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  • The Deadly Gentlemen

    by j. poetJuly 23, 2008Comments (0)

    "a hip-hop and bluegrass hybrid that’ll spin your head and slap a grin on yer face" (read more)

  • The Heroine Sheiks Return: “We’re Going for the Jugular on Every Song”

    by Andrew LauJuly 16, 2008Comments (0)

    Along with former Swans/Feotus guitarst Norman Westberg, Heroine Sheiks were originally made up of New York’s seediest looking musicians, and Selberg picked up where he left off by using unwanted songs from the Cows’ waning days for the Sheiks’ debut album, 2000’s Rape on the Installment Plan. Audiences looking for Cows Part Two were befuddled by the new group; the previous band’s power (read more)

  • Dark Side of the Death Star (or How I Wasted Eleven Months of My Life)

    by James Greene, Jr.July 9, 2008Comments (10)

    White Zombie’s landmark 1992 album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 certainly seemed like the type of sample-heavy rock freak-out that would align perfectly with a wild, outer space adventure starring Mark Hamill. Also, I figured it would be pretty cool watching Darth Vader parade around to all those bad-ass metal riffs. That alone might keep me from dozing off in the middle of said experiment. The following evening (read more)

  • The Best Books on Music of the Last Six Months

    by C! TeamJune 25, 2008Comments (7)

    There's something about summer reading lists. They almost always contain must-reads, but they are also supposed to contain page-turners... books that, while not being the most challenging literary content you've feasted your eyes on, are highly entertaining without being too heavy on the thinking. It's summer for crissakes, and that means taking a standard break from life. (read more)

  • Drive-By Truckers: Whiskey, Tears, and Dixie-fried

    by Greg GastonJune 4, 2008Comments (2)

    With the release of Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, the Truckers have yet again dealt with internal turmoil and regrouped to record this sprawling epic. Most bands are lucky to have one gifted songwriter on board, but these guys have three strong contributors. They wrote and recorded over 50 songs for Creation’s Dark, eventually whittling them down (read more)

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