Oct
19

Cold War Kids: They Aren’t Cold, They Aren’t Warlike, And They Aren’t Kids, Talk Amongst Yourselves

Yeah yeah yeah, the Cold War Kids are so uncool. They’re like mustaches, or leggings or Hall & Oates. Ok wait, those are terrible examples. I mean this is 2007, what’s in is out and what’s out is in and I’m not even talking about the relationship between L’il Wayne and Baby. My point is,… Continue reading »

Oct
19

Black Mountain: No Longer Just a Poetry Movement

Chances are you’ve already heard of Black Mountain. Their 2005 self-titled debut won BNM raves and the band ended up getting tabbed to open for Coldplay, proving once again that Chris Martin is a much better music critic than an actual musician (hey Chris, I’ve got some guest-blogging spots available on the Passion). If you… Continue reading »

Oct
12

None Shall Press

It’s no secret around these parts that I’m a huge Aesop Rock fan (see my Stylus review where I try to re-invent what it means to be pretentious,) so needless to say I was pretty amped to interview Mr. Bazooka Tooth himself. Of course, when it came time to write my interview questions, I was… Continue reading »

Oct
10

And The Shark Has Been Jumped

Kevin Murphy didn’t really ask me if I wanted to interview Mickey Avalon for a piece in the Arizona Republic, it was closer to a dare. Like when you’re 12 years old and you tell your friend that you’ll give him $5 if he runs into a cinder-block wall as hard as he can, wearing… Continue reading »

Aug
10

Despite All My Rage I’m Still Just a Rat in a Cage

Hands down Cage has been one of the most interesting interviews I’ve ever done. Mainly, because the guy is just one of the most brutally candid people you’ll ever speak to. Which is one of the many reasons why I think his last record, Hell’s Winter is one of the best underground records made in… Continue reading »

Jul
27

Links Presented by Bishop Allen

As far as I can tell neither of these men is a bishop which might make this the biggest misnomer since Weed, California. I’m sure a lot of you guys have heard about Bishop Allen. I think they’ve actually been on every single blog in the history of the Internet. However, I have yet to… Continue reading »