By TUTAKI, Denise CYCLOTRODE X heads to the Basement for its CD release party this weekend. Formerly known as Vampire Empire, the New Plymouth band says its music is more accessible than Demon Nation label-mate Horror Story.

By Amy Carlson Gustafson, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Aug. 10--Drew Sternal wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He's not in the tattoo business.