Email Author Ryan Wasoba

2009 Stories by Ryan Wasoba

• Telekinesis

  published June 17, 2009

  Some solo artists seem like reclusive weirdos forced into musical solitude by their social ineptitude, while others simply aren't good enough... More >>

• Starlight Mints

  published June 10, 2009

  Since the late '90s, Oklahoma's the Starlight Mints has suffered through endless comparisons to legendary psych-pop connoisseurs the... More >>

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  Show Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Grand Ole Party and Pajo at The Pageant, June 2

  published Jun 03, 2009

  Yeah Yeah Yeahs' singer Karen O has crafted a persona as a shabby-chic fashion icon, a vulnerable diva, and some sort of female version of Iggy Pop. She has dated music video director Spike Jonze and ... More >>

• White Rabbits

  published June 3, 2009

  Anything you can do, White Rabbits can do better. The band's stunning debut, Fort Nightly, earned comparisons to (and helped it... More >>

• Meat Puppets

  published May 27, 2009

  A brief history of the Meat Puppets: two brothers, twelve albums, 29 years, three cameo songs on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged, an... More >>

• DragonForce

  published April 22, 2009

  The thought that often pops into a listener's head upon experiencing DragonForce for the first time is, "Are these guys for real?" The... More >>

• Chris Cornell

  published April 15, 2009

  If such a thing as "nü-metal cred" exists, Chris Cornell has it in spades. Soundgarden was arguably the most legit of the... More >>

• Rock Math: Dan Deacon, Bromst

  published Mar 24, 2009

  Artist: Dan Deacon Album: Bromst Label: Carpark Records Equation: Sum of cubes factorized ... More >>

• Rock Math: Bonnie Prince Billy, Beware

  published Mar 17, 2009

  Artist: Bonnie Prince Billy Album: Beware Label: Drag City Equation: Wasobian theory of neo-folk ... More >>

• Voluntary Mother Earth

  published March 18, 2009

  It's almost impossible to mention Tokyo, Japan's Voluntary Mother Earth without referencing Frank Zappa, but it seems unlikely that the... More >>

• Rock Math: Cursive, Mama, I'm Swollen

  published Mar 10, 2009

  Artist: Cursive Album: Mama, I'm Swollen Label: Saddle Creek Equation: Equation of an Elliptic Cylinder ... More >>

• Tyvek

  published March 4, 2009

  If the White Stripes' stripped-down bar rock represents the greasy underbelly of the Motor City, then Detroit art-punks Tyvek (who are... More >>

• Extra Life

  published March 4, 2009

  Extra Life is an appropriate moniker for this Brooklyn quintet. The band's avant-garde, post-everything indie rock is chilling,... More >>

• Common Market: Thursday springs back to life with a brash new album on a new label

  published March 4, 2009

  When Thursday released Full Collapse in 2001, the New Brunswick, New Jersey, band had no idea it was about to become screamo's... More >>

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  Rock Math: U2, No Line on the Horizon

  published Feb 24, 2009

  Artist: U2 Album: No Line on the Horizon Label: Interscope Equation: Wasobian clusterfuck formula ... More >>

• Rock Math: Morrissey, Years of Refusal

  published Feb 17, 2009

  Artist: Morrissey Album: Years of Refusal Label: Lost Highway Equation: Quadratic Formula ... More >>

• Flogging Molly

  published February 18, 2009

  Time to get your kilt dry-cleaned and polish your boots: Flogging Molly is returning to town. LA's most famous seven-piece Irish punk... More >>

• Rock Math: Lily Allen, It's Not Me, It's You

  published Feb 10, 2009

  Artist: Lily Allen Album: It's Not Me, It's You Label: Capitol Equation: Equation of an Elliptic Cylinder ... More >>

• Dr. Manhattan/Foxy Shazam

  published February 11, 2009

  Dr. Manhattan's self-titled 2008 album may be the shape of pop-punk to come. The Wauconda, Illinois, quartet's debut blends moody,... More >>

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  Rock Math: Franz Ferdinand, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

  published Jan 27, 2009

  Band: Franz Ferdinand Album: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Label: Domino Equation: Equation of an Ellipsoid       click image to enlarge... More >>

• Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles

  published January 28, 2009

  Featuring John Lennon's famously backward vocals, "Rain" was one of the most visionary songs in the Beatles' catalog. It's fitting, then, that... More >>

• Mock Orange

  published January 28, 2009

  Somewhere between its 2000 full-length, The Record Play, and 2004's stellar Mind Is Not Brain, Mock Orange graduated from... More >>

• Rock Math: Antony and the Johnsons, The Crying Light

  published Jan 20, 2009

  Band: Antony and the Johnsons Album: The Crying Light Label: Secretly Canadian Equation: Distance Between Two Points (2-D) ... More >>

• Funky Butt Brass Band

  published January 21, 2009

  Although a sousaphone and a marching snare drum are part of the Funky Butt Brass Band experience, the local sextet is well versed in all... More >>

• Yukon

  published January 21, 2009

  The graphing-calculator-complex tunes of Baltimore's Yukon make other math rockers look like students fumbling through pre-algebra.... More >>