Music This track from Starantula's eponymous 2007 Smegma Studios-recorded debut doesn't quite capture the troupe's explosive live appeal, but the growling riffage and keening synth lines (from Fireballs Of Freedom and Divining Rod members' Kelly Gately and David 'Roach' Simmons) fueling vocalist Seantos' inimitable cock-r...   More

Music We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at Starantula.

Outsized personalities thrusting an enlightened Monsters Of Rock onslaught lend themselves to caricature, and it's too much fun to imagine Starantula as, say, glam commandos—keyboardist Roach the weapons specialist; guitarist Ga...   More

Music [ORGAN JAMZ] When the McMenamin brothers purchased funeral home Little Chapel of the Chimes (open-bar burial services still pending) three years ago, they transformed the North Killingsworth Street landmark into a recognizable brewpub franchise while maintaining the most beloved elements of the ...   More

Music [PRE-GRUNGE] Different sorts of folks attend reunion shows. Those who delight in Schadenfreude eagerly await chances to compare hair and waistlines from the Class of 1980; some wish to rekindle past memories; latecomers attend curious as to what the original fuss was about. But one doesn&rsq...   More

Music Stories [ORGAN JAMZ] When the McMenamin brothers purchased funeral home Little Chapel of the Chimes (open-bar burial services still pending) three years ago, they transformed the North Killingsworth Street la ...   More

Music Stories [PRE-GRUNGE] Different sorts of folks attend reunion shows. Those who delight in Schadenfreude eagerly await chances to compare hair and waistlines from the Class of 1980; some wish to rekindle past m ...   More

Music With the release of second Jicks album Real Emotional Trash (the first with Sleater-Kinney's Janet Weiss) just weeks away, all the indie world's clamoring for a taste of Stephen Malkmus' tuneful musings, and, though Pitchfork got there first, we're honored to share "Baltimore" ...   More

Music Seasonal Affective Disorder, as a genre, rarely extends beyond tweaked Christmas music, but not all stormy weather blows away with the holidays. The lingering, literally-frosted-over post-party malaise deserves its own soundtrack, and, this long winter's fitful nap, may we suggest "Take Me Over Tonight?"
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Music The group was old. No getting around that. Neighborhood stragglers wandering into Slabtown last Saturday wondered about the size of the crowd so late at night, looking to the stage with puzzled delight. It wasn’t a “dad band”; there was no hobbyists’ self-satisfaction, bu...   More

Music Stories The group was old. No getting around that. Neighborhood stragglers wandering into Slabtown last Saturday wondered about the size of the crowd so late at night, looking to the stage with puzzled deligh ...   More