Black Francis: Pixies Didn’t Change Anything
Black Francis summarily reformed the band 12 years after they’d called it quits, and set about touring the world like nothing ever happened.
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Steve Earle, The Unquiet American
“Look, I’m a recovering addict – I don’t believe in accidents. I believe that when a tiny place halfway around the world keeps demanding our time and attention over and over again, then it’s because we didn’t do something right.”
Beatboxing The Ballot
Art and politics blur at your local concert venue, where artists from Ani DiFranco to Pearl Jam are making voter turnout their mission.
Rob Sonic Opens Strong With Telicatessen
Armed with an arsenal of new-and old-world technology, and primed to spread his funk-drenched vitriol across the world, Rob Sonic is indie hip-hop’s newest jack popping out of the box.
Saul Williams, Streetwise Shakespeare
Slam poet Saul Williams’ reality is a lyrical one. But don’t tell him he’s keepin’ it real.
Mike Watt, Punk Prophet
“Boon and I were very conversational; we would literally talk about everything all day long.”
Poetry Slams Hip-Hop
“I think poetry is more popular now than it has been in the last 100 years, at least.”
Richard Linklater’s School of Rock Kids Are Alright
When people say that it must have been hard to make this movie, I just go, “Uh, no.” Being an offshore oil worker, that was hard. But this?
George Clinton, Funkenstein’s Monster
“We just feel each other. And it’s good to see that spark in the younger generation. “
Nirvana, Exhumed
the zeitgeist it initiated, and the hype it set loose on the world
We Know How the Machines Work and We’re Able to Take Control:” An Interview With Fugazi
Some may say that punk has an altogether simple formula: three chords of noise, plenty of sneer and snarl, and middle fingers everywhere. But for about a decade and a […]