When The Strokes first appeared, they were such the future-vision of pop music that every band emulated their sound and every rock kid emulated their style. I’ve always referred to these people as ‘Stroke Victims.’ During a recent visit to New York, I pointed out a gaggle of Stroke Victims approaching my friend Brian and […]
I greedily snatched up Harmonies for the Haunted, the new album from Stellastarr* to review. I did this because I wanted to savage it mercilessly. About two years ago, I interviewed Shawn Christensen (vocals, guitar), and found him to be a bit of a jerk. Sure, it was only my second interview, and my questions […]
In the ’90s, women in music were really finally making their mark in a very male domination industry. There are so many to name, from soloists Cheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, Alanis More-upset, Tori Amos, Juliana Hatfield, Liz Phair, and Sarah McLachlan to strong female fronted bands like Garbage, Elastica, Curve, Magnapop, Lush, POE, Portishead, Cocteau […]
These San Francisco hipsters have the look you want to know better. They’ve got all the vibin’ velvet vintage clothes from The Haight, the haircuts that take you back to the time of the Rolling Stones (many years before they looked like death), rockin’ at The Purple Onion, and Life Magazine in the ‘60s. They’ve […]
Steve Schiltz – lead vocals/guitarDave Marchese – bassShannon Ferguson – guitarMike James – drums One era that stands out in pop music history was the timeframe of around 1988/89 until about 1995, with some synth-pop left over from the eighties, the birth of Brit-pop and bands like Ride and Blur, and the meshing of the […]
Rus Martin – vocals/guitarGabe Garcia – guitarBrian Borg – drumsChris Stauser – bass With influences that range from likes of Hunter S. Thompson and classical music, to the first emo, punk, and metal band created by bassist Chris Sauser and guitarist Gabe Garcia called Counterbail – Hotwire is geared and fueled to go full force […]
