Love Songs, revisited
It was three Aprils ago now that I was first introduced to Love Songs For Lonely Monsters. The band had just played Gross Domestic Product, and when I spoke to [...]
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Posted May 07, 2014in The Sound
Posted April 30, 2014in The Sound
Anvil striking iron
Despite being known as a kind of “metal band’s metal band,” Anvil’s pre-2008 existence is a comedy of errors. Plagued by poor decision-making, questionable management and bad advice, Anvil toiled [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in The Sound
Children of the corn reunite
Read some of the out-of-town interviews with The Faint’s Todd Fink — and he’s recently done plenty of promoting of the band’s newest album, “Doom Abuse” — and you’ll quickly [...]
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Posted April 16, 2014in The Sound
Deconstructing Joe Bonamassa
It’s hard to talk to Joe Bonamassa and not talk shop. The urge springs from the desire to deconstruct what he does, in an effort to find out how someone [...]
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Posted April 09, 2014in The Sound
Combichrist is risen
Combichrist — the aggro-tech brainchild of the Norwegian-born Andy LaPegua — has been accused in the past of being overly aggressive, misogynistic, racist and glorifying of violence. It’s nothing that [...]
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Posted April 02, 2014in The Sound
The Train keeps a rolling
Wayne “The Train” Hancock is about as close to no-nonsense, blue-collar America as you can get. “I don’t have a tour bus. I don’t have a fancy house,” said the [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in The Sound
80/35 Music Festival 2014 lineup uncovered
The Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC) is notoriously tight-lipped regarding the lineup for each year’s 80/35 Music Festival. While the bands are booked months in advance, details are kept under [...]
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Posted March 19, 2014in The Sound
Molly’s voice
Molly Ringwald has pretty much always been a singer. “I started out singing jazz with my dad when I was 3,” Ringwald recalled during a phone interview. At the age [...]
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Posted March 12, 2014in The Sound
Blues way
For the Trampled Under Foot, the blues have always been a family affair. “The core of the band consisted of me and my brothers Nick and Kris,” explained bassist/vocalist Danielle [...]
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Posted March 05, 2014in The Sound
From Texas with love
Few states in the Union tout their native sons quite like Texas. And in a state as rich in musical history as the Lone Star State is, few are touted [...]
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