of Freakwater’s other principle singer songwriter Janet… (Read More)
The Cato Salsa Experience may have recorded their first album in an idyllic summerhouse on the east coast of Norway, but the album’s sound is more reminiscent of fuel and dirt from a Detroit basement in the late 60’s. Complete with… (Read More)
Space-rockers Caustic Resin emerged from the same Boise, Idaho indie scene which also yielded bands including Built to Spill and TAD; comprised of singer/guitarist Brett Netson, bassist Tom Romich and drummer James Manny, the group debuted in 1993 with BodyLoveBodyHate, followed… (Read More)
Celebration vocalist Katrina Ford wishes a violent death upon the era of glum audience members motionlessly watching glum bands with glum arms crossed. “I want the line between the people on stage and the people watching to be blurred,” she says… (Read More)
The Charlatans new album “Simpatico” will be released worldwide through Sanctuary Records on Monday April 17th (North America released 2nd May 2006). Preceded by the single “Blackened Blue Eyes” on Monday 3rd April. The album was produced by Jim Lowe and… (Read More)
For Charlotte Martin, the most important thing is making a connection. “Every single part of me is a piece of somebody else,” says the piano-playing chanteuse. From connecting her life’s tales with her powerful lyrics, to her fans that see themselves… (Read More)
Look beyond the steely skyscrapers jutting into Chicago’s grey sky, past the potholed streets and shadowed alleys, and you might be able to find something beautiful in this scuffed-up metropolis. Something like a cornflower pushing through a cracked sidewalk, struggling its… (Read More)
Christ Analogue was devised in 1995 by programmer/vocalist Wade Alin. The 1996 release of their debut album, The Texture of Despise, earned the band instant respect and established them as a force in the electronic/industrial music scene. With some of the… (Read More)
CHROMATICS is vocalist/guitarist Adam Miller and new bassist/ vocalist Nat Sahlstrom, reduced from the band’s 4-piece lineup circa their “Chrome Rats…” full-length. For their new album, the dark, ever-turbulent combo temporarily recruited reknowned percussionist Ron Avila (of GET HUSTLE, HOLY MOLAR… (Read More)
Chronic Future was formed by four teenaged musicians in Phoenix in the mid-’90s. After building up a strong local following, the group released their independent eponymous debut in 1996 and had a local radio hit with their odd homage to the… (Read More)
At the turn of the century, the eldest Johnson brother disappeared into his room. For three years he did not leave, although substantial documentation suggests that he somehow managed to move to England and Germany during the period in question… (Read More)
David Gedge put the Wedding Present on a shelf after their gig in January of 1997. Since then, he’s concentrated on the classic pop-oriented Cinerama, centered lyrically around his regular themes of courtship, romance, lust, and love. Since Gedge spent the… (Read More)
Formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, psychedelic rock quintet Citizen Bird — vocalist Simon Ohlsson, guitarist Andreas Nilsson, drummer Anders Gustafsson, bassist Jukka Rintamaki, and keyboardist Jon Olmeskog — came together as a group of art-school students in the late ’90s. The band… (Read More)
CIVICtour presents Dashboard Confessional
When Chris was 15 his Uncle Angelo bought him a guitar. Chris began teaching himself how to play, but he didn’t become serious about music until the very end of high school. He was too busy skateboarding. Right after high school… (Read More)
Fan Club presale on sale now. General on sale 1/21 at 10am what it is Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are Alec Ounsworth, Lee Sargent, Robbie Guertin, Tyler Sargent, and Sean Greenhalgh music We have a record. These are some songs… (Read More)
Hailing from the crowded towers and streets of the big apple, classic case plows through the convention of the genre that spawned them. Their style,deeply nuanced and lyrically sophisticated, exists as a testament of their brand, one which hearkens upon a… (Read More)
Formed in the English seaside town of Hove, Clearlake’s eccentric take on music has baffled, bewildered, and beguiled both the press and public since they debuted with the “Winterlight” single in January 2000 on the Domino off-shoot label Dusty Company. Jason… (Read More)
Featuring Doseone Three artists, ignoring the rules and doing what comes naturally without care to style or sales, cLOUDDEAD is the avant hip-hop coalition of Doseone, why?, and odd nosdam. Their schizophrenic compositions, uninhibited vocal stylings, ambient soundscapes, and polished live… (Read More)
