Artist: Pernice Brothers
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #66 Nov-Dec 2006
The Pernice Brothers – The audience is listening
“At the time I thought I wanted to be a poet, but what I was discovering was that I wanted to use my mind to create things.” –Joe Pernice Every writer, some writers will tell you, has an ideal reader, real or imaginary, who receives their work, who they trust, who will take them out [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #58 July-Aug 2005
Pernice Brothers – Discover A Lovelier You
Despite what you may read, Joe Pernice is no Brian Wilson. He’s no John Lennon, either, nor a Paul McCartney, nor a Nick Drake. But he is an inordinately gifted songwriter, one blessed with an gorgeous set of pipes. He’s additionally possessed of an uncommon intuition when he steps into the studio; if a tune [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Pernice Brothers – Yours, Mine & Ours
It’s hard to believe Joe Pernice once stood around in muddy farm fields threatening to burn down silos and shoot the livestock. On Yours, Mine & Ours, the former Scud Mountain Boy sounds, more than ever, like someone who’s never set foot in rural America. He does, however, seem to have a newfound love for [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #34 July-Aug 2001
Pernice Brothers – The World Won’t End
In a wickedly funny essay accompanying the press materials for the new Pernice Brothers album, band mastermind Joe Pernice recounts a hellish airplane ride across the Atlantic. “The plane just dropped about 500 feet in a second, and a red-faced flight attendant, picking herself off the floor, readjusting her skirt, is hoping we didn’t see [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #15 May-June 1998
Pernice Brothers – American stars & bars
It’s South by Southwest weekend in Austin, Texas, the year’s biggest gathering of up-and-coming musical acts, with more than 800 artists crammed into three dozen or so clubs, bars, coffeehouses and parking lots over a five-day stretch. Daytime parties and in-stores make it easy to do nothing but see live music from the moment you [...]
