SXSW ’07 PREVIEW: LEEROY STAGGER

Canadian singer/songwriter Leeroy Stagger has racked up a lot of stage time in recent years. In fact, since October 2004, there have only been three months in [click here to continue]

March 10, 2007 // 0 Comments

SXSW ’07 PREVIEW: NORTON RECORDS SHOWCASE

For 20 years, Norton Records in Brooklyn, N.Y, has been keeping alive the wild side of rock ‘n’ roll, whether it be crazy rockabilly, greasy [click here to continue]

March 9, 2007 // 0 Comments

SXSW ’07 PREVIEW: THE UGLY BEATS

It’s hard to be in an ugly mood when The Ugly Beats are rocking local Austin clubs. The quintet formed in 2003 and was filling dance floors across Texas [click here to continue]

March 9, 2007 // 0 Comments

BACK ON THE SCENE

Since regrouping in late 2003, the Hoodoo Gurus have focused on their home turf of Australia. That will change this month when the band tours America for the [click here to continue]

March 8, 2007 // 0 Comments

ALL ABOARD

When it comes to covering a vocal song as an instrumental, guitarist Jeff Golub has his standards. “First, it has to have chord changes that can relate [click here to continue]

March 1, 2007 // 0 Comments

CINEMATIC SOUNDS

The 1979 teen rebellion movie Over the Edge, while not a blockbuster or an Academy Award winner, has its share of die-hard fans, among them Drats!!! [click here to continue]

February 15, 2007 // 0 Comments

FIRST THINGS FIRST — BLUE OCTOBER’S MATT NOVESKEY

You never forget your first. With that in mind, Blue October bassist Matt Noveskey recently took time out from the Texas rock band’s latest batch of tour [click here to continue]

February 2, 2007 // 0 Comments

REACHING A TURNING POINT

A concert album can do wonders for an artist’s career. For Peter Frampton and Cheap Trick, theirs from the 1970s made them superstars. For Virginia [click here to continue]

January 16, 2007 // 0 Comments

FAB PLANS

Despite his forays into satellite radio, movies and television in recent years, Pat DiNizio still considers himself to be a musician first and foremost. [click here to continue]

January 4, 2007 // 0 Comments

‘TIS HIS REASONS

Sometimes putting the greater good ahead of one’s personal taste is the right thing to do. That’s essentially what Paul Weller did when he agreed [click here to continue]

December 13, 2006 // 0 Comments