Tom Lynch

The Academy Is...

Though the band missed out a bit as Panic! At the Disco beat it to mainstream radio as Fall Out Boy's best friend, it signed to Atlantic Records and will release "Chop Chop," its follow-up to "Almost There," this spring.

Bang! Bang!

2006's "Decked Out" offered the sex rock we'd expect, but the band's not yet catching on like Hot Hot Heat or Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Bible of the Devil

Despite tour exposure in Europe, it ain't gonna happen.

The Changes

It took `em a while to pick a label and release "Today is Tonight," but this band is still growing.

Chin Up Chin Up

Last year's "This Harness Can't Ride Anything" was the band's best yet; still one of our top acts--when's the rest of the world going to notice?

The Dials

Where's the new stuff?

Make Believe

The Kinsella-led clan released "Of Course" last fall, but it's looking like this band is too complicated to exceed Joan of Arc-like success.

New Black

"Time Attack" was amazing. Now where are you guys? This hiatus and band swapping with Bang! Bang! makes it seem like you gave up.

The Stranger

Nah.

Troubled Hubble

Too troubled--broke up.

(2007-01-16)

Also by Tom Lynch

Our Little Ponys
Only a few years ago, local post-punk foursome The Ponys were the absolute toast of the town with its inventive, effortlessly impressive brand of danceable, garage-tinted rock. The band's 2004 debut, "Laced with Romance," on Los Angeles label In the Red, was remarkably thrilling. Rich in texture and straight-up rock `n' roll formula, it found its way onto several best-of lists and made the band the one to watch
(2007-01-09)

Tip of the Week
Sure, Curtains, Deerhoof and Sharks and Seals each make impressive, spasmodic and bizarre creations that somewhat defy categorization, but in the fourth slot tonight is the calm, pretty and pop-sensible Death Ships, whose dreadfully overlooked "Seeds of Destruction" pleasantly flows in its indie-pop accessibility and, at times, sheer beauty
(2007-01-09)

Tip of the Week
The Chicago-based but Madison-born band's new record, "Cholera," a fine improvement on its debut, "Janel," is its second on Wisconsin label Sector Five and a solid, radio-Modest Mouse-influenced collection of angular, jangly guitars and hypnotic, pulsing bass lines
(2007-01-02)

Tip of the Week
The first rock show of the new year brings us Brooklyn-based (but Minneapolis-founded) critical darlings The Hold Steady, whose breakthrough "Boys and Girls in America" (Vagrant Records)--after the equally pleasing "Almost Killed Me" and "Separation Sunday"--dutifully evokes middle-aged malaise through a rock `n' roll filter
(2006-12-22)

All Acquaintance Be Forgot
(2006-12-22)

The Year in Rock
(2006-12-19)

Tip of the Week
(2006-12-12)

Soundcheck
(2006-12-05)

Ms. Maverick
(2006-12-05)

Evan Dando Lives
(2006-12-05)

Tip of the Week
(2006-12-05)

Soundcheck
(2006-11-28)

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