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2010 Stories by Tom Murphy

• Blonde Redhead at the Ogden Theater, 11/27/10

  published Nov 28, 2010

  BLONDE REDHEAD With Olof Arnalds 11.27.10 | Ogden Theatre With the swirling fog and twin spotlights bathing her in white light, Olof Arnalds seemed like a mythical forest creature manifesting sprin... More >>

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  Olof Arnalds discusses her background, Innundir skinni and television

  published Nov 27, 2010

  British music magazine MOJO referred to Olof Arnalds (due tonight at the Ogden Theatre with Blonde Redhead) as "Reykjavic's answer to Kate Bush," which is fair enough considering Arnalds' gorgeously o... More >>

• Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead on Penny Sparkle, dealing stage fright and music criticism

  published Nov 26, 2010

  Early in its career, Blonde Redhead clearly drew inspiration from DNA, whose song was the inspiration for the band's name. But instead of solely offering up atonal squalls and musical deconstruction, ... More >>

• Dylan Rau of Bear Hands on Burning Bush Supper Club and politics.

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Bear Hands first made waves in 2007 with the release of its first record Golden EP, bolstered by a nervy energy and politically pointed lyrics on songs like "Vietnam." On the Brooklyn band's latest re... More >>

• No Age recalls L.A.'s Smell and other punk landmarks

  published November 25, 2010

  As two-thirds of renowned noise-punk band Wives, Dean Spunt and Randy Randall not only made some of the most adventurous and blistering rock... More >>

• I Sank Molly Brown

  published November 25, 2010

  Like the album's name itself, all of the song titles on Ishmael Asimov fall just shy of cringeworthy puns and curious statements. In... More >>

• Blonde Redhead

  published November 25, 2010

  Early in its career, Blonde Redhead clearly drew inspiration from DNA, whose song was the inspiration for the band's name. But instead of... More >>

• Elephant Revival, November 26 at the Walnut Room

  published November 25, 2010

  It turns out that Nederland should be known for more than just its tranquil gentility and Grandpa Bredo and his Tuff Shed. Elephant... More >>

• nervesandgel subverts convention at Starbucks

  published Nov 23, 2010

  When Johnny Wohlfahrt announced in private that he would play the new open mike night at Starbucks, it seemed incredibly absurd. Open mike is almost always either for poets trying out new material or ... More >>

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  Tjutjuna at Larimer Lounge, 11/19/10

  published Nov 22, 2010

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• Mach-Zehnder

  published November 18, 2010

  This debut full-length is a collection of fairly straightforward Americana songs — that is, if your idea of straightforward Americana... More >>

• Critic's Choice: Petals of Spain, November 20 at the Larimer Lounge

  published November 18, 2010

  Recalling the work of Donald Fagen or Jason Mraz, this band's eclectic oeuvre is undergirded by jazz and R&B rhythms, with a bit of hip-hop... More >>

• Small Black at Rhinoceropolis, 11/13/10

  published Nov 15, 2010

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  Danzig at the Ogden Theatre, 11/12/10

  published Nov 14, 2010

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• Shaun Durkan of Weekend talks about Sports and the foibles of music journalism

  published Nov 12, 2010

  Formed in 2009, Weekend started out as a trio comprised of guys from punk and hardcore bands in the Bay Area who wanted to do something with a broader sonic palette. Often compared to My Bloody Valent... More >>

• Josh Kolenik of Small Black talks about the band's evolution, influences and videos.

  published Nov 12, 2010

  Small Black's debut EP definitely harks back to those great synth-pop songs of the early '80s with its vintage sound, but with a kind of lo-fi production more in line with a later era in music. The ... More >>

• The Heavy's Kelvin Swaby talks about the band's music, Jim Jarmusch and Marmite.

  published Nov 10, 2010

  The Noid isn't just that pesky pizza-chilling character from old Domino's commercials from the '80s. It's a region of England from which the neo-soul garage-rock band known as the Heavy hails. Front... More >>

• The men of Eolian on their backgrounds and the creation of Egg, their concept album

  published Nov 10, 2010

  In this week's issue, the Rough Mixes entry focusing on Eolian, the progressive-rock project led by Ian O'Dougherty (Uphollow, Ian Cooke, TaunTaun) and featuring occasional Backbeat contributor Sean... More >>

• Eolian releases Egg, an album of death, birth and renewal

  published November 11, 2010

  For more than fifteen years, Ian O'Dougherty was in Uphollow. Early on, Uphollow was something of a melodic punk-rock band, but by the late... More >>

• Tamed Animals

  published November 11, 2010

  "Pleroma" sounds like a collage take on IDM, post-rock and dream pop, like if Geogaddi-era Boards of Canada blended together bits of... More >>

• Arsonists Get All the Girls

  published November 11, 2010

  Supposedly started as a joke band of sorts, Arsonists Get All the Girls became more popular than its members' more serious projects. A sampling... More >>

• Small Black

  published November 11, 2010

  Before he spent time in a cabin on Long Island writing what would become the debut EP by Small Black, Josh Kolenik was in a rock band called... More >>

• Critic's Choice: Skully Mammoth on November 16 at Rhinoceropolis

  published November 11, 2010

  Black Magicians From the Mountains of Mars is a bit of a mouthful. And an eyeful, for that matter. And while not everyone from that band... More >>

• Illiterate Gallery first year anniversary features the art of Brittany Gould and Drew Englander

  published Nov 08, 2010

  Several blocks outside the First Friday art-walk on Santa Fe sits Illiterate Gallery at 72 South Broadway. It's a part of town that some consider a place so-called "hipsters" call home -- but if you s... More >>

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  Yoda's House at Rhinoceropolis, 11/06/10

  published Nov 08, 2010

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