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1. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
2. Bill Hicks – Flying Saucer Tour Vol. 1 – Pittsburgh ’91 and Love, Laughter & Truth reissues (Rykodisc) Continue reading
Archive for Fugazi
Best Albums Of 2002
Posted in Lists with tags Bill Hicks, David Cross, Fugazi, Interpol, Isis, Liars, Melvins, Pentagram, Queens of the Stone Age, Sparta, System of a Down, the Flaming Lips, the Icarus Line, the Reigning Sound on 02/03/2010 by kurtorzeckDead Meadow: Tweaked ‘Kings’
Posted in Interviews with tags Dead Meadow, Fugazi, Joe Lally, Make-Up, Rye Coalition on 02/02/2010 by kurtorzeck
With Dead Meadow having recently announced the March 23 release of their Three Kings CD/DVD – a multimedia package combining new studio material and live songs – here’s a look back at a hard-to-find 2003 interview with Steve Kille, Jason Simon and Stephen McCarty. Continue reading
Isis’ Aaron Turner In ’02: Oceanic Is ‘The Best Material We’ve Ever Written’
Posted in Interviews with tags Aaron Turner, Bad Wizard, Cable, Cast Iron Hike, Cave In, Dälek, Fugazi, Isis, Mike Patton, Mogwai, Neurosis, Scissorfight, Sonic Youth, the Cancer Conspiracy, Thrones, Tool on 01/08/2010 by kurtorzeck
Last week saw the publish of a post drawing possible connections between what many consider to be Isis’ ultimate masterpiece, Oceanic, and one of the most important novels to come out of the 20th century, Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon.” Keeping the Oceanic momentum going, here’s an interview I conducted with the band in October 2002, just weeks after the album came out. 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 kurtorzeck
Baltimore officials call it the “Greatest City in America.”
Some residents think otherwise.
Meet And Greet: Cougar
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags 65daysofstatic, Aphex Twin, Auetchre, Cougar, Four Tet, Fugazi, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, John McEntire, Mogwai, Slint, Tortoise on 01/03/2010 by kurtorzeck
Cougar want to be clear: In choosing their moniker, the last thing the Midwestern instrumentalists wanted was for people to think of older divorcées hunting for young men. Continue reading
