After years as a roadie, then stage manager for the likes of Kid Dynamite, Sick of it All, The Explosion, and Bouncing Souls, Dave Hause finally took the advice of his peers and followed his own dream of fronting a band. After recruiting fellow Philadelphians, and longtime friends Michael “Spider” Cotterman (bass), and Mike Sneeringer […]
With Under a Billion Suns, Mark Arm and company whip out their best Iggy and launch a little Rocket From The Crypt, tackling politics, and yet, keeping it pure Sasquatch rock. It’s a strange recipe to swallow. Mudhoney has a nearly twenty year-old reputation to live up to. That’s almost two decades with hardly a […]
It’s weird when a predominately instrumental artist releases an album that features an over-reliance on vocals. Prefuse 73, not expected or even known for this sort of practice, did this with last year’s Surrounded By Silence. Not only was the flow of the album hindered by the likes of Ghostface Killah, Aesop Rock and others; […]
Ursula Rucker is in love with Prince. “If I would go through a hard time,” she says in her bio, “I would listen to something otherwordly godlike so sexy and so fine. It was all I needed.” With her latest release Ma’at Mama, she gives those of us who jones for some of that Love […]
Sweden’s The Sounds play sugar-candy pop with a tang to it, like a multi-layered lollipop on Dying to Say This to You. They’ve been labeled as part of the ‘80s revival, and that’s not really wrong. At times their dance-rock sounds like country-mates the Sahara Hotnights, with similar vocals, attitude and rockin’ guitar, but more […]
T-Kash is the leader of the new revolution. After making a strong debut, and many incendiary recordings with the Californian progressive collection known as The Coup (he appeared on both Steal This Album and Party Music), the Bay Area activist teams up with Paris to help light the fire under an apathetic generation. Turf War […]
Photo Credit: Ryder E. Robison & Greg Daniels In the last ten years it seems like rock bands of all shapes and sizes have sprouted up like weeds. There are always good and bad sides to any movement, and as a journalist who has to weed through all the incoming press kits, there are a […]
