Email Author Julie Seabaugh

2006 Stories by Julie Seabaugh

• All-American Rejects

  published December 20, 2006

  The All-American Rejects tilt heavily to the pop side of power-pop, meaning that they're one of those bands that all the kiddos like. But... More >>

• A Static Lullaby / The Classic Crime

  published November 8, 2006

  It's difficult to toss a headful of artfully mussed hair nowadays without hitting a band passing off generic broken-heart metaphors and sing-song... More >>

• Brand New

  published October 25, 2006

  It's been three years since Brand New, elder statesmen of the Long Island music scene, unleashed the jaw-droppingly mature Deja... More >>

• Hellogoodbye

  published October 18, 2006

  Hellogoodbye's 2004 self-titled EP was a homemade dweeb-dance masterpiece, both hopelessly spazmatic and endearingly earnest. So it's not... More >>

• Rock and Blues

  published October 18, 2006

  Sure, aspiring performers aiming for the top of the charts can always mangle Barry Manilow tunes before a panel of judges and a national audience... More >>

• Aerosmith

  published October 11, 2006

  Aerosmith battled drug abuse in the '70s, pursued irrelevance through the mid-'80s and then — after reclaiming the spotlight with a... More >>

• A Movie-able Feast

  published September 20, 2006

  John Gulager hit the movie-making map when Bravo's Project Greenlight 3 captured the creation of Feast, a horror-comedy homage to... More >>

• Otter-Wiedersehen to Summer!

  published September 20, 2006

  With the introduction of Otter Pops — the much-beloved, character-driven frozen treats — the tenuous connection between otters and music... More >>

• Eric Clapton

  published September 13, 2006

  And so the debate rages on: Eric Clapton is God — on that much we can all agree — but God of what? Roots rock, as ushered in by... More >>

• Kevin Nealon Will Pump [Clap] You Up

  published September 13, 2006

  It's hard to believe Kevin Nealon hasn't been on Saturday Night Live for more than ten years. But now, the former "Subliminal Man"... More >>

• Mae

  published August 23, 2006

  It's difficult to toss a headful of meticulously mussed hair nowadays without hitting an indie-emo band pining for love, grieving over a broken... More >>

• Tom Petty

  published August 23, 2006

  Tom Petty didn't sue the Strokes girly-pants off when they lifted the intro to "American Girl" for their hit single "Last Night," just as he's... More >>

• Willie Nelson

  published August 16, 2006

  Willie Nelson, music's most prolific country outlaw, long ago said "pshaw" to the Nashville dream machine. Instead, he chose to forge a... More >>

• Cities

  published August 9, 2006

  Although they only formed in late 2004, Cities can already count Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Thunderbirds Are Now! and We Are Scientists as... More >>

• Here Comes the Sun

  published August 2, 2006

  Don't be fooled by the seemingly plural name: The indie-emo outfit Umbrellas is ostensibly the vehicle of just one person, 25-year-old St. Louis... More >>

• Dashboard Confessional

  published August 2, 2006

  If a singer sports two arms covered in tattoos, is there still room for him to wear his heart on his sleeve? Doesn't matter in the case of... More >>

• Sparta

  published August 2, 2006

  According to Greek mythology, descendants of Hercules founded the city of Sparta. Sparta the band, however, is the offspring of... More >>

• Sisters of Mercy

  published July 26, 2006

  Surveying the view from a portable stage at the Riverport Amphitheatre (now the UMB Bank Pavilion), AFI's Hunter Burgan wondered, "How did I get... More >>

• Beat Happenings

  published July 26, 2006

  The hook brings you back: There's something timeless about Blues Traveler, what with their harmonica-infused alt-jams and the preternatural... More >>

• Missouri Representin'!

  published July 26, 2006

  Jeff Smith's mama didn't even believe in him. That's how slim the chances were for the St. Louis native who threw his hat into the political ring... More >>

• Rolling with Laughter

  published July 26, 2006

  True, on Cedric the Entertainer's recent HBO special, Taking You Higher, St. Louis' top comedic export may have told a few jokes that... More >>

• Happy Feet

  published July 19, 2006

  Tony Danza was a professional boxer before stepping into the acting ring, so it should be no surprise that the music of Tony Danza Tap Dance... More >>

• The Format

  published July 19, 2006

  The Format (a.k.a. Nate Ruess and Sam Means) is as jaded about the music industry as they come. After releasing 2003's Interventions and... More >>

• In Sickness and in Health

  published July 12, 2006

  Andrew McMahon's story is a Behind the Music executive producer's wet dream. Soon after graduating high school, the 23-year-old... More >>

• Touch of Grey

  published July 5, 2006

  It's been a long, strange trip for Bob Weir, the guitarist and San Francisco native who co-founded the Grateful Dead with Jerry Garcia. Weir is... More >>