October 1, 2008

West Coast Performer

Go to article Staying Grounded By Julia Cooper Photo by James Hickey October 2008 Mikel Jollett once discovered the perfect complement to his band’s live stage setup in a junkyard. The frontman of Los Feliz five-piece The Airborne Toxic Event had trekked to a local facility along with drummer Daren […]
September 30, 2008

Ultimate Guitar – Interview

Go to article The Airborne Toxic Event: ‘We Want To Put Out a Really Good First Record’ By Susan Frances September 16, 2008 How do you start a story about a band who takes their name from a term created by writer Don DeLillo for his novel, White Noise, about […]
September 28, 2008

Campus Circle

Go to article The Airborne Toxic Event: About to Swallow Us Up By Ella Lauser May 2007 “Is this them?” he whispered into my ear as we peered up at unknown faces.“They’re good, but I don’t think it’s them.” The trio then struck their last chord leaving the stage, and […]
September 11, 2008

Minneapolis, Seattle, Denver, Anaheim…and vinyl!

good morning– Wisconsin probably has more to offer than trees and flatlands, dreary mornings of rain slapping against the windshield while we drive these moribund highways — but we wouldn’t know it. We played Chicago last night (for the first time) and the experience was nothing short of religious. Replete […]
August 21, 2008

Midnight video, tour dates, podcasts…

good afternoon– The hazy sky over the San Gabriel mountains makes the view from the van window look like some sort of post-modern water-color mash-up: equal parts pastoral landscape and industrial wasteland. Such thoughts drift lazily through one’s mind on days like this. We are on our way to Arizona […]