SXSW ’07 PREVIEW: BLOODY HOLLIES

Moving to California has not mellowed the Bloody Hollies at all, and that is a good thing. The group’s new album, Who to Trust, Who to Kill, Who to Love, [click here to continue]

March 12, 2007 // 0 Comments

SXSW ’07 PREVIEW: GONER RECORDS SHOWCASE

Sadly, most talk of record stores these days usually is about their demise as shops big and small are shuttered in the wake of Internet sales and downloading. [click here to continue]

March 12, 2007 // 0 Comments

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