AltWeeklies Wire
Home, Sweet Venuenew
Calvin Johnson and other troubadors rock, yes, a three-bedroom apartment in Oakland, Calif.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
12-22-2005 |
Concerts
The Rise and Fall of an Indie-Punk Labelnew
Green Day funded much of the rise of Berkeley's Lookout Records, but the band will no longer keep the troubled firm afloat.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
09-20-2005 |
Music
Cheersnew
Manchester trio Doves set out to prove they don't deserve the über-moper tag well-meaning fans and critics have pasted on them.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
06-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pride and Pretensionnew
Rock critics overuse the word "pretentious" with the same over-enthusiasm NorCal teens have for "hella." Even so, from the name on down, Austin's ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead freely makes itself a ridiculously easy target.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
06-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wimpy White Guys With Guitarsnew
At a German restaurant in Alameda, Calif., acoustic artists like Bart Davenport attempt to make their music heard above the roar of the crowd.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
03-14-2005 |
Music
Oakland Band Attempts to Rock Libya's Casbahnew
Heavenly States set out to be the first American band to play Libya. And they wanted to learn what it was like to live there. One goal proved easier to reach than the other.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
03-02-2005 |
International
Tags: international
A Few Frolics Frazzled Over Flick About the Bandnew
Three young filmmakers just unveiled a documentary about the Bay Area jazz quintet, and members are debating whether a little dog in a funny hat really has a place in the movie.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-03-2005 |
Music
Soulful and Sweet Enoughnew
The arrival of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb highlights U2's diminishing skills -- both the "diminishing" and the "skills." A complete deconstruction, with help from Mom.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
11-22-2004 |
Reviews
George's Junglenew
The feature-length documentary details Girl George's dalliances in 1970s Nashville, but it never shows the East Bay open mic legend and her sidekick, Star, actually performing.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
10-05-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Oakland Band Unveils Offbeat, Devastating Antiwar Crynew
In an increasingly overpoliticized musical environment, it's hard to take a stand without sounding like a piggybacking doofus, but the States pass that litmus test via force of will and effort of innovation.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
09-27-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Heavenly States
Country Music Survives: Time for Hipsters to Ride Mechanical Bullnew
Country is cool again. And not hipster-approved alt.country. No, this here's Wal-Mart country, unabashedly poppy and populist.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
08-23-2004 |
Music
Pitchfork's Progress: Influential E-Zine Gets Spoofednew
The funniest Onion-esque fake news story penned so far this year sprang from Sub Pop Records, which deserves full credit for "Pitchfork Staff Member Says 'Hi' to Real-Life Woman."
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
07-16-2004 |
Music
Tags: Illinois, Chicago, record labels, Minnesota, Pitchfork, Minneapolis, a Pitchfork writer and advertising director, Anniversary's album Your Majesty, bootlegged videos, Canadian art-rock collective Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It in People, Chris Jacobs, Eric Carr, Pitchfork mastermind Ryan Schreiber, staff writer Brent DiCrescenzo, Sub Pop's marketing director and unofficial ringleader of the Popdork parody
