Email Author SARAH MADGES

2013 Stories by SARAH MADGES

• Anti-Flag

  published May 8, 2013

  Pittsburg punk rockers Anti-Flag made waves from the late eighties on through the early aughts with politically-charged anthems and in-your-face... More >>

• Cold War Kids

  published April 3, 2013

  With their 2006 debut, Robbers and Cowards, a record whose unique stripped-down, off-center chord progressions, and intricate narratives... More >>

• Clint Mansell

  published March 27, 2013

  Abandoning his alt rock band Pop Will Eat Itself to start a life as a soundtrack composer, instrumental renaissance man Clint Mansell debuted with... More >>

• Jenny Owen Youngs

  published March 13, 2013

  Somewhere between singer-songwriter and perfect-for-TV-scores status, Jenny Owen Youngs brings youthful charm to every song she sings, no matter... More >>

• Coheed and Cambra

  published March 6, 2013

  With seven concept albums that employ big riffs and frontman Claudio Sanchez’s high register wail to chronicle a sci-fi epic adapted to... More >>

• Camera Obscura

  published March 6, 2013

  Thanks to their sweetly sarcastic lyrics with surprising sonic depth, Glasgow’s Camera Obscura have repeatedly comparisons to Belle &... More >>

• The Hives

  published March 6, 2013

  Part of the aughts’ garage rock revival trend, the Hives have built a sound at once pop radio catchy and hard rock sludgy. Mostly... More >>

• Kate Nash

  published March 6, 2013

  Back in 2007, Nash found fans outside of her native London with “Foundations,” a track whose punchy keys and attitude-drenched vocals... More >>

• Andrew W.K.

  published February 27, 2013

  Best known for a single “Party Hard” that also summarizes his creative ethos, Andrew W.K. is a hard rocker who got his start in the... More >>

• Shout Out Louds

  published February 27, 2013

  Stockholm-bred indie pop band Shout Out Louds got their start in 2001, when bands like the Strokes were dominating alt-rock radio and winning over... More >>

• Man Man

  published February 20, 2013

  Philly-bred experimental rockers Man Man are more than reckless percussion, face paint, and piano-pounding. Using every idiosyncratic instrument... More >>

• Eels

  published February 20, 2013

  American indie rock band Eels grew out of Mark Oliver Everett’s solo efforts, records that begat a long career spent making a sad sack music... More >>

• Matthew Dear

  published February 13, 2013

  Producer, DJ, and electronic avant-pop artist Matthew Dear got his start in the Detroit techno scene in 1999. With glitchy synths and cloudy... More >>

• Beach Fossils

  published February 13, 2013

  Although by no means predictable, Beach Fossils offer exactly the kind of breezy lo-fi sound that their summery, somewhat mysterious name... More >>

• Penrose

  published February 6, 2013

  Composed of three siblings—Dan, Pat, and Tom Murphy—from, aptly, the City of Brotherly Love, Penrose vacillates between stomping garage... More >>

• Sixpence None the Richer

  published January 30, 2013

  Although Sixpence None the Richer owe much of their commercial success to the pivotal role “Kiss Me” played in She’s All... More >>

• Passion Pit

  published January 30, 2013

  Formed in Cambridge in 2007, Passion Pit is what happens when four Berklee College of Music attendees and one Emerson grad get together with some... More >>

• Tegan & Sara

  published January 30, 2013

  The sheer fact that they are Canadian lesbian identical twins who both play guitar, keyboards, and write songs sounds almost too... More >>

• Crocodiles

  published January 23, 2013

  Born from an early incarnation of Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles retains the lo-fi but saccharine aesthetic of its noise pop beginnings, living by the... More >>

• Diane Cluck

  published January 23, 2013

  Singer-songwriter Diane Cluck plays an original brand of “intuitive folk” that joins the free expression of anti-folk with an elegant... More >>

• Ra Ra Riot

  published January 16, 2013

  With up-tempo hooky chamber pop ditties and technically tight swagger, the Syracuse fivesome began as superstars of college rock radio. Now... More >>

• Ducktails

  published January 16, 2013

  The solo project of Real Estate guitarist Matthew Mondanile, Ducktails is a subtle alteration to said band’s surf rock sensibilities, thanks... More >>

• Purity Ring

  published January 2, 2013

  "Future pop" duo Purity Ring bring a Southern hip-hop backbone to their otherwise ethereal instrumentals. Although they’ve only been active... More >>