Posted February 26, 2014in The Sound
All Hail King Buzzo. For 30 years, Buzz Osborne has influenced music and blown minds as the front man of seminal experimental rock outfit, The Melvins. The band’s sludgy sound has directly beget an alarming array of bands, including Tool, Mastodon and Nirvana. But Osborne has never been one to
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Posted February 19, 2014in The Sound
The performers taking the stage at Wooly’s this week will, at first glance, look at lot like Minneapolis-based electronic rock act Roster McCabe. But don’t be fooled. “As far as I’m concerned, Roster McCabe is the past,” said Night Phoenix/Roster McCabe front man Alex Steele. At first blush, the changes
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Posted February 12, 2014in The Sound
Henry Wayne Casey — the titular “KC” who fronts the Sunshine Band — has been at this a long time. Generally regarded as one of the founding fathers of the modern dance club hit, 63-year-old Casey has sold millions of records worldwide and still books nearly 200 shows a year,
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Posted February 05, 2014in The Sound
Andrew Ripp has three albums under his belt since debuting in 2008 with “Fifty Miles to Chicago,” but the industry vet first cut his teeth helping write winners for other performers, including Ryan Cabrera’s 2005 Top 40 hit “Shine On.” But as is often the case, Ripp could only watch
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Posted January 29, 2014in The Sound
California ska act Sublime had a mercurial career that was cut short when front man Bradley Nowell overdosed at the hands of Mr. Brownstone. Short as it may have been, Sublime’s career turned out two of the more iconic albums of the 1990s, “40oz. to Freedom” and its final, self-titled
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Posted January 22, 2014in The Sound
BoomBox is two people, namely, Zion Godchaux and Russ Randolph. But nobody — not even Randolph — would argue with the fact that it’s Godchaux that makes the duo hum. While the duo itself formed in that boundlessly fertile music town known as Muscle Shoals, Ala., one could trace the
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Posted January 15, 2014in The Sound
“Social Music.” “Love Riot.” Jon Batiste is out to change the lexicon of jazz. Coming from a long line of New Orleans jazz musicians, Batiste has taken the music world by storm since releasing his first album at the age of 19. Now all of 28, the Julliard-traned musician and
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Posted January 08, 2014in The Sound
I was a little disappointed in Erimha. At first glance, everything about the band seems ripe for parody. It’s a death metal act that comes fully packaged in corpse paint and costumes — complete with character names like Kthien and Diusternas — like a kind of K-Mart version of GWAR.
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Posted January 01, 2014in The Sound
There are few experiences in the capital city quite as sublimely entertaining as getting to chat with J.C. Wilson. Wilson’s been an integral part of the local music scene for decades, not only as the owner of the House of Bricks, but as a member of Des Moines party band,
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Posted December 26, 2013in The Sound
Let’s face it, tribute bands can be kind of a joke. Most spend more time honing the aesthetic of their chosen band than on the actual sound. Tribute bands tend to be more about honoring a romanticized version of what the original band was: Get the clothing right, play in
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