Category: FEATURES

Scott Walker: Exit Music

After surviving pop stardom in the ’60s, Scott Walker left the spotlight and began practicing the dark art of deconstructing

July 5, 2006 / FEATURES

It’s March, and Austin’s native sons and daughters in the Black Angels are cranking out their sensimilla-laced brand of thunder

July 1, 2006 / FEATURES

“I was apparently recording things without paying attention to what I was doing,” says Juana Molina about the creation of

June 29, 2006 / FEATURES

Stuart Murdoch went from idle daydreaming to pop idol—and it only took a decade. While Belle and Sebastian’s bedroom pop

June 16, 2006 / FEATURES

At a Houston shopping mall in 1966, a seemingly standard guitar/bass/drums trio appeared to be consciously using its lack of

June 2, 2006 / FEATURES

Some bands become unsteady when they put down roots, but husband-and-wife duo Mates Of State discovered better songwriting through parenthood. By

May 16, 2006 / FEATURES

If you ask Hudson Bell where he’s lived, he’ll reel off a list of Southern cities: Oxford, Baton Rouge, Lexington,

May 12, 2006 / FEATURES

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania