Email Author Maya Kroth

2005 Stories by Maya Kroth

• Kinky pop from the Subways, protest jazz from the Liberation Music Orchestra, and godhead rock from Echo & the Bunnymen

  published November 30, 2005

  Yes, the Subways played a few weeks ago on The O.C. , but the still-not-old-enough-to-buy-beer trio couldn't be less like Death... More >>

• Psych Art

  published November 30, 2005

  WED 11/30 Psychologists walk a peculiar line between art and science. Like biologists and chemists, they use the scientific method;... More >>

• Merge Records' package tour, New Buffalo's Olivia Newton-John sweetness, and the return (yet again) of American Music Club

  published November 9, 2005

  In the 1950s, bands went on "package tours," where each of many performers took the stage for 15-20 minutes apiece. It's unknown if the Merge... More >>

• Wonder Woman

  published October 26, 2005

  "The next song will have subtitles," Keren Ann Zeidel (who prefers simply Keren Ann) announces from the stage. "If you try very hard to understand... More >>

• What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post-O.C. universe

  published October 19, 2005

  Last Chrismukkah, an entire generation did a double take when The O.C. 's resident indie geek, Seth Cohen, uttered the words "Death Cab for... More >>

• Various Artists

  published October 19, 2005

  I haven't played video games since, like, 1984, when it was all about freeway-hopping frogs and the Atari 2600, not Angelina Jolie in hot pants... More >>

• Linda Perry

  published October 12, 2005

  In Flight, Linda Perry's first solo album, released in the wake of the massive success of her erstwhile band 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?,"... More >>

• Dios (malos) drops dream pop at the Great American, and the experimental Fog City thrill ride that is Eddie the Rat

  published October 12, 2005

  Dios (malos), the South L.A. quintet formerly known simply as dios, has spent the last few years fielding cease-and-desist letters from... More >>

• Nada Surf

  published September 14, 2005

  On 2002's "Let Go," Nada Surf's Matthew Caws wanted "to know what it's like on the inside of love," and this record hints he's spent much of the... More >>

• Hear This

  published September 7, 2005

  If there were such a thing as Indie Rock PR Photo of the Year, Giant Drag would win it. The band is a two-piece from L.A. -- Annie Hardy... More >>

• Hear This

  published August 10, 2005

  The boys in Pelican recently released an EP titled March Into the Sea, and the title track is what I believe to be the longest,... More >>

• Various Artists

  published July 13, 2005

  I knew something was up when Tegan & Sara wound up on the Monster-in-Law soundtrack. Ever since some dialed-in music supervisor in Newport... More >>

• Hipster San Diego

  published June 29, 2005

  Aah, summer in the city. Tourists descend on Fisherman's Wharf and Union Square, and you can hardly walk through Chinatown without some gawker... More >>

• Hear This

  published June 22, 2005

  As America's answer to Syd Barrett, Arthur Lee commands the attention of generations of rock music geeks. Though maintaining a sporadic... More >>

• Hear This

  published June 15, 2005

  Electrelane is an all-girl rock group, but it couldn't be more unlike the Donnas. Electrelane is a garage-y British band with post-punk... More >>

• Ben Folds

  published May 25, 2005

  You know how Woody Allen keeps making the same movie over and over again, with no regard for the fact that people stopped buying tickets somewhere... More >>

• Hear This

  published May 25, 2005

  There's some whack shit going down in Newport, and it's got nothing to do with Seth Cohen and Marissa Cooper on The O.C. The Newport I'm... More >>

• Spoon

  published May 18, 2005

  Here are some things on Gimme Fiction you won't hear on many rock records this year: a lyrical reference to the Christian Coalition's Ralph... More >>

• Hear This

  published April 20, 2005

  Louisville, Ky., quartet VHS or Beta has undergone marked changes in its three years between album releases. Once thought of as an... More >>

• Hear This

  published March 30, 2005

  "You're no poem once you open your mouth," Inara George sings on her recently released debut. George herself, however, is all poetry on... More >>

• Robbers on High Street

  published February 23, 2005

  I came dangerously close to insanity last year when I heard that Spoon's new record wouldn't be out until 2005. I was nearing straitjacket... More >>

• Hear This

  published February 16, 2005

  Buzz bands from both coasts converge on the bay this weekend to sate the hipster appetite for distraction. L.A.'s Moving Units worship at... More >>

• Unwritten Law

  published February 2, 2005

  San Diego's Unwritten Law wears its drama on its tattered, beer-stained sleeve. Rehab, girl problems, band infighting -- it's all here.... More >>

• Hear This

  published February 2, 2005

  In this time of great political peril, the music industry is simply not doing its part. Consider the slew of politically minded documentaries that... More >>

• Hear This

  published January 26, 2005

  Standing motionless with your arms crossed at indie rock shows is soooo two years ago. New York's Radio 4 , along with bands like Interpol... More >>