LaRue is an artist who offers more than the sum of his parts. His twangy baritone isnt particularly powerful, though its crisp and clean. He wont wow you with his playing or overwhelm you with his insight, but theres a genial warmth and down-home honesty to his songs. He... More >>
Nashville burlesque performer Miss Kitty Von Purr has been beset with unfortunate medical expenses in her ongoing fight with breast cancer. This is a terrible illness that demands frank, forthright discussion which is too bad, because youre stuck with us! So leave the... More >>
With a newish (and excellent) fiddle player in Tyler Beckett and a new record on a new label, Missouri bluegrassers The Chapmans roll into town on a high note. They put together Grown Up (A Revisionist History) on their own last year. Then they cooked up a deal with Compass Records that should... More >>
We're sure that they're tired of hearing this by now, but The New Boyz are definitely the major label, teeny-bopper answer to Chicago hipster-hop duo The Cool Kids. That's not to say that they're not cool on they're own, but we have the feeling that once they get out of high school and move out... More >>
You could say Jeff Mangum is the J.D. Salinger of indie rock. Or perhaps hes a bit more like Thomas Pynchon, barring Pynchons penchant for remaining eternally unphotographed. Point is, Mangums now-legendary 90s outfit Neutral Milk Hotel produced a frustratingly minuscule... More >>
With Conan OBrien recently announced as the Roos comedy headliner, this years lineup is looking more and more promising as the weeks go by. Despite strong showings from a diverse stable of artists at last months local Road to Bonnaroo competition not to mention... More >>
Its standard practice to introduce bands by drawing parallels to better known acts. But in the case of Detroit punks Tyvek, it makes more sense to compare them to more obscure bands, like the late-70s DIY groups The Homosexuals, The Desperate Bicycles, Television... More >>
Taking their cues from hipster-chic Aughts staples like The Strokes, The Killers, MGMT and Of Montreal, Portland, Ore.s Hockey are definitely a band of their time. Their 2009 debut Mind Chaos plays like a sonic summation of the last decades most fashionable music trends from... More >>