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Posts Tagged ‘ Music ’
DeVotchka: Music to Swoon To
May 2, 2008
After a decade of playing Eastern European music, mariachi and ballads, the Grammy-nominated Denver quartet is signed and touring the world. An interview with lead singer Nick Urata during South By Southwest 2008 for MOTHER JONES.
Yo La Tengo: “It’s Our Life”
May 1, 2008
Members of Yo La Tengo drop free-throw metaphors and debate whether or not mixing hip-hop and jazz on bouzoukis is a good idea. The full, but brief, interview for MOTHER JONES.
Even Disco is Political
May 1, 2008
Wiretap managing editor and Bay Area DJ Tomas Palermo gives the low-down on Seattle’s 2008 Pop Conference for MOTHER JONES.
Dave Wakeling: An Englishman in Southern California
May 1, 2008
The politically outspoken English Beat front man is playing 140 shows a year and getting more radio play than he did in the 80s.
Pistolera: Party at the Border
May 1, 2008
Pistolera front woman Sandra Lilia Velasquez dishes on San Diego slow pokes, fierce New Yorkers, and how to make it without a record label.
Frank Black Takes on The Golem
May 1, 2008
Considering that Black’s music was written for a movie about a monster, it felt incredibly safe and tasteful. A more relentless, risky, and scary approach would have really made the night—and the Golem—sing. Read the full review here.
SXSW: Lyrics Born is Funky McFunkerson
March 15, 2008
Lyrics Born is so funking funky it’s funking ridonkulous
SXSW: 17 Hours in Austin
March 14, 2008
My day with Thurston Moore, Lee Scratch Perry, and Money Mark
