AltWeeklies Wire
Death Metal Takes a Holidaynew
Justin Broadrick uses Jesu to voice both pain and optimism.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Reeling in the Yearsnew
Sheffield can make Pavement sound brand-new while reminding his readers that time is fleeting, and that loved ones need hugs more than anyone needs an expanded reissue of Slanted and Enchanted.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
01-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Nice New Outfit
One and one makes twee: MacKaye and Farina get fuzzy.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Plucking Brilliantnew
Ys is Joanna Newsom's coming out as a capital-E eccentric.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
11-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Joanna Newsom, Ys
Active Voicenew
At 76, Coleman still sparkles.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
10-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ornette Coleman, Sound Grammar
Signal Strength
TV on the Radio's latest connects art to rock.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
09-18-2006 |
Reviews
The Omnivore's Dilemna
Mehldau fills House on Hill with self-written material -- songwriting that, modern vibe aside, is never all that radical.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Mehldau, House on Hill
Everybody Yurts
The great accomplishment of this 52-minute-long disc is how well the spaces are filled.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
06-26-2006 |
Reviews
Pure Post-Postpunk for Then People
You may very well be able to judge a record by its smiling bohemians gathered-'round-a-campfire cover.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Feathers
Stark Raving Madrigal
This is more Seeger than Dylan, more purist than progressive.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Variations on a Theme
Until we get a doom-metal disc that's as malignant as our doom-taunting age, Cisneros and Hakius' conference of doves will have to suffice.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Conference of the Birds, Om
The Terror of History
It's probably fair to suggest that both Eli Roth and Zombi would be nothing without the 70s.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Surface to Air, Zombi
'66 Pickup
Like so much of Hill's early stuff, this disc is distinguished by its dualism -- the tension between its avant-gardist and populist impulses.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Hill, Time Lines
Full Metal Jackets
If metal really is the new indie rock, then Mogwai's latest was a wise career move.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
All the Rage
BORIS' new disc, which gets a domestic release in a matter of weeks, sports its share of 70s-centric, stonerific hard rock.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: PINK
