When the drummer from Minneapolis proto-punkers the Trashmen stepped up to th…

Stripwax :: Nigo (Ink 19, December 2000)

Dressy Bessy have cranked out their share of buoyant and comely indie-pop thr…

Visual Audio Sensory Theater brings another album full of big hits, but FYI, …

Much like Diamanda Galas, the multi-tenored Natacha Atlas enchants and hypnot…

Eleni Mandell isn’t your average, run-of-the-mill female singer/songwriter. Turning her back on computer-aided recording and “perfection,” she opts for a warts-and-all sound that’s as influenced by the music of the thirties and forties as it is by modern day rock n’ roll. Phil Bailey learned more from this fiercely independent artist.

It’s the ultimate slacker dream – growing up in Berlin at the end of the Col…

Think of Tortoise and co. and what they did for the vibraphone. Now think of …

The first CD of the double set starts slowly and quietly. Above the soft guit…

Far from the drone of his better-known band, the Asuza Plain, Quentin Stoltzfus is writing and recording pop gens with his latest project, Mazarin. Daniel Gill spoke with Stoltzfus about classical music, the “pro-sleep” movement, and Umberto Eco.

While still best known in the States as the frontwoman for the critically acclaimed metal act Warlock, Doro Pesch (or just Doro, professionally) has had a thriving solo career in Europe. Now, after eight years abroad, she has a new album, Calling The Wild, out in the U.S. Cindy Harper caught up with the metal goddess on the eve of her tour supporting Dio and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Yeoww, is that Michael Monroe? He looks so perfectly embalmed and preserved -…

The Blossom Filled Streets may be one of the year’s most deft, yet uno…

Decatur’s Gentle Readers have released their third album in a swirl of guitar…

I’m trying to not use that “emo” word anymore. People are getting upset. So t…

Yvonne Mojica’s amazing (and amazingly difficult to get a hold of) comic B…

Once again, Finnish instrumental combo Laika and the Cosmonauts (not to be co…

Say what you will about the trade agreement with our neighbors to the south, …

Featuring Roads to Space Travel’s Roman Kuebler on drums, guitar, and vocals,…

Moving Parts represents the clash of two turntable titans. Marclay has…