AltWeeklies Wire
A Beast of a 'Belly'new
FFA's second disc, Belly, picks up where 2004's criminally ignored Scavengers left off: Its beats are constructed almost exclusively from crackle and fuzz, and its rhymes veer from the personal into the impressionistic.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-29-2007 |
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Tags: Belly, Food for Animals
The Logical Songsnew
El-P's rhymes are brilliant, but his beats have lost their luster.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
03-30-2007 |
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Tags: El-P, I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Unrepentant Troubadournew
A surprisingly accomplished set of folk-ribbed and rock-informed tunes.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
03-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Grace & Speed, Vandaveer
The Mook of Love
Saturday Night Wrist is no disaster, but it definitely shows what happens when a talented frontman decides that it’s time to assuage his own boredom.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-03-2006 |
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Tags: Deftones, Saturday Night Wrist
Old's Cool
This is exactly the kind of disc that should come from a smart, veteran band that loves hacking up a solid-gold tune, has played with everyone from Ray Davies to the Sun Ra Arkestra, and has found more and more work lately scoring films.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
09-08-2006 |
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Beats Working
If these dudes have perfected anything over the past 15 years, it's the ability to choose some tip-top, smoked-up backing tracks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
Body Politics
Lif's latest is thematically scattershot and packed with easy targets.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
07-07-2006 |
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Walking Around the Issue
The Walkmen's sweater-rock is too polite.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
05-19-2006 |
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Tags: The Walkmen, A Hundred Miles Off
Give Blood
The quartet does a few cool things and does them as well as anybody with a U.K. address.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-11-2005 |
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You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Sincerity is Atmosphere's strong point, so it makes sense that the Minnesota hip-hop duo named its fifth disc You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having. And, uh, no we can't.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-04-2005 |
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