Results for Quasi

  • Pickups in Texas

    by Max MobleyJuly 15, 2008Comments (6)

    I believe guitars sound best when broken-in. And since technically, it’s just wood and wires and a couple of magnets, that break-in is quasi-spiritual. (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)

  • R.E.M.: Murmur

    by J. NiimiMarch 12, 2008Comments (0)

    Peter Buck was born in California and moved to Roswell, Georgia in 1971 at the age of fourteen. He attended Emory University in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur from 1975 to 1977, eventually dropping out to take a job at Wuxtry Records in Ath­ens the following year (where he continued to work off and on (read more)

  • An Indie Culture Celebration: Noise Pop 2008

    by The EditorsFebruary 27, 2008Comments (5)

    It’s that time again… Noise Pop time! The best thing about this festival is that when you really begin to dig through the schedule you realize that there are talented, up-and-coming bands to be experienced each and every night. That’s what this festival is all about: the unknown… even if there are a slew of excellent mid-level bands to see. (read more)

  • The Feelies: How I (Accidentally) Found Bill Million

    by James Greene, Jr.November 7, 2007Comments (23)

    I first crossed paths with Bill Million on a typically balmy Florida afternoon in the spring of 1995. At the time, I had no idea I was meeting a reclusive god of strum; in fact, I was not even aware strum was a sub-sub-subgenre of rock music. All I knew was the bespectacled man (read more)