Tag: Dwarves

  • The Dwarves – Concept Album LP

    The Dwarves – Concept Album LP

    The Dwarves Concept Album LP (Greedy Media) To say that The Dwarves have been around and weathered a lot of pop cultural storms is an understatement. Since forming in Chicago in the mid-Eighties, The Dwarves have reinvented the concept of the revolving door; they’ve gone through band members (dozens of them – but guitarist Pete…

  • Nick Oliveri goes it alone. With help.

    Nick Oliveri goes it alone. With help.

    In music, as is the case in life, sometimes it’s important to strike out on your own – if only to see what you’re capable of. The uncertainty of such a daring break away from the known and the safety associated with it makes the rewards that much sweeter when they come; not for nothing…

  • Nick Oliveri’s Uncontrollable – Leave Me Alone

    Nick Oliveri’s Uncontrollable – Leave Me Alone

    It sounds a little unlikely on its face, but sometimes you just know what you’re going to get from an album, even if it’s a band’s first record. That is certainly true of Leave Me Alone, billed as Nick Oliveri‘s first solo album. From top to bottom, listeners will be able to pick out familiar…

  • Thinking Back To…  SXSW 1998

    Thinking Back To… SXSW 1998

    Sean Palmerston thinks back to his first SXSW festival experience back in 1998, featuring Shallow North Dakota, QOTSA and Man’s Ruin Records