Joshua Sindell
Stories by Joshua Sindell
Nightbeat: 'Gigantour'
Dave Mustaine started this annual event, now in its third go-round, as an attempt to reinvent an ossifying Ozzfest for his own purposes, but credit him with choosing metal bands that have always given his own Megadeth a run for their money
Nightbeat: The Duke Spirit
Mudcrutch
Any fan of Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers has been hearing the name Mudcrutch for as long as there’s been a Tom Petty to talk about.
Apocalyptica
Oh, how the Roxy will sway and swoon this Monday!
Ministry, Meshuggah
Among the first to take the crushing-block/printing-press industrial sounds of art and noise bands, and fuse them into something resembling heavy rock and roll, Ministry and its leader, Alain Jourgensen
Jam Room
Bob Mould Band
Oh, Robert … . While we’re glad you seem, well, happier these days
Nada Surf
An Inferno of Entertainment
Despite the mild weather, March appears to roaring in like a lion
The Mountain Goats, Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters
This is about an apt a pairing as you’ll find all this week. Folk-singer … er, sorry, anti-folk-singer