Truman’s Water wreaked havoc on the indie rock scene with its second album, Godspeed the Punchline in 1993. Its brand of noisy, off-kilter, and calamatous indie rock made the British press all wet, heralding a new Pavement, while the band rode smaller waves of acclaim here in the US. Truman’s Water’s on-the-brink randomness probably sounded […]

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I was lucky enough to interview Shannon Wright back when she was in Crowsdell, an indie pop band with a dark underbelly from Jacksonville, Florida. She sang live on the air at WUSC after our interview, and I was blown away by her voice. Crowsdell’s second album got shelved when their label, Big Cat, got […]

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A friend just emailed me the new Interpol single; it’s a rip from KROQ, thus, the high treble. But it still sounds pretty damn good. More jerky, staccato rhythms a la “Obstacle 1” but much more upbeat than expected, almost in line with “Slow Hands.” Keyboards definitely play a more prominent role. Paul Banks’ lyrics […]

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Now that Pretty Girls Make Graves has announced its final tour dates, ex-members have already formed new bands. Seattle’s The Cave Singers have only recorded a few demos, but that hasn’t stopped some preliminary talks with Matador. Ex-PGMG bassist Derek Fudesco is now finger picking a classical guitar on songs that inform a dark, dreary […]

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NME has news that Radiohead has posted a clip of a new song called “15 Step” on the deadairspace section of their official site. You have to click on the HODIAU DIREKTION banner to hear it. For those less inclined to play aong with Radiohead’s cryptic and weird little cyber games, or, simply find them […]

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E18 – Detektivbyran Fake Empire – The National Broken arm – Winterpills For the very first time – Museum Sycamore – Smog Always For You – The Album Leaf Pushover – The Long Winters Darling, Please come home – Math and Physics Club Joseph Cornell – The Clientele (live) cover of Love Vigilantes – Voxtrot

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Assfactor 4 finally has a Myspace page with four songs posted, spanning early 7″ work through its final, posthumous LP, Sports. Sadly, there’s not much available on the web about these guys. AF4 was one of the best hardcore bands of the early to mid-90’s, or maybe, ever. Spastic, screaming vocals, dueling, buzzsaw guitars, and […]

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