Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 13-10-2010
Warning! One of the members of Spellcaster or Evil Survives may steal your indie-rock girlfriend by Jarret Keene It took a while—through nearly two decades of grunge, post-grunge, nü-metal, rap-rock, post-rock and more—but it's finally back, in its pure, unadulterated, street-grade form. I'm talking about heavy metal, which the mainstream banished from radio in the '90s to make room for ...
Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 12-09-2010
Local Natives will be headlining the Music Box at the Henry Fonda this Friday & Saturday night | Photograph by Benjamin Hoste for LAist This week Grammy Award-winning Parisian indie rockers Phoenix will be headlining the Hollywood Bowl with Brooklyn-based indie rock act Grizzly Bear San Franciscan lo-fi rock outfit Girls . Portland's own experimental indie rock trio Menomena are poised to take ...
Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 07-09-2010
This weekend's Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival is defined as much by what it isn't as what it is. It's not an indie rock fest, it's not a destination fest. Set in the heart of Seattle, it's easily accessed by foot or bus, making it a magnet for families and assorted city freaks, and its lineup is far more eclectic than most festivals its size. Now in its 40th year, Bumbershoot attempts to be ...
Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 05-09-2009
Doug Martsch is a staple for modern indie rock, and the poster child for the reluctant rock hero. When asked about his found fame and notoriety, he doesn’t have much of an answer, mostly confusion as to why it happened in the first place, but at the same time, it doesn’t seem to bother him, as he has only been doing what has come natural to him since his adolescence. This feeling of bewilderment has been with him for some time now, stretching back to his first break out band Treepeople . For hi
Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 29-06-2009
Every so often we bring you the Forensics of a Popular Song. In this feature, we take a song that was played to death and figure out why it died that death. MGMT Time To Pretend Tempo: 101 Key: D Length: 4:21 Lyrics Last year MGMT burst on to the indie rock radar, with their stunning debut Oracular Spectacular . The thing that made this record turn heads compared to most indie releases was the ability for the record to sound old, while still sounding fresh. The melding of Dav
