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"I don't care to do the traditional things a band does, like playing 1,000 shows," says See Venus vocalist Rocky Ordoñez, who, along with three band cohorts, sits in her...
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Lucero frontman Ben Nichols went through the punk phase, then survived the metal years. But, ultimately he settled on country. It wasn't the Memphis surroundings that...
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Primus frontman Les Claypool seems an odd fit for a jam-band adventure on the high seas. Considered one of the more innovative bass players to emerge during the past decade,...
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In an indie rock pasture where the remotest hint of idealism gets a band instantly thrown into the emo corral to graze alongside the cloned sheep, bands can find it difficult...
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A Dane whose shrill voice is piercing enough to shatter thy cup of hallowed blood, King Diamond is one of the more recognizable (and bizarre) faces on the death-metal circuit....
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The numbers, at first glance, don't add up. Three albums after playing for more than 30 years may not sound right, but nobody said the climb to the top of the blues world,...
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While last year's self-titled debut from this Richmond, Virginia, quartet received its share of Björk comparisons, the group's sophomore offering is likely to stand on its...
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For the unsuspecting listener, the sheer brutality of the Dillinger Escape Plan may appear way left of center -- a cacophony of instrumental extremities that seems to defy any...
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Few bands have captured the feeling of love turning from sugar to shit as succinctly as Scotland's Arab Strap. In the past, Aidan Moffat's swaggered rants about cheating,...
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Type O Negative can embrace only about three emotions: misery, anger, or some combination of the two. So it's no surprise to encounter more morose melodrama, haunted-house...
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I'm not shaking my bonbon, and I'm not doing the Latin-lover thing," says Franky Perez. "I didn't set out to do a Latin record, because I didn't want to get trapped into that....
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Songwriters often try to inject themselves into their music as much as possible. But Nashville folkie David Olney prefers to keep himself out of his songs and turn first-person...
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My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult has tried to sell its soul to the devil only once, in 1994, when the Chicago band made a cameo appearance alongside Brandon Lee in The Crow....
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The long arm of the law has never much cared for raves, so it's no surprise that Electric Skychurch founder James Lumb was turned down for recent jury duty. "I didn't have to...
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What do you get when you put together a band whose guitar and bass players either don't play their instruments or are just learning them? While a lot of noise may seem like the...
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Pop quiz, everybody: How many emo kids does it take to screw in a light bulb? OK, pencils down. The correct answer is five -- one to do it, one to form a band about it, one to...
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Eight years ago, when Bruno Kramm, Daniel Galda, and Stefan Ackermann first toured the United States, the cofounders of German industrialists Das Ich quickly figured out how...
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Since her days with Northwest acts Goodness, Hammerbox, and short-lived project the Rockfords, Seattle diva Carrie Akre has built a loyal following with her shrewdly powerful...
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Too many musical dramas start off promisingly but putrefy into self-pity sessions. Boston¹s Bleu (a.k.a. William James McAuley III) goes beyond the pale, opting for...
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While one won't hear the skin-slapping sounds of porn movie soundtracks or the groove of disco on Wondermints' latest, the '70s make a comeback on Mind If We Make Love to You....
