Hall of Fame Class 2019
We’ve nominated the bands, published the ballot, released an all-local compilation, threw a ginormous music festival spanning eight venues with 40 combined bands, and...
Remembering Chris Hardee
I don’t remember exactly when, but the last time I saw Chris Hardee, he’d popped into the Boiled Owl Tavern while I was bartending,...
Hunt the Followers
I am not that thoroughly invested in local metal, and, as such, I hadn’t heard of Hunt the Dinosaur until a friend showed me...
Cassingles Going Steady
Alas, like touch-tone phones or my ability to bend over and tie my shoes without becoming breathless and lightheaded, bands doing split releases has...
Summer Concert Preview
I’d argue that there are few experiences as central to being a young person in America as going to an overpriced, overcrowded outdoor concert...
Gollay’s Search for Meaning
Like a lot of songwriters, Rachel Gollay finds it hard to try to write a song explicitly about a specific thing. Words come from...
More of More
The din of road noise is a backdrop for Peter More’s voice as we talk over the phone. Being driven by a foreign friend...
Deep Cuts
Among the many matter-of-fact statements that accompany the imagery on display in Van Halen’s “Right Now” video, the one that has stuck in my...
Phantomelo’s Baby Ghosts
Somewhere in Garland, graffiti covers the dingy walls of an abandoned maternity ward. Silence is most likely the only thing to be found behind...
Metal Up Your Ox
Most so-called indie rockers– especially those of a certain age, old enough to have memories of the Challenger explosion or when Pizza Hut was...
