Few bands enjoy the level of versatility hard-rock vets Staind do. “Roundness is helpful in all aspects of life, I think,” front man Aaron Lewis said. “We could definitely play a game of ‘you throw out the style, and we write a song to fit that.’” Trouble brewed, however, as that game increasingly disregarded the […]
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With influences as far ranging as Neil Young to Pink Floyd, you could call My Morning Jacket many things. Its members hope “jam band” isn’t among them. “Yeah, there’s a bit of a freedom we have when we play together, and we aren’t rigid in how we play the songs … but I don’t understand […]
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Jacket required
With influences as far ranging as Neil Young to Pink Floyd, you could call My Morning Jacket many things. Its members hope “jam band” isn’t among them. “Yeah, there’s a bit of a freedom we have when we play together, and we aren’t rigid in how we play the songs … but I don’t understand […]
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A simple man
Who doesn’t love a house party? Seattle singer/songwriter David Bazan certainly does; he’s played about 250 of them in the past four years. “I’ve got it down to a science. It’s different in a lot of ways, but it’s nice,” he said. “You can have a very gritty, authentic interaction with the people who really […]
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A simple man
Who doesn’t love a house party? Seattle singer/songwriter David Bazan certainly does; he’s played about 250 of them in the past four years. “I’ve got it down to a science. It’s different in a lot of ways, but it’s nice,” he said. “You can have a very gritty, authentic interaction with the people who really […]
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Have a Fling
The oddest things can happen on tour, and SoCal psych-folk’s The Fling will be the first to tell you as much. The band is right in the thick of its first major tour, and a spontaneous drum circle with strangers at 4 a.m. in St. Louis wasn’t even the weirdest thing to happen so far. […]
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Have a Fling
The oddest things can happen on tour, and SoCal psych-folk’s The Fling will be the first to tell you as much. The band is right in the thick of its first major tour, and a spontaneous drum circle with strangers at 4 a.m. in St. Louis wasn’t even the weirdest thing to happen so far. […]
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Them Dike boys
Hailing from Austin, Texas, lo-fi punk act Dikes of Holland is wrapping up its biggest tour to date, supporting Black Joe Lewis and recent Rolling Stone cover artists The Sheepdogs. This has seen them at their very best and very worst. “It’s been mixed,” said singer/ guitarist J.P. Bohon. “We played one of our best […]
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Them Dike boys
Hailing from Austin, Texas, lo-fi punk act Dikes of Holland is wrapping up its biggest tour to date, supporting Black Joe Lewis and recent Rolling Stone cover artists The Sheepdogs. This has seen them at their very best and very worst. “It’s been mixed,” said singer/ guitarist J.P. Bohon. “We played one of our best […]
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Signs of possession
Since forming in 2005, metalcore act The Devil Wears Prada has gone from anonymity in its home of Dayton, Ohio, to headlining tours, inking major-label deals and playing with the likes of Killswitch Engage and Underoath. Despite the endless amount of sex, drugs and other rock ’n’ roll vices no doubt available, the six members’ […]