This Lawrence, Kansas-based indie-rock group doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. Originally a clone of every late-’90s guitar-heavy, angst-driven emo outfit, the Appleseed Cast has seen more stylistic changes than it has drummers (three or four at last count, depending on whom you talk to). After seven…
Ash Ganley’s music sports virtually every element associated with the triple-A radio format: quietly gruff vocals, refined playing, arrangements that find common denominators in sturdy American genres (country, folk rock, et al.), and songs whose version of rocking out tends toward middle tempos. The production, by Don Debey and Ed…
From the colorful insert, splendidly illustrated by frontman Jeff Kahn, to the lyrics, which fall eloquently between proverb and poetry, Skeleton of God’s latest effort — the followup to Urine Garden, its masterful mid-’90s debut EP — is clearly not just another mindless foray into extreme metal. While the reconvened…
These songs sound like they’ve been percolating in the imaginations of Julian Thomas and Jon Shockness for years in terms of what would make for killer hip-hop songs. “Nevermind the Bollocks…” clearly references the Sex Pistols, but the music is reminiscent of the type of jazz-lounge appropriation employed by Protection-era…
During its twenty-year run, the redneck variety show Hee Haw became an American institution of sorts, bringing country music and humor into the living rooms of a ton of folks. Recurring skits included the adventures of the Culhane family, who would sit on an old-fashioned sofa in a parlor and…
Extra Kool has been rapping since the late ’90s, most notably as part of the duo Optik Fusion Embrace, with Satyr. Since 2005, he’s performed as a solo act, releasing a string of albums, including Tickled Pink and his latest effort, The Creature From the Whack Lagoon, on the Dirty…
Joshua Radin never intended to become a musician, at least not outside of the confines of his personal life, where he always quested for new ways to artistically express himself. Painting and screenwriting had largely occupied these efforts until 2004, when friend and singer-songwriter Cary Brothers prodded him into recording…
Photo: Anthony Camera So, just got off the phone with Adam Lancaster (Morning After Records, Curious Yellow), and the lineup for the Mile Hi-Fidelity party in Austin is close to being completely confirmed. Wait? What? Mile Hi-Fidelity? Isn’t that the name of your radio show, you ask? Indeed. And while,…
Fans of scary-ass clown/serial killer metal, rejoice! Not only is Slipknot coming to town, but venerable Denver goth boutique FashioNation is giving away free tickets. All you have to do is stop by the store, located at 613 East 13th Avenue, write down your name and contact info and drop…
Bruce SpringsteenWorking on a DreamColumbiaReviews for Springsteen’s latest tend toward extremes, with most critics declaring it to be either a work of absolute genius or an exercise in vapidity whose lyrics could use a major infusion of seriositude. The confusion is understandable. After all, Working on a Dream is a…
The breakout success of Flight of the Conchords got us thinking of other bands that would make for must-see TV. After all, no one makes money selling records these days, and a band’s gotta make a living somehow, right? So we went into brainstorming mode (in this case, that means…
Thanks to the magic of MySpace friendship, I was recently hipped to Rowboat, the beautifully melancholy project from Sam McNitt of Blue Million Miles. I haven’t had the chance to catch the act live yet, but if the tracks currently streaming on the MySpace profile are any indication, very tasty…
Hot on the heels of last week’s Valentine’s Day challenge in which the Fray reportedly wrote and recorded a love song in 24 hours at the behest of Q Magazine, comes this oddity: Evidently, Isaac Slade and company — prompted by God only knows what — recorded a cover of…
As noted by an attentive blog reader earlier today in the comments section of our original post, Leftover Salmon singer/keyboardist Bill McKay, who was arrested late last month on accusations that he drugged and assaulted a female acquaintance on New Year’s Eve after a gig his band played in Edwards, Colorado,…
After teaming up for a successful three-night run in New York City last year, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood announced an exclusive fourteen-city U.S. tour that stops at the Pepsi Center on Sunday, June 21. They’ll each play their own solo hits as well as perform tunes by Blind Faith,…
Better get some gloves on, folks: This one’s so hot off the presses that it’s literally still cooling as we post this. We’ve just been blessed with a brand-new, super-exclusive (it isn’t even posted on the band’s MySpace page yet) track from the Still City’s as-yet-titled forthcoming record, which the…
We’ve had a burned copy of this for a minute, but we forgot just how utterly kick-ass it is. Needless to say, when the new, pressed, Zodiak Killer version came across our desk this afternoon, we got a refresher, and all we can say is holy fuck, man! Sounding like…
Yes, we know that we’ve already posted a flier in this week’s Pole Position, but since we didn’t get around to posting one last week and since, thematically, this one seems to go hand in hand with the Taun Taun flier, we thought you might give us a pass. This…
I deejayed a Valentine’s Day party at the Horseshoe Lounge on Saturday. The bar had a great vibe, as always, and the ample crowd was in the mood for a good party. It was the first time I ever had to play music for four and a half straight hours,…
In case you haven’t heard by now, Whygee and Sunken State’s excellent Suicide Watch EP debuted on the College Music Journal hip-hop chart last week at number 30. The duo released the record back in December for free download, and it looks like it’s paying off, especially for Whygee…
Ever since P.A.A.S. left the Break Mechanics a few years ago, the hip-hop scene has been patiently and eagerly awaiting the release of his solo debut. Now that the album is finished and nearing release, however, the MC says he’s focusing his attention elsewhere, namely his entertainment imprint, ASR Innertainment,…
This Thursday, February 19, at the Oriental Theater, Chuck Potashner will be releasing a new disc and reconvening with a few of his old teamAWESOME! chums (“This is the closest thing to a teamAWESOME! reunion show you are going to get, so don’t miss it!” notes Potashner) before shoving off…
