Email Author Erin Roof

2008 Stories by Erin Roof

• Alpha Consumer

  published December 24, 2008

  The day after Christmas is traditionally the worst day of the year. Cable-knit sweaters from grandma lay in lifeless heaps next to a few renegade... More >>

• The Trashy Little X-Mas Show

  published December 17, 2008

  Who really has those Hallmark Christmases with crackling fireplaces and Bing Crosby on the record player? Gear up for the hallowed days of fending... More >>

• Building Better Bombs

  published December 10, 2008

  Hardcore: not quite the prepubescent twerp that was emo, not yet the hairy old man that punk has become. It's the music for disaffected youth with... More >>

• Aunt Dracula

  published December 3, 2008

  More like Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde than any kind of vampire, Aunt Dracula play a monster mash of genres. The Philadelphians quickly melt from... More >>

• Sissy Wish; Mystery Palace

  published December 3, 2008

  Sissy Wish look like Crystal Castles with more fabric stretched across their bones and sound like the Sounds with a lower disco factor. The... More >>

• Holly Golightly and the Broke-Offs

  published November 12, 2008

  It's uncertain how U.K. record-releasing machine Holly Golightly came to identify with the country-music roots we find miles south of our fair... More >>

• Matt and Kim

  published November 12, 2008

  When we first met Matt and Kim, they were writing odes to our early twenties. They played bubbly electropop soundtracks to nights and early... More >>

• Blitzen Trapper

  published November 5, 2008

  With Brooklyn and Portland serving as amniotic rocket launchers for today's top indie bands, Minneapolis is perched pleasantly in the middle,... More >>

• 331 Halloween: All the Pretty Horses

  published October 29, 2008

  Venus DeMars's stage clothes consist of those kinky corsets that usually sit dusty in our closets until 3 a.m. rolls around. And damn if those 30... More >>

• The Rumble Strips

  published October 22, 2008

  There's no better way to ward off the impending chill in our bones than listening to the Rumble Strips. The English band's rambling pack of horn... More >>

• Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip

  published September 17, 2008

  You should not like Scroobius Pip. In his video for "Thou Shalt Always Kill," he clasps close to his heart a vinyl edition of London... More >>

• Cut Copy

  published September 10, 2008

  If you took jazz dance classes in the early '90s, you will love Cut Copy. Or maybe you're a boy and your mom wouldn't let you take jazz class, but... More >>

• Does It Offend You, Yeah?

  published September 10, 2008

  As a good grammarian, punctuation gets me hot in the pants. I counted—and this band has not one, but two punctuation marks in its name.... More >>

• Lookbook

  published September 3, 2008

  Attention Republicans: After four long days of the RNC, I'm sure your lungs are tired from spewing rhetorical hot air, your hands are limp from... More >>

• Handsome Furs

  published August 13, 2008

  Handsome Furs' harrowing electronics cut to the bone, stripping down the muscle and the meat to draw out faded sketches of emotions and conjure... More >>

• Story of the Sea

  published July 30, 2008

  It would take a huge needle jabbed straight to the heart of the Beat coffee shop's caffeinated beverages to work up the energy to follow this... More >>

• Gospel Gossip

  published July 30, 2008

  This bill is fiendishly strange, a delight to schizophrenic local-music aficionados. It's a perfect tutorial on the multifaceted Minneapolis music... More >>

• Sharp Teeth

  published June 25, 2008

  Whether your chompers are coffee-stained, over-bleached, or just nasty and yellow, here's a band that will make you grind 'em to nubs in wildly... More >>

• Peter Murphy

  published June 11, 2008

  If Iggy Pop, the godfather of punk; James Brown, the godfather of soul; and Peter Murphy, the godfather of goth, went at it in some... More >>

• The Presets

  published May 28, 2008

  Watch out, 'cause it's about to get sexy. The Presets are bringing a new layer of filth to the Triple Rock's bathroom stalls Thursday with their... More >>

• The Breeders

  published May 28, 2008

  Not many people get the opportunity to be in two iconic bands. Then again, not many people are Ms. Kim Deal. The Breeders' comeback is especially... More >>

• George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

  published May 21, 2008

  It's difficult to imagine the elderly George Clinton resting on his laurels, sipping RC Cola and catching a Golden Girls rerun—even... More >>

• Tokyo Police Club

  published April 30, 2008

  The Tokyo influence is understandable. A crew of chilly kids from Canada could realistically covet Harajuku clothes that don't need to be buried... More >>

• Maria Isa

  published April 23, 2008

  Maria Isa packs more balls and bombast in her tiny frame than should be physically possible. Equally proud of her Puerto Rican heritage and St.... More >>

• Yeasayer

  published April 16, 2008

  Many modern bands with CSNY harmonies end up sounding like misplaced cowboys, more prone to hailing cabs than herding cattle. It's evident that... More >>