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Our Band Could Be Your Bandnew

How the Brooklynization of culture killed regional music scenes.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  09-13-2012  |  Music

Shangri-Blahnew

A poor Xerox of the diva's classic work.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  03-30-2007  |  Reviews

Unclear on the Concept

M. Ward's Post-War has a concept problem: The war he's singing about isn't over.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  09-22-2006  |  Reviews

Dire Straights

The Bad Religion frontman's attempt to make a folk record sounds clinical and calculated.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  08-04-2006  |  Reviews

Crossroads Scholarship

Graveyard Shift is raw -- nasty, funky, fucked up, and its warped vocals and hardscrabble guitars would appropriately horrify tourists in blues mausoleums like Memphis or New Orleans.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  08-04-2006  |  Reviews

Wild, Wild Guest

I Stand Alone is Ramblin' Jack standing alone, strumming his guitar, groping at melody lines with his gravelly old voice, and giving his distinctive stamp to traditional material while refusing to fix what ain't broke.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  08-04-2006  |  Reviews

Petal to the Metal

Patton still hasn't quite lost the surfer swagger that made him a pioneer of the worst genre ever to chest-beat its way out of the Golden State: rap-metal.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  06-30-2006  |  Reviews

Foucault's Pabulum

His Americana may be bland, but it goes down smooth.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  05-19-2006  |  Reviews

Gimme Trouble

Adult. is consciously trying to escape the dance floor.
Washington City Paper  |  Justin Moyer  |  11-11-2005  |  Reviews

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