The latest installment in a series of “postcards” from bands on the edge comes courtesy one Branden Daniel and his chicks. Stet that: Chics. Continue reading
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Memento: Branden Daniel’s Amazing Technisound Dream Vest
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags Branden Daniel on 01/26/2010 by Kurt OrzeckLabyrinth: The History Of The Jesus Lizard
Posted in Features, Fun And Games with tags the Jesus Lizard on 01/24/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
So you think you know the Jesus Lizard, eh? Test your knowledge of the band and its history with this thoroughly trivial pursuit. Continue reading
Rock ‘N’ Roll Rebus #1
Posted in Features, Fun And Games on 01/24/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
If Rebuses like the one above don’t ring any bells, your childhood was/is sorely lacking. In the spirit of juvenalia, here’s a different take on the game, designed for rock nerds. Continue reading
Extreme-Metal Word Search
Posted in Features, Fun And Games on 01/23/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Twenty extreme-metal bands. One puzzle. All you need is your sword (pencil) and shield (eraser). Continue reading
Memento: The Moog’s ‘Special’ Hairspray
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags the Moog on 01/23/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Here’s the first Bad Penny installment in an artist-centric series in which musicians pass along objects of importance – or unimportance – and, in particularly fortuitous situations, dish a little about them too. Continue reading
Memento: Salme Dahlstrom’s Coffee Overload
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags Salme Dahlstrom on 01/23/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Bad habits come in all shapes and sizes, but Salme Dahlstrom’s might explain why she’s as hyper as she can be at times, like in this picture. Continue reading
3 Inches Of Blood’s Cam Pipes Geeks Out On Tolkien, ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
Posted in Features, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags 3 Inches of Blood, Black Dahlia Murder, Brian Posehn, Cam Pipes, Judas Priest on 01/13/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
It’s Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Or, better put, “9.9.09.” Some 3 years, 3 months and 3 days ago, metalheads were having a collective kanipshin over 6.6.06, terrorizing their neighbors’ pets and carving satanic shit into their skin.
So how did the gritty falsetto belter behind 3 Inches of Blood bide his time that day? Scouting the Shire, perhaps. Or maybe slaying some dragons.
Welcome to the imaginarium of Dr. Pipes.
Meet And Greet: Cassettes Won’t Listen
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags Aesop Rock, Cassettes Won't Listen, El-P, INXS, Liz Phair, Mr. Lif, Pavement, the Cure, the Dears on 01/10/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Jason Drake is having a hard time concentrating.
It’s late July 2009, and he’s chatting with me on his cell from a Whole Foods parking lot somewhere in L.A. Continue reading
Meet And Greet: Imaad Wasif Goes Into The Voidist
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags alaska!, Dale Crover, Dinosaur Jr., Dwarves, Imaad Wasif, Josh Homme, Kyuss, Lou Barlow, lowercase, Melvins, Minutemen, Red Sparowes, Sebadoh, Yeah Yeah Yeahs on 01/07/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Contrary to what ProTools fanatics might tell you, visionaries are hard to come by these days. During an era in which it’s incumbent upon artists to market and promote themselves. During an era in which selling out has become something of a moot point. Continue reading
Meet And Greet: Double Dagger
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags Dan Deacon, Double Dagger, Fugazi on 01/04/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Baltimore officials call it the “Greatest City in America.”
Some residents think otherwise.
The Bad Penny (beta) 