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The Iguanas
The Iguanas
The Iguanas

A New Orleans band that doesn’t necessarily sound like a New Orleans band, The Iguanas have been kicking around since 1989. With their recent releases, 2012’s Sin to Sin and this year’s Juarez, the band has hit a new creative h...

 
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Coffee with John Doe

 
August 26, 2014



Earlier this year in Los Angeles, the punk band X played its first four albums over the course of four nights. Now, the band is taking the show on the road playing those albums in their entirety in New York, Chicago and Clevela...

 
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Joe Fletcher photo by Joshua Black Wilkins
Joe Fletcher photo by Joshua Black Wilkins
Joe Fletcher photo by Joshua Black Wilkins

On his forthcoming solo album, You’ve Got the Wrong Man, singer-songwriter Joe Fletcher takes a different approach than he did on his first two albums with his band, the Wrong Reasons. The record, which features covers of...

 
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Michael Grubbs Wakey!Wakey!
Michael Grubbs Wakey!Wakey!
Michael Grubbs Wakey!Wakey!

Wakey!Wakey! frontman Michael Grubbs sang in the choir while he was a kid and that gospel tradition shows up on the band’s terrific new album, Salvation. Known for his role as “Grubbs” on the TV show One Tree Hill, ...

 
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Adam Marsland
Adam Marsland
Adam Marsland

Five years ago, singer-songwriter Adam Marsland issued Go West, a 23-song double album of power pop and indie rock tunes.  Back then it essentially fell on deaf ears but Marsland it giving the record another push with his curre...

 
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Buzz Osborne
Buzz Osborne
Buzz Osborne

For 30 years, the Melvins have been one of the noisiest trios out there. But now singer-guitarist Buzz Osborne has just released his solo debut, This Machine Kills Artists. The acoustic songs show a different side of Osborne, w...

 
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Jamie Marks Is Dead
Jamie Marks Is Dead
Jamie Marks Is Dead

In 2007, writer Christopher Barzak won the Crawford Award for his debut novel, One for Sorrow, the coming-of-age story of a teen who sees the ghost of a dead schoolmate. The book was turned into a film, Jamie Marks Is Dead, whi...

 
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Paul Thorn
Paul Thorn
Paul Thorn
 

The Universal Truths of Paul Thorn

 
August 17, 2014



On his new albumToo Blessed To Be Stressed, singer-songwriter Paul Thorn takes a break from autobiography to provide a few observations about everyday life and the current state of the world. He has said the songs are about “un...

 
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Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello has been through numerous incarnations and featured a variety of musicians and dancers over the years. Singer Eugene Hütz doesn’t think these changes are symbolic of any kind of instability. Rather, they’re...

 
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Cracker
Cracker
Cracker

In the wake of the dissolution of indie rock heroes Camper Van Beethoven — their underground hit “Take the Skinheads Bowling” is one of our favorite songs of all time — singer-guitarist David Lowery teamed up with childhood fri...