AltWeeklies Wire
Progressive and Traditionalnew
The oud is an instrument that's instantly evocative of the land from which it comes, and from the first note on Randana, the expansive, nomadic melancholy of the Middle East is brought to the fore.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Le Trio Joubran, Randana
Ruthless Funnew
Edu K knows that the new international acceptance of baile funk means that if he ever wanted to sell any records outside of the favela, now would be a really good time.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-21-2006 |
Reviews
Sludgy Hard Rocknew
J Mascis returns to his first love -- the drums.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Witch
The Forgotten Citynew
Thanks to decades of Latinization and overdevelopment, the period between Miami's Art Deco glory and its glammy Miami Vice resurrection is often forgotten.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-09-2006 |
Reviews
Diverse, But Reductionistnew
The Latin music "explosion" has been years in the making, but only recently has the momentum shifted from occasional chart incursions toward a full-fledged presence on the pop-culture menu.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
The Currency Of Soundnew
The conceit with which Hypatia Lake approaches its music proves to be vexing.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Sweet Young Thingnew
It's hard to remember that the "Seattle sound" used to be exciting -- these days, "grunge" is equal parts epithet and punch line.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Mudhoney, Under A Billion Suns
A Touch of Geniusnew
Everything Warren Defever does is creative iconoclasm, and occasionally he hits on pure excellence -- like on Detrola.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Detrola, His Name Is Alive
A Lack of Visionnew
The British producers Gary Hughes and Andrew T. Mackay put together a project in Bombay that incorporates a 28-piece string section into their gauzy, downtempo lounge music.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bombay Dub Orchestra
The Big Book of Pornnew
Finally, a book about pornography that doesn't get buried in socio-scientific mumbo-jumbo about exploitation and instead focuses on the garish, classless fun of it all.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
Schoolboy Turned Guerrillanew
Told from the perspective of a young boy coerced into militancy by an indiscriminately violent civil war that overtakes his never-named African country, Beasts of No Nation is far more than just a treatise on the far-reaching effects of war.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Fiction
The Nonagenarian and the Virginnew
Ten years is a long time to wait, and 115 small pages is something of an insult to the patient few still hoping to find resonance and relevance in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's increasingly repetitive oeuvre.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Fiction
Afro-Funknew
From the vintage-looking, low-budget album art to the vintage-sounding, low-budget grooves within, Daptone's modus operandi has been to evoke the thrill of finding ancient, obscure funk, without the messy waiting-around-for-30-years that the real thing requires.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Budos Band
Psychedelia Revivednew
The fine folks at Shadoks once again shine a light on a group that was obscure in the late '60s psych scene and is completely unknown today.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Time, Before There Was...
Feminine and Hostilenew
Libby Schaub is the type of girl who can drink everyone under the table while intentionally saying just the wrong things to the redneck at the bar, and her band is So I Had to Shoot Him.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
