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  • Eric Bachmann: New Records For the Old Artist Soul

    by Angela ZimmermanOctober 8, 2008Comments (0)

    Eric Bachmann burns from the inside out. It’s a slow, persistent burn, invoking in him a response as innate as any other human action: He makes music because, quite simply, that’s all that there is. It damages his health and compromises his relationships. It has led him to seek out other answers. But instead of opting for a straighter path, he revitalizes his craft time and again, constantly evolving (read more)

  • Urinals, Fucked Up, Oxford Collapse, Ida, and B.R.M.C.

    by C!-TeamSeptember 10, 2008Comments (0)

    We like to get up to loud, vigorous, ear-blowing punk rock... and come back down with hushed and mellow acoustic shows. Such is the life of a steady show-goer in San Francisco. (read more)

  • Fantasy Studios: Alive and Well in Berkeley

    by j. poetAugust 6, 2008Comments (3)

    Fantasy became the studio of choice for acts as diverse as Robert Cray, Sammy Hagar, Bobby McFerrin, Aerosmith, Camper Van Beethoven, and the Counting Crows, to name just a few. Santana recorded his blockbuster Supernatural there. In 2000, Billboard named Fantasy the number one Recording Studio in America. In 2004, the Concord Music Group bought the Fantasy label and sold the Studios and all their equipment including a vintage microphone collection (read more)

  • Lemonheads: Jangle Pop, Punk Rock, and Pin-up Charm

    by Everett TrueJuly 16, 2008Comments (0)

    Evan bounds from small classroom to small classroom in a happy haze, occasionally running across an old teacher who advises him to get his hair cut, sometimes stopping to reminisce about where he used to hang out with Jesse, ex-Lemonhead (and now video maker), and chat up babes. Steve Gullick instructs Evan to put his feet up on an old teacher's desk, and the singer complies. (read more)

  • King of Rock 'n' Soul: Solomon Burke Gets Deep

    by Denise SullivanJune 18, 2008Comments (1)

    Most of what I know about Burke's history comes from Guaralnick's interviews with him. But what I felt when I talked to Burke myself was something else entirely—perhaps best described as spiritual refreshment—and it's something that I will carry with me from here. He's a Philadelphia native who loves country music and a former "wonderboy preacher," with 21 children, 89 grandchildren (read more)

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