March 2006

Event Reviews

Darkest Hour

The "Undoing Ruin Tour" brings Darkest Hour, Himsa, and a slew of other modern hardcore acts, face to face with the locals of Orlando. Jen Cray barely escapes the mayhem.

Sevendust

Sevendust is taking it to the "Next" level -- Kelley Simms journeys through four hours and four other bands to witness.

Take Action! Tour

SubCity's Take Action! Tour battles against teen suicide with popular music for its fifth year running. Jen Cray checks out what has all the kids riled up these days.

Taste of Chaos Tour

The Taste of Chaos tour rolls into Orlando with a lineup of today's hottest metalcore acts. Is Jen Cray a convert.

Features

Downhill

Just when it seemed a dead end for seven Temple University film students, who made their very first feature film, things turned around. Brittany Sturges reports.

Interviews

James Greene, Jr. interviews actor Michael Ray Bower -- better known as Salute Your Shorts' Donkey Lips -- about hobnobbing with President Reagan, Steven Spielberg, and that topless woman in the Nickelodeon show.

Bill Deasy

Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Bill Deasy gives Andrew Ellis the lowdown on his recently-released sophomore solo album.

Lorraine Devon Wilke

From '80s technicolor hair explosion to bluesy vocal grit -- Kirby Raine talks to singer/songwriter Lorraine Devon Wilke.

Music Reviews

Music A

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno

Iao Chant from the Cosmic Inferno (Ace Fu). Review by Aaron Shaul.

American Minor

American Minor (Jive Records). Review by Jen Cray.

Arc and Sender

Arc and Sender (High Two). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 5

House Arrest (Paw Tracks). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Audioslave

Out of Exile (Epic). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Jenn August

Angels Here Among Us (Schwa Records). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Music B

The Barracudas

The Barracudas: The Barracudas (NDN Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Bonk

Western Soul (Ace Fu). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Burgess Shale

No Rest for the Weary (Skeptical Records). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Music C

The Carter Administration

Air Guitar One (Theory 8 Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

The Chrysler

Failures and Sparks (Galaxy Gramophone). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Ian Cocker

Footprints (What It Is Records). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Shawn Colvin

Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection (Columbia). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Music D

Darkthrone

Sardonic Wrath (The End Records ). Review by matthew moyer.

Deke Falcon

Sand in the Shower, Rust on the Road (Happy Mistake Records, In Music We Trust). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Chip Dolan

Right Now (Noah Bamboa Records). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Drive Thru Records/Pure Volume

Bands You Love, Have Heard of, and Should Know (Drive Thru/Pure Volume). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Dropkick Murphys

The Warrior's Code (HellCat Records). Review by Jen Cray.

The Drown

Twins (). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Music E

Egon

All Theory and No Action (Has Anyone Ever Told You? Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

El Perro del Mar

Look! It's El Perro del Mar! (Hybris). Review by Aaron Shaul.

The Exies

Head For The Door (Virgin). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Music F

Ryan Farish

From the Sky (Neurodisc Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Music G

Gary Gibson

Yahboy! (). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Glissandro 70

Glissandro 70 (Constellation). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Lisa Graciano

The Singles (). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Music H

Happy Bullets

The Vice and Virtue Ministry (Undeniable). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Hazy Dreams

Hazy Dreams (Not Just) - A Jimi Hendrix Tribute (Kock Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Hurdy-Gurdy

Prototyp (Northside). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Music J

Steven Ross Jahn

South Texas Wind (). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Jarboe and Larry Seven

Beautiful People Ltd. (Atavistic Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Jimmy Eat World

Futures (Interscope). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Simon Joyner

Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999 (Jagjaguwar). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Music K

John Kelley

A Night In The Park (Ball of Wax). Review by Carl F Gauze.

The Kid

La Societe Nouvelle (Hybris). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Music L

Lambchop/Hands Off Cuba

CoLAB (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Music M

Magnolia Thunderpussy

Starin' Down The Sun (Morphius Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Music O

OCS

3 & 4 (Narnack). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Music P

Paranoid Social Club

Paranoid Social Club (On Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

A Perfect Circle

eMOTIVe (Virgin). Review by Andrew Ellis.

John Prine

Fair and Square (Oh Boy Records). Review by David Whited.

Punk-o-Rama

vol. 10 (Epitaph). Review by Jen Cray.

Music R

Celeste Ray

Strings of Gold (). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Music S

Chuck Schuldiner

Zero Tolerance (Candlelight Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Edie Sedgwick

Her Love Is Real... But She Is Not (DeSoto Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Sleater-Kinney

The Woods (Sub Pop). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Music T

This Song Is A Mess But So Am I

Church Point, LA (Mattress Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Tongues

Ugly (Laughing Outlaw Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Martina Topley-Bird

Anything (Palm Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Troubled Hubble

Making Beds in a Burning House (Lookout Records). Review by Sean Slone.

Tsar

Band - Girls - Money (TVT). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Chris Tsefalas

I'm All Right? (In Music We Trust). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Turin Brakes

JackInABox (Astralwerks). Review by Sean Slone.

Music W

Wolf Parade

Wolf Parade (Sub Pop). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Work Clothes

These Are the Shoes We Wear (Fractured Discs). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Print Reviews

Makers

Ian Koss swoons over the new coffee-table compendium of his fave zine, Make. The DIY revolution continues! Inventors will take back the garage from crappy garage bands!

An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil

Using the blog format as a literary device is an innovative gambit, and Ian Koss is suitably impressed with the results in Jim Munroe's new novel. This also answers the question about what to do when you're young and you've got a winning occult ritual/performance art piece - go on tour with indie bands!

The Glaciers' Treasure Trove

Feel like a little something different for the Summer holidays this year? You might want to think about bypassing Daytona and maybe catch a wave to the Southeastern shore of Lake Michigan. Bob Pomeroy, as usual, does your research for you.

Screen Reviews

Mike Garrigan: Live At The Evening Muse

This is the debut live concert DVD from Greensboro-based singer-songwriter Mike Garrigan, and Andrew Ellis is impressed.

Sasha & John Digweed Present...Delta Heavy

Sasha & Digweed finally release a videologue of their infamous 2002 nationwide US tour, blood, sweat and beats all included. But is it worth the price of admission? Kiran Aditham finds out.