Meet Dancer Summer Amshoff

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene — those who aren’t necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move.The thing with beautiful “rock chicks” that dance onstage is that most of them stop far…

Descender

While Army of Elephants, Descender’s 2010 debut, was no emotionally shallow affair, it would seem that sophomore release Dark Water finds the band leaving their past behind as a mere memory. Personnel-wise, the only remnants here of past projects Doosu and The Burden Brothers seem to be the band’s well-seasoned…

The Electro-Magnetics

The first thing you hear on the Electro-Magnetics’ lastest album is former New Bohemian Kenny Withrow’s guttural, lurching surf guitar, tuned so loose you’d think the strings were hanging off like a necklace. And that striking visual only serves to elicit more sensory response; you can almost smell the stale…

Andrew Delaney & The Horse You Rode In On

Andrew Delaney’s music bears a certain and substantial believability. Sure, the rusty squeezebox, the wheezing harmonica and the sparse, lost-hope echo he washes his electric picking in deserves some credit. But so does his acoustic country strum, which, while straight-ahead almost to a fault, works well because it so smartly…

Local Music ‘Mericans: Katie Karch Is More Than A Roadie — She’s In Charge Of How A Bunch of Local Bands Sound Onstage.

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we’ll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren’t musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk. Last week, with 25-year-old Michelle Pelissero, we found ourselves celebrating the “accomplishment of youth” factor in Local Music ‘Mericans. To further that, allow us to present Katie…