Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine

Carsie Blanton Gets Her Groove and Goes Motownnew

Carsie Blanton has higher hopes for her new disc, Buoy. She works a lot of words into her songs, but she wants you to savor every one.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 07-20-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Buoy, Carsie Blanton

Soulful Sharon Little Goes Large and Gets Dirtynew

"In Philadelphia, I'm like nobody," says Little. "Nobody knows who I am." That's going to change. Her voice is too big, her momentum too strong, for her to stay incognito for long.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 12-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Perfect Time for a Breakdown, Sharon Little

Getting to the Roots of the Sisters 3's Mutant Folk Musicnew

Three bodies, three sensibilities. But when it comes to the Sisters 3, they're of one mind.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 09-16-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Star Spangled, The Sisters 3

Nicole Reynolds Mines Her Past Loves and Returns for Something Unordinarynew

On Unordinary Mine, most of the lyrics seem to come from a place of adoration and uncomplicated love.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 09-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Nicole Reynolds, Unordinary Mine

Fuck, American-Stylenew

You can tell a lot about a society by its wildest dreams and darkest fantasies. Sex for America's two dozen short stories suggest we are one sick nation.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 03-04-2008 | Fiction

Tags: Sex for America, Stephen Elliott, Fiction Reviews

Begin Againnew

With their fans going halfsies, IKE builds a new power-pop band on the ruins of the old one.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 01-22-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: IKE, Where to Begin

Amy Pickard is Happy ... Her Songs Are Notnew

Pickard has no trouble distinguishing between how she feels when she's compelled to write and how she usually feels these days.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 11-13-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Amy Pickard & the Cradlers, Cut from the Hopeless

Hail Sinead, the Lord is With Theenew

For all their enduring words, the prophets and psalmists were mad in every sense, raging one minute and appeasing the next. If Sinead O'Connor had been born 2,700 years earlier, she would have fit right in.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 10-30-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Sinead O'Connor, Theology

East Hundred: The Marty McFly of Rocknew

"Like when you're playing Tetris and that one damn piece you need before you lose the game comes out and fits right in, " says Beryl Guceri of the band.

Philadelphia City Paper | M.J. Fine | 07-31-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: East Hundred