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| DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE |
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| The deathcab sit somewhere in the middle of a Bermuda Triangle formed by music, marketing, and straight-up media mayhem, and woe betide any music journalist foolish enough to try to describe them. A band made up of four cartoon characters who both are and aren't alter egos for famous real-life rockers, they're equal parts vanity project, performance art, practical joke, and promotional juggernaut. |
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FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
The Mayrose Diner, seated at the corner of 21st and Broadway in midtown Manhattan, is always hustling and bustling with people coming in to nosh on comfort foods like mac 'n' cheese. I'm sitting at a table across from From Autumn To Ashes' two remaining original members, screamer Ben Perri and drummer/melodic singer Fran Mark. READ MORE |
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IDLEWILD
Idlewild sure sounds pissed-off these days. Yet oddly enough, vocalist Roddy Woomble is taken aback when the group's new Warnings/Promises CD is described as an angry work. "I've never considered myself to be an angry person," he says. READ MORE |
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DEVNDRA BANHART
"You make music like cooking," explains Devendra Banhart from a hotel room in Amsterdam, having just finished a day of taping for a video of "I Feel Just Like a Child," the first single from his fourth full-length release, Cripple Crow. READ MORE |
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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
Second chances. A lot of young metal bands don't get second chances when things go terribly and awfully awry. Once we break down The Black Dahlia Murder's past for you, we think you'll agree with our assertion that after the release of their debut Unhallowed, the deck appeared stacked against this Michigan death-metal band. READ MORE |
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| Other Issue Features availiable in Aug/Sept 2005 Issue: • Fear Factory
• New Pornographers
• Against Me!
• Cursive
• God Forbid
• Minus the Bear
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