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  • 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    Along with former Swans/Feotus guitarst Norman Westberg, Heroine Sheiks were originally made up of New York’s seediest looking musicians, and Selberg picked up where he left off by using unwanted songs from the Cows’ waning days for the Sheiks’ debut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)

  • Black Lips: Ambassadors of Rock 'n' Roll

    by Andres JaureguiApril 23, 2008Comments (3)

    Publicity stunt or not, that the Black Lips braved a veritable war zone to play a show for some kids is a pretty significant thing for a band that made a name for themselves swapping bodily fluids on stage while playing blistering, psyched-out hillbilly punk-rock. (read more)

  • The Long Blondes

    by Mark AschApril 9, 2008Comments (0)

    "Fleetwoodmackian tension" (read more)

  • SXSW Wrap Up, Atlas Sound, Beach House, Honeycut, and more

    by C! TeamMarch 19, 2008Comments (7)

    Austin finally released us from its clutches and we're back at our desks assessing everything that went down in Texas last week. We have lots to share. And back in San Francisco, the rock scene is always going strong, so we've got the scoop on the local shows, too. (read more)

  • Standing on the Corner Studying Rules of Verse: A Visit With Sweet Jane

    by William I. Lengeman IIIJanuary 16, 2008Comments (14)

    Like many people who came of age in the ‘70s, my first exposure to Lou Reed's music was by way of the perversions and doo-da-dooing colored girls that populated the sleazy world of “Walk on the Wild Side.” I was 10-years-old when the song first hit the airwaves and was more concerned with the likes of the Partridge Family than with the harder stuff. (read more)

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