I picked this record up because I know Ranglin as one of the greatest ska and…

Tango Palace at Malabar Mo’s in Palm Bay, FL on September 16, 2000. Concert review by Drew Id.

Guitar-overdrive-mayhem garage-rock experimentation. Brings to mind “Death Va…

Dillinger Four are one of the most respected and popular bands on the underground punk scene today. But are they big enough to take on the Almighty Himself? Sean Carswell asked guitarist Erik how the band fares on its new album, Versus God.

Mechanical, industrial-sounding beats start out the latest release from hardc…

This one actually comes with a CD of exactly the same five songs that you fin…

“The more I tried, the more I failed. The president was a stout, round man who had serpents of chest hair hissing through his sweaty shirts. His face was greasy and tan and a message in bold black letters read on his porous forehead: ‘I am all powerful.’ The ‘it’ had grabbed hold of me as well as another generation of youth.”

98 Degrees are the Jesus freaks of the boy-band bunch, and although they are …

Formerly known as Akasha, Tampa’s Isobella carve out gorgeous shoegazer sound…

People Don’t Kill Guns… (Ink 19, November 2000)

Longwave, with Cat Size Thrill, at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta, GA on September 25, 2000. Concert review by Roi Tamkin.

This CD can be had free at Allen Wrench shows, and is tight and well-recorded…

According to the liner notes, this collection is “an introspective descent in…

The Young Dubliners, with the Rockin’ Highliners at the House of Blues in Orlando, FL on October 8, 2000. Concert review by Troy Mayhew. Photos by Dennis Ho.

With his parents well into their seventies, and ailing at that, Roi Tamkin is simply thankful that they’re still alive.

Sound Track’s songs never really begin or end. Switching tracks is like chang…

Considering the fact that this is only Analogue’s second CD released during i…

One of the most interesting new labels on the indie pop scene is the New Hampshire-based Red Carpet Ring. Randall Stephens talked with label founder Paul Vittum to find out what’s new at the home of such bands as the Princeton Reverbs Colonial, My Place in Space, and Fablefactory.

Kinda world-music club grooves. Barcelona to Ibiza and the kids just keep on …

Apparently Calvin Johnson and K Records do have “Beat Happening,” so to speak…