Email Author Tom Murphy

2012 Stories by Tom Murphy

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  Alex Edkins of Metz on pushing limits to make music that seems like it's about to fall apart

  published Nov 12, 2012

  Even though the band has been around for five years, Metz just released its self-titled debut full-length on Sub Pop this year. Even prior to that, the Toronto-based trio only released a few seven-i... More >>

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  A Place to Bury Strangers at Larimer, 11/11/12

  published Nov 12, 2012

  A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS @ LARIMER LOUNGE |11/11/12 It's never boring when you go see A Place to Bury Strangers play, and last night at the Larimer was no exception. The band overwhelmed the sense... More >>

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  Oliver Ackermann of A Place to Bury Strangers on the joys of creating Total Sonic Annihilation

  published Nov 09, 2012

  A Place to Bury Strangers makes the kind of guitar rock that doesn't just carry melody but is rather a palpable, elemental presence in the room. From early on, the act drew immediate comparisons to My... More >>

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  The Faint at the Ogden Theatre, 11/8/12

  published Nov 09, 2012

  THE FAINT @ OGDEN THEATRE |11/8/12 Even though this was a tour in support of the reissue of Danse Macabre, late in the set, the Faint treated us to a rare cover of "Mote" by Sonic Youth from that b... More >>

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  Todd Fink of the Faint talks Danse Macabre and why he's avoided doing the dance of the dead

  published Nov 08, 2012

  The Faint was one of the main bands among the small wave of underground artists that emerged out of the unlikely environs of Omaha, Nebraska, a wave that included noteworthy acts such as Cursive, Br... More >>

• Bill Barwick

  published November 8, 2012

  With his signature smooth, deep voice, Bill Barwick presents a collection of story songs reminiscent of what Jimmy Dean was doing in the early... More >>

• Metz

  published November 8, 2012

  Even though the band has been around for five years, Metz just released its self-titled debut full-length on Sub Pop this year. Prior to that,... More >>

• Future of the Left

  published November 8, 2012

  Andy Falkous and Jeff Egglestone were half of the caustic noise-rock juggernaut mclusky. When that band split, the pair formed the decidedly... More >>

• Warren Bedell gets foggy with No Funeral at Rhinoceropolis

  published November 8, 2012

  Warren Bedell is one of the co-founders of Rhinoceropolis. But before helping establish that long-running DIY space, Bedell had been in the... More >>

• The River Drifters will sail on after a final show at the Oriental

  published November 8, 2012

  The River has run dry. After playing together for nearly a decade, first as Pillage My Village and later as the Legendary River Drifters,... More >>

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  Sera Cahoone knows what it's like to have Thom Yorke hold your hands and sing to you

  published Nov 05, 2012

  Lauded Sub Pop recording artist Sera Cahoone grew up in Colorado -- Littleton, to be exact. By the time she was in middle school, she was playing drums for gigging bands, and in the early '90s, she ... More >>

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  Leonard Cohen at 1STBANK Center, 11/03/12

  published Nov 05, 2012

  LEONARD COHEN @ 1STBANK CENTER | 11/3/12 There were no low points in Leonard Cohen's perfectly paced show at the 1STBANK Center -- impressive, considering it went on for three and a half hours. The... More >>

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  Dan Deacon on not having a rider asking for snacks and touring as self-sufficiently as possible

  published Nov 01, 2012

  Although the great majority of our interviews take place in advance of a show, every now and then, we get a chance to hang out with an act when it comes through town. Such was the case yesterday wit... More >>

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  Dan Deacon at Bluebird Theater, 10/31/12

  published Nov 01, 2012

  DAN DEACON @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 10/31/12 Before going into "Guilford Avenue Bridge," Dan Deacon told us to gather as much to the west side of the theater as possible to create a pathway on the left... More >>

• Glass Delirium's Scott Uhl talks lucky accidents and calculator games

  published November 1, 2012

  When Scott Uhl first formed Forgotten Serenade about five years ago, everyone hated the name, so it was changed to Glass Delirium, after one of... More >>

• Bizarre Learning Center

  published November 1, 2012

  Kicking off with the bubbling and feisty "Bigger," this EP finds the mostly instrumental Bizarre Learning Center channeling the distorted,... More >>

• Sera Cahoone

  published November 1, 2012

  Sera Cahoone grew up in Colorado — Littleton, to be exact. By the time she was in middle school, she was playing drums for gigging bands,... More >>

• Doo Crowder's show at West Side Books will not be boring

  published November 1, 2012

  Doo Crowder (due at West Side Books on Sunday, November 4) first gained renown as a member of indie-pop outfit the Dinnermints. But he's... More >>

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  The Afghan Whigs at Ogden Theater, 10/30/12

  published Oct 31, 2012

  THE AFGHAN WHIGS @ OGDEN THEATRE |10/30/12 Probably the biggest surprise of the Afghan Whigs show last night at the Ogden came right before the end of the set when Greg Dulli revealed that his band... More >>

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  Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli on being chased by Meat Loaf for helping himself to Meat's leftovers

  published Oct 30, 2012

  While the Afghan Whigs are probably not the first band people think of when they think of the '90s, album for album, the band consistently put out quality material. The outfit's soul-inflected rock,... More >>

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  Dark Dark Dark's Nona Marie Invie on jumping in the water on tour after being cramped in a van

  published Oct 25, 2012

  Dark Dark Dark from Minneapolis makes music that draws from folk, jazz, modern classical and pop without showing favor to any of those elements in particular. Although the band's earlier material wa... More >>

• The Wonderful Evils/Last Eyes

  published October 25, 2012

  "Thus Pat Garrett on the Battlefield," which appears on the Wonderful Evils side of this split cassette, combines the shimmering vibrancy of... More >>

• The Fresh & Onlys

  published October 25, 2012

  San Francisco's the Fresh & Onlys got started ten years ago, before the most recent wave of garage psych. And while that aesthetic certainly... More >>

• The Afghan Whigs

  published October 25, 2012

  Originally hailing from Cincinnati, the Afghan Wigs were an early, non-Pacific Northwest signing to Sub Pop. Probably because of their raw... More >>

• Conjugal Visits will channel 1950s teen rebellion at the hi-dive

  published October 25, 2012

  Rumor has it that the members of Conjugal Visits live in a place called Wiener Demon Castle. Maybe that's the garage-rock equivalent of... More >>