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2011 Stories by Tom Murphy

• Strange Powers

  published August 4, 2011

  With song titles evoking images of alchemy and the occult, Josh Powers seems to have tapped directly into hermetic knowledge, creating tones... More >>

• Typhoon

  published August 4, 2011

  Typhoon is currently capping its membership, touring and otherwise, at twelve members. While this may seem like a gratuitously sprawling... More >>

• Dntel

  published August 4, 2011

  Jimmy Tamborello is probably best known for his work with Ben Gibbard in the Postal Service, where his pioneering, glitchy electronica provided... More >>

• Mercuria and the Gem Stars, August 4 at the Larimer Lounge

  published August 4, 2011

  If you've been to the right places over the past couple of years, chances are you've caught Maria Kohler playing solo or as a collaborator in... More >>

• Elias Bender Ronnenfelt of Iceage on Copenhagen DIY, gear and zine controversy

  published Aug 02, 2011

  The members of Iceage, from Copenhagen, Denmark (due tonight at Rhinoceropolis), are all under the age of 22, but in its relatively short time together, the band has garnered a buzz for the sonic sava... More >>

• Titwrench 2011 travelogue: Sin Desires Marie, Christina the Hun, Coathangers and much more

  published Aug 01, 2011

  TITWRENCH FESTIVAL | 7/29-7/31/11Friday, July 29 - Glob Every year it seems as though someone involved with Titwrench (likely Piper Rose) comes up with some kind of ritual to start off the festiviti... More >>

• Sin Desires Marie on Fugazi and the puzzling novelty of women playing powerful music

  published Jul 28, 2011

  In the eloquent liner notes of Sin Desires Marie, the band's sole full-length, bassist Yoon Park explains that Sin Desires Marie (due tonight at Glob for this weekend's Titwrench Festival) was started... More >>

• Devo's Gerald Casale: "We're the predators that nobody can stop"

  published July 28, 2011

  Some bands are iconic just for their music and image, but Devo is an act that also became iconic for the very idea of what it stood for. "Devo"... More >>

• I'm a Boy

  published July 28, 2011

  Jimmy Nasi carries a hint of Lou Reed's clipped inflections on 'Half of the Things'; Nasi, backed by Whitney Rerh's vocals, gives this song a... More >>

• Cults

  published July 28, 2011

  Rarely has a band with such upbeat, accessible music had its identity and origins so shrouded in mystery — initally, anyway. Cults is... More >>

• The Coathangers

  published July 28, 2011

  Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Coathangers didn't set out to be torchbearers for any movement — unless mixing some sassy attitude with a... More >>

• Critic's Choice: The Dirty Lookers, July 31 at Wax Trax

  published July 28, 2011

  With the ebb and flow of bands and styles in any musical community, it's easy to forget or overlook anyone involved in an area of a scene you... More >>

• UMS Travelogue: Mercuria and the Gem Stars, Zebroids, Bad Luck City, Pina Chulada and more

  published Jul 25, 2011

  UMS on S. BROADWAY | 07/23-24/11An especially hot summer day made navigating various venues an enervating experience, not to mention the humid heat indoors at times. Nevertheless, it didn't seem to da... More >>

• Alela Diane on her throwback sound and leaving her small California town for Portland

  published Jul 20, 2011

  Alela Diane (due tomorrow night at the Fillmore Auditorium with Fleet Foxes) was born in the small town of Nevada City, California, where she got a nudge from her friend Joanna Newsom to perform her s... More >>

• Glass Homes

  published July 21, 2011

  Oh, sure, from the jump this album screams "21st century post-punk!" And, yes, it was recorded by the Faint's Kyle Petersen. But there is... More >>

• Acrassicauda

  published July 21, 2011

  The members of Acrassicauda learned about heavy metal from bootleg tapes they were able to get during the regime of Saddam Hussein. And just... More >>

• Alela Diane

  published July 21, 2011

  Alela Diane was born in the small town of Nevada City, California, where she got a nudge from her friend Joanna Newsom to perform her solo... More >>

• Postmodern Troll brings the weird and beautiful on July 26 at Larimer Lounge

  published July 21, 2011

  Kyle Person doesn't look like what most people think of when they think "musician," and that will probably work well in his favor in the long... More >>

• Review: Soundgarden at Red Rocks, 7/18/11

  published Jul 19, 2011

  SOUNDGARDEN at RED ROCKS | 07/18/11With turrets of light bathing the stage in purple, the opening strains of "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" set the stage perfectly for the entrance of Soundgarden... More >>

• Soundgarden's Matt Cameron on the reunion and singing on Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

  published Jul 18, 2011

  In 1984, Soundgarden (due at Red Rocks tonight with The Mars Volta) started out as a three piece with Chris Cornell on drums and vocals, Kim Thayil on guitar and Hiro Yamamoto on bass. Within a year, ... More >>

• Sole & the Skyrider Band

  published July 14, 2011

  It would be a stretch to call this a concept album. Yet on Hello Cruel World, Sole comes back to the theme of how modern society is... More >>

• Battles

  published July 14, 2011

  For most of the '90s, guitarist Ian Williams was a part of the math-rock outfit Don Caballero, but in 2002 he teamed up with former Helmet... More >>

• Graham Parker

  published July 14, 2011

  Graham Parker kicked around various bands in London before hooking up with the Rumour and recording with future Stiff Records chief Dave... More >>

• The Vergers play July 15 at the Larimer Lounge

  published July 14, 2011

  Since forming in July 2007, the Vergers (due at the Larimer Lounge on Friday, July 15) have been something of an an unknown quantity in... More >>

• Once eaten up by the business, Soundgarden is back

  published July 14, 2011

  I saw them play at the Rainbow Tavern in Seattle," recalls Matt Cameron. "I loved Soundgarden even before I joined the group. They were my... More >>