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Austin, Texas band the Gourds are the quintessential Lone Star ensemble, the type of group tailor-made for Gruene Hall and every outdoor festival from Fredericksburg to...
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If the theme of 2006's party is art damage, then Test Icicles--originally called Balls, in case you've missed the sketchy wordplay--provide the soundtrack. But party rock was...
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Inevitably linked to the semi-legendary Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn has spent the better part of two decades running away from the legacy of his first band. Always a great...
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How can an Elliott Smith tribute album go wrong? The guy was practically deified before his apparent suicide in 2003, and the exaltation has only continued since. But such...
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Norman, Oklahoma's Starlight Mints are a perfect example of why bigger isn't better. Beginning in 2000 as a seven-piece, complete with orchestra, the inevitable (and hometown)...
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Like Trent Reznor after him, Sisters of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch has never lived up to the purported extremism of his image. Beneath the shadowy visage of Arctic vocals,...
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Mary Sims (aka Dinah Cancer) formed this cheesy gothic punk quartet in the early '80s. Best remembered for the "Partytime" single that was featured in the campy film classic...
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Years ago, a charming fellow named Michael Timmins called from Toronto about this EP his band, the Cowboy Junkies, had self-released called The Trinity Sessions. When he...
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As far as crazy parties go, I've seen my fair share of glowsticks, but in the summer of '99, I found myself on the side of a mountain outside Los Angeles, where I was one of...