Siren '05: Sea Shanties by the Seashore
The sun! The sand! The haunted pussy! Siren Fest serves up a helping of superlative indie rock with a side of crinkle fries.
By Emily Zemler; Jessica Grose; Peter Gaston 07.18.05 3:00 AM
Coney Island -- home of the drag-queen friendly Mermaid Parade, Woody Guthrie's Americana folk, and the scary, smack-addled dystopia of Requiem for a Dream -- is the perfect setting for an eclectic rock show like Saturday's fifth annual Village Voice Siren Festival.
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Von Bondies: Pier-less in NYC
The well-coiffed Von Bondies impressed a savvy New York audience at Spin's Hudson River Rocks concert series.
By Jessica Grose; Spin Staff 07.08.05 3:00 AM
The Von Bondies, World Leader Pretend and Dan Dyer stood against the backdrop of a choppy Hudson River last night and rocked a receptive and well-dressed New York audience. The equally well-appointed headlining Von Bondies stole the show with straight ahead garage pop and guitarist Marcie Bolen's come-hither stare, one that sliced through a sheet of red locks.
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Various Artists, 'Six Feet Under: Everything Ends' (Astralwerks)
By Jessica Grose 07.06.05 3:00 AM
Six Feet Under is a hard show to watch. Just when things seem to be going well for any of the consistently harried characters, some act of God prevents them from experiencing anything resembling happiness: a car crash, a tumor, bipolar disorder. I expected the new Astralwerks-released Six Feet Under soundtrack, subtitled Everything Ends, to be a similar exercise in sadism.
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Anniemal Kingdom
Electro pop's reigning Norse goddess dishes about stage fright and psychology.
By Jessica Grose; Spin Staff 07.05.05 3:00 AM
I saw Annie (born Anne Lilia Berge-Strand in Bergen, Norway) a few months ago on her first swing through the United States, and the woman literally sparkled on stage. Her nearly-white blonde hair shone brightly in the stage lights like an ethereal pixie and her mouth wound itself enticingly around the glittering pop nuggets offered up on her debut album, Anniemal.
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Watch Camper Van Beethoven LIVE!
Spin and Camper Van Beethoven have several things in common: They both turn 20 this year, they're full of raucous rock'n'roll sentiment, and sometimes they enjoy a whiskey or two. Last night at Spin's New York headquarters, Camper Van Beethoven played to an intimate, adoring crowd of fans for SPINHouse Live's tenth installment.
By Jessica Grose; Spin Staff 06.21.05 3:00 AM
Wearing a classic cowboy hat, lead singer David Lowery declared before CVB started their set, in true cowboy fashion, "We're too drunk to play" -- they'd already played a full set at Central Park's SummerStage earlier in the night.
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