Interview: J-Zone
(this interview originally appeared in issue #38 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2003). – interview by pr! Ever since I heard the “Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes” LP, I knew we’d be running something on J-Zone’s ass. He’s funny as hell…
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Review: Tora! Tora! Torrance!
– by brian greenaway *based on a true story (Interior Scene. Night. Record shop. Posters and T-Shirts adorn the walls. CDs and Records are displayed in neatly arranged racks. Two young men, BARRY and ROB stand around, thumbing through the…
Interview: Vue
– interview by thomas cooper So as luck and Modern Fix would have it, I found myself at the always delightful Spaceland in Los Angeles. It was here that I would meet buzz band Vue (yes, there is no “The”…
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SUSHIROBO – interview by mike bushman home Why “Sushirobo”? Because the focus group responded favorably to the name. Because we wanted our CDs to be filed between Supertramp and Swell Maps at the music store. Because the name “Simon and…
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THE RUM DIARY – by pr! home As much as I’d like to think that everyone that listens to radio and MTV/Fuse WANTS good music, I have a feeling a good chunk of them wouldn’t ‘get it’ even if it…
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OPEN HAND – interview by eric w. alexy home Suge Knight, convicted felon and Death Row Records founder, has beaten up white guys before. In 1996, he reportedly hung Vanilla Ice’s punk ass out of a high-story hotel window to…
Review: Uppercut
Uppercut “Four Walls” (Blackout!) Uppercut broke up almost fifteen years ago, which means they’re older than that bottle of Crown Royal your dad has stashed above the microwave. Uppercut were a staple of the NYHC scene back when acts like…
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ESTER DRANG – by tom maxwell home What started as an ambient bass driven bleeps and measures outfit making their bid to become the Beethoven of modern day experimental rock has become a quaint younger brother to bands that make…
Review: Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start “and Nothing is #1” (OHEV Records) See, I’m used to seeing the above Nintendo code (if you don’t know that’s the thirty lives code in “Contra” then get the…
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CEX – interview by gordon downs home For several years now, Rjyan Kidwell has been making music under the stage name of CEX. Part MC, part indie rock prankster. His previous two albums, “Tall Dark and Handcuffed” and “Being Ridden”…