Gang of Four finally has a new album that actually is a new album—not a re-recording of old songs—and they sold vials of their own blood to fund it. Singer Jon King speaks here about the gift of blood and ashes, the types of microwaves he likes to smash with baseball bats, and why he so dislikes tiny pieces of cheese. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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I’m going the same way I got there, sneaker power. With the ghetto blaster on my shoulder, the Miracles light the way.
What lonesome thoughts and dreams on this homeward roll? I can’t say at all. Sad? I know, and angry too, also a bit elevated from the night, but on the verge of weeping over whatever happened between me and whoever it was up there after the show. This story by Peter Case

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Fol Chen is a mysterious sonic karass rumored to operate out of Highland Park, but the music and lyrics indicate origin in some kind of Borgesian alt-reality that North American Top 40 radio has reached in fragments over the past several decades.

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This is supposed to be the record that bounces the Henry Clay into something big and it could really do it—it’s a worthy follow-up to last year’s local classic For Cheap or for Free and just the step they needed to take next.

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With upbeat ’60s-influenced pop straight from the school dance at the end of To Sir, With Love, the album goes down like a sugar rush. There’s hardly a moment’s reflection or time to catch your breath, no odd slow song closer or overwrought ballad: the Like do their best to keep the backbeat going until the end.

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Now based in New York, noise rock duo Pete Nolan (drums, percussion) and Elisa Ambrogio (guitar, vocals) recently became a trio, adding John Shaw (bass) to the lineup. The band recently performed in an Estonian occult film and bobbed around in the Dead Sea. This interview by Linda Rapka.

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Once the Jesus Lizard walked the earth unchallenged and primitive tool-using mammals quivered before it. Then in 1999 it broke up. But a deluxe series of remasters on Touch and Go (and an encouraging Scratch Acid reunion) helped resurrect the Jesus Lizard for a fearsome set of shows. Vocalist David Yow speaks now from Pioneertown. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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