AltWeeklies Wire
Our Wild Americannew
Kris Kristofferson has lived enough for 20 men, and he's not done yet.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kris Kristofferson, This Old Road
Eek!new
Amid Eef's gems lie a gaffe or two: one measly voice and one measly acoustic guitar.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bitter Honey, Eef Barzelay
Beyond His Inner Geeknew
Never before has a Destroyer album sounded
so accessible.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
Blind Joe Death Livesnew
I Am the Resurrection isn't your typical tribute album.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-21-2006 |
Reviews
Memphis in Channew
Never before has Chan Marshall sounded more like herself.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cat Power, The Greatest
The Guitar is the Starnew
You can be a hobo, a maestro, or in the case of artists on Imaginational Anthem, a little of both. Also reviewed: Angels of Light & Akron/Family's new split-cd Akron/Family & Angels of Light.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-27-2006 |
Reviews
A Prodigy’s Odysseynew
After more than two decades, James "Blood" Ulmer’s Odyssey trio is back.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Back in Time, Odyssey the Band
"Rediscovering Kate Bush," "Case of the Missing Heart," The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"new
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-20-2006 |
Media
King of Countrynew
The man who could have been as big as Johnny Cash finally releases his debut album -- at 80.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cast King, Saw Mill Man
Who Says Long-Distance Relationships Never Work?new
Despite being separated by some 8,000 miles, Isobel Campbell, of Glasgow, and Mark Lanegan, of Los Angeles, have brought us Ramblin' Man, a four-song collaboration that wouldn’t have been possible without the Internet.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-03-2006 |
Reviews
A Blissful Soundnew
Mi and L'au are an ex-model and a composer/multiinstrumentalist who fell in love in Paris. Between sessions of what was no doubt mutually satisfying and respectful lovemaking, they wrote these 14 spare, gentle, steadfastly pretty songs.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
12-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: folk, Mi and L'au
A Godless Liberal Christmasnew
One music reviewer offers Bill O'Reilly the gift of Christmas carols and tries to make peace.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
12-28-2005 |
Reviews
Serenity Then -- And Againnew
Whether she’s singing about the uncanny wisdom of a child or the road not taken, Vashti Bunyan makes the everyday seem sublime.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
12-12-2005 |
Reviews
Ambassador From Poetry Landnew
The Silver Jews' music has never sounded more essential than it does on their new album.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Silver Jews, Tanglewood Numbers
A Slump So Sublimenew
Love Kraft is a good album by Super Furry Animals' standards and a great one by the standards
of most other rock bands.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
