Chris Parker

Insane Clown Posse won’t be the only ones in face paint this week. In fact, the circus surrounding Emilie Autumn is even more extravagant and high-concept, featuring everything from onstage baking to fire-breathers, performers on stilts, and a saucy burlesque revue. COLORFUL COLLAGE GERMAN LABEL UNSOLICITED DARK SIDE Surrounded by five corseted beauties known as […]

Things have come full-circle for country artist Kevin Fowler. When he was a young, long-haired shredder, he got a little taste of the big time, and its sour finish shaped his musical career. Now 17 years later, having built an audience from the ground up, he’s ready to dip his toe in major-label waters again. […]

Joe Jack Talcum said he’s never heard a word from Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil, despite immortalizing his vehicular manslaughter charge in Dead Milkmen’s satirical 1980s send-up, “Bitchin’ Camaro.” EIGHT ALBUMS SOLO CAREER Whether hailing the joys of “Smokin’ Banana Peels,” escaped 4-H projects lunching on a Dead tour (“The Thing That Only Eats Hippies”), […]

On the tongue-in-cheek paean, “Americus (Religious Right Rock),” irrepressible, wiseass rap duo Grand Buffet suggests that, “We think abortion is pretty messed-up / If you don’t want a kid, then don’t be a slut.” Whether heralding that child labor or wondering “who tried to rid the woods of free-thinking dudes who cuss too much and […]

On the tongue-in-cheek paean, “Americus (Religious Right Rock),” irrepressible, wiseass rap duo Grand Buffet suggests that, “We think abortion is pretty messed-up / If you don’t want a kid, then don’t be a slut.” Whether heralding that child labor or wondering “who tried to rid the woods of free-thinking dudes who cuss too much and […]

Metal kids and punk kids spent a couple decades eying each other warily, but lately, those differences seem to have melted away, as bands have crossed the mosh pit mixing liberally from hardcore’s adrenalized rhythms and metal’s bottom-end breakdowns. Municipal Waste is hardly a product of these slackening “standards.” Founded in 2000 in Richmond, Va., […]

Metal kids and punk kids spent a couple decades eying each other warily, but lately, those differences seem to have melted away, as bands have crossed the mosh pit mixing liberally from hardcore’s adrenalized rhythms and metal’s bottom-end breakdowns. Municipal Waste is hardly a product of these slackening “standards.” Founded in 2000 in Richmond, Va., […]

In a certain sense, Umbrellas is as much about Josh Wright as it is band leader Scott Windsor. The two were college roommates. Wright was there as a recording engineer; Windsor was studying entertainment business. Seeking material to record for class, Wright turned to the person closest to him, literally, and launched a career. ACOUSTIC […]

In a certain sense, Umbrellas is as much about Josh Wright as it is band leader Scott Windsor. The two were college roommates. Wright was there as a recording engineer; Windsor was studying entertainment business. Seeking material to record for class, Wright turned to the person closest to him, literally, and launched a career. ACOUSTIC […]

For those interested in punk rock without a Y chromosome, selections have long been lacking, making the arrival of overseas import Batrider that much more welcome. Led by the disgruntled feral croon of singer/guitarist Sarah Chadwick, Batrider marshals noisy, writhing post-punk that sounds like P.J. Harvey with a head cold. Hazy with Chadwick’s deep, throaty […]