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Food For Animals

Scavengers
Muckamuck (2004)

*Sound of Scavengers being slipped into a CD player* "Holy crap! What am I listening to?" "Is this Vast Aire fronting Wolf Eyes?" "Is this the sound of my imminent doom via an aural assault so intense my face is about to explode?" "Holy crap! What am I listening to?" All valiant guesses, friend of friends, but let me give … Read more

Joanna Newsom

The Milk-Eyed Mender
Drag City (2004)

The Milk-Eyed Mender came out in March and has been gathering press clips like a two-ton goliath going berzerk at a post-bar mitzvah shindig. It's freaking December and I haven't written anything about this record! So, what's a distraught proto-writer to do when 'best of 04' lists start trickling in? Easy! For you lovely readers, wherever you are, check the … Read more

The Blood Brothers

Crimes
V2 (2004)

Multiple Authors

The Blood Brothers' second album in little over a year and half finds the Seattle quintet treading some unfamiliar ground, to say the very least. Not to fret, long-time fans of the Brothers of Blood - the trademark frenetic rhythms, angular guitars (which often recall Duane Denison on a bad crack binge), stop-start dynamics, and the dual shrieking voices of … Read more

Frog Eyes

The Folded Palm
Absolutely Kosher (2004)

Make no mistake: Victoria, B.C. based band Frog Eyes aren't the amphibious offshoots of cacophonous rabble-rousers Wolf Eyes. If anything, these 'Eyes' are a whole different breed of animal. On The Folded Palm, the group's first for Absolutely Kosher and third overall, Frog Eyes fuse a unique sound encompassing lush, bittersweet organ melodies, reverb-heavy guitars, the freewheeling antics of a … Read more

Jonathan's most recent features — Browse all

Holy Ghost Revival

Interviews

Following a blistering set at the Dionysus Club in the basement of Oberlin College's student union, my friend Ted and I got a chance to sit down and chat with Seattle's Holy Ghost Revival about music, touring, sex, and sickness. SPB, Jonathan: So, how's the tour going? Conor, vocals: It's been pretty good. We've been going with our friends in … Read more

Tim Kinsella

Interviews

For the past decade or so, Tim Kinsella has challenged the conventions, trends, and occasionally even the patience of his audience with the numerous projects he's been involved with- Cap'n Jazz, Owls, Friend/Enemy, Joan Of Arc, and, most recently, Make Believe. While most of Kinsella's work is typically hit-or-miss fare, Make Believe seems to have accrued a new sense of … Read more

Jimmy Ether

Interviews

Jimmy Ether is a professional producer/engineer with over 12 years of recording experience. He offers a complete selection of services for recording artists, which cover every aspect of production from initial audio engineering and mixing to compact disc mastering, artwork and replication. In addition, he provides free custom website designs for bands, labels and 'zines who host their site though … Read more

Xiu Xiu

Interviews

Over the past few years, Xiu Xiu have been slowly but surely making great waves in the indie world with a unique sound that takes equal parts from Bauhaus, Gamelan, 80's New Wave, and early video game soundtracks while bringing it all together with a deadpan countenance that suggests Ian Curtis had he been a stand-up comedian. Combined with lead … Read more

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Lords News

Posted in Bands on May 20, 2005

Louisville's Lords are releasing "Swords," their first full length on Jade Tree Records in August. The record should be out in time for a full U.S. tour with Poison the Well, reports the group's site. For now, you can catch them on a west coast tour with Akimbo and Bleeding … Read more

Ex Models Album + Tour News!

Posted in Bands on January 25, 2005

Hey! Look who’s back! It’s Ex Models! How have you guys been? I haven’t heard much from you fine folks since the split you put out with Holy Molar and that spring tour you did with Tortoise and Beans last year. Here’s the lowdown on the fellas: Z + S … Read more

Dimebag Darrell R.I.P.

Posted in Obituaries on December 8, 2004

I'm sad to report that Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, along with a number of show-goers and members of his new band Damageplan, was killed in an insane concert shooting past evening in Columbus, OH. For more info click here. Read more

Envy/Malady + Hot Cross/Transistor Transistor Tours

Posted in Tours on December 8, 2004

Level-Plane's roster is mighty busy these days! Envy and Malady are heading out on a two-week tour of the East Coast and Midwest in January beginning on the 14th in DC. Hot Cross and Transistor Transistor are ripping up the South beginning Thursday, December 9th in Gainesville. Read more Envy/Malady … Read more