Classixx makes magic not only from the tricks of others
Michael David and Tyler Blake met in middle school in southern California, where they bonded over their shared love of music. They remained close after high school, when Blake moved...
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Nots like to keep it simple and clean
Memphis punk band Nots may be on the verge of a national breakthrough, but the quartet still rehearses in a storage unit. In the summer, in the mid-South, with no...
Dweezil Zappa plays … whatever he wants
Things have gotten so bad between guitarist Dweezil Zappa and his family that when their Laurel Canyon homestead was sold to Lady Gaga a few weeks ago, Dweezil heard about...
Proclaimers still rowing that 500-mile road
About 30 years ago, Scottish twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid thought it might be a good idea to form a band, to fend off their looming unemployment. Everything went...
Car Seat Headrest, from back seat to major-label success
Car Seat Headrest began as the DIY project of Will Toledo, who used to drive his parents' car to quiet spots in his hometown of Leesburg, Va., and record his...
As origin stories go, the Buzzcocks’ is brilliant
The story you might have heard, about how trailblazing punk band the Buzzcocks came together, in Manchester, England, during the steamy and cataclysmic summer of 1976, is true. Mostly. The...
Blind Pilot is back, with tales of woe
Oregon folk band Blind Pilot used to tour on bicycles, mostly back when frontman Israel Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski were performing as a two-piece. They traveled the Pacific coast...
Now a family man, Andrew Bird sings about love and domesticity
Until now, singer-songwriter-violinist Andrew Bird had a reputation, entirely deserved, for making albums that were esoteric and concise, more interested in rational concepts like science and language than in more...
112, once huge, is now a legacy act, and that’s OK
The first time the members of R&B group 112 met Sean "Puffy" Combs, the man who would become their mentor, champion and occasional antagonist, they were standing outside of an...
Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows finally come together
Counting Crows and Matchbox Twenty had wanted to tour together for years, but each band's fame was equally matched, and no one could agree who would open for whom. Frontmen...