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  • 1. Rough Mixes

    The punk lovers of Straight Outta Luck share the stories behind their disastrous first tour

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 16, 2013

    Straight Outta Luck formed in 2009 when Missouri transplant Ryan Jacobs met up with Natalie McFall, a veteran of the punk scenes in Fort Collins and Denver. Although he was...

  • 2. Playlist

    Allout Helter

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 16, 2013

    "Assume the Imposition" gets things going on Allout Helter's new album with a bracing dose of aggressive rhythms and pointed invective aimed at those who are smug in their...

  • 3. Night & Day

    Wham Bammer

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 9, 2013

    With her menagerie of voices and characters and keen insight into human psychology, comedian Maria Bamford has been a darling of fans of smart, eccentric humor since the early...

  • 4. Rough Mixes

    3rd Eye Girl's Donna Grantis on the chemistry necessary to play with Prince

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 9, 2013

    Prince became a household name after the release of his third album, 1982's 1999. Over the years, his perfectly realized blend of rock, pop, funk and jazz has proved equally...

  • 5. Critic's Choice

    Negative Degree traveled through punk's past on the way to the hi-dive

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 9, 2013

    In recent years, while way too many bands were opting for a more stripped-down form of rock and roll via the garage/surf route in an attempt to make music from a more pure and...

  • 6. Now Hear This

    The Dillinger Escape Plan

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 9, 2013

    The Dillinger Escape Plan came out of the hardcore scene of Morris Plains, New Jersey, in 1997. Former members of Arcane — including Dillinger's remaining original...

  • 7. Now Hear This

    Jim James

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 9, 2013

    Jim James is probably best known as the frontman of My Morning Jacket, a band that crossed over from the underground to the mainstream by virtue of its haunting yet richly...

  • 8. Playlist

    Joshua Trinidad

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 9, 2013

    There was a time in the '80s when certain films had a gritty realism infused with a dreamlike, introspective quality — William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A.,...

  • 9. Now Hear This

    Devendra Banhart

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 2, 2013

    Maybe "New American Weird" just means that you play constantly evolving music rooted in folk and take it to interesting, cosmic places without consciously trying to go...

  • 10. Now Hear This

    Metz

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 2, 2013

    This Toronto trio emerged in 2008 and did what more bands in this day and age should: It developed its music and overall aesthetic, then turned the results into songs that the...

  • 11. Critic's Choice

    Dreadnought brings its baroque black-metal inspiration to the Marquis

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 2, 2013

    Dreadnought manages to meld fairly disparate sonic elements into a coherent whole. Inspired by the image and power of capital ships, in the era before aircraft made...

  • 12. Playlist

    School Knights

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: May 2, 2013

    The title of its latest album notwithstanding, School Knights has never put out anything even remotely lethargic. Here, intricately textured guitar work practically...

  • 13. Backbeat

    Men in Burka defies convention with purpose and promise

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 25, 2013

    It's influenced by everything I grew up on, from American traditions to the Middle Eastern traditions of my father," says Men in Burka's Kamran Khan, describing his group's...

  • 14. Critic's Choice

    Speakeasy Tiger reunites its original lineup at the Marquis

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 25, 2013

    Half a decade ago, Speakeasy Tiger (due this Saturday, April 27, at the Marquis Theater) seemed to be in the right place at the right time, with a kind of electro-rock that...

  • 15. Playlist

    Shady Elders

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 25, 2013

    "In the Waves," the opening track on the new Shady Elders EP, has a lonely, almost wistful breeziness, with crystalline guitar tones cutting a simple figure while another...

  • 16. Now Hear This

    Har Mar Superstar

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 25, 2013

    In the '90s, Sean Tillman performed in both noise-rock band Calvin Krime and the more pop-oriented Sean Na Na while still a teenager in the Minneapolis area. Around the turn...

  • 17. Now Hear This

    Kvelertak

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 25, 2013

    With a name that translates roughly to "stranglehold" in Norwegian, this sextet has spent the last six years cultivating a sound that feels like a mixture of black metal and...

  • 18. Rough Mixes

    Johnny Marr on the importance of developing his personal style

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 18, 2013

    Johnny Marr is best known as the Smiths' influential and inventive guitarist. Since the band's split in 1987, Marr has kept himself busy playing with some of the more...

  • 19. Now Hear This

    Ghost B.C.

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 18, 2013

    Founded in 2008, Ghost B.C. created a bit of mystique for itself right from the start. The sextet is essentially anonymous in its elaborate costumes, with singer Papa Emeritus...

  • 20. Now Hear This

    How to Destroy Angels

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 18, 2013

    When Trent Reznor dissolved his high-profile band Nine Inch Nails a few years back, there was instant speculation about what he would do next. In 2010, he scored the...

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