AltWeeklies Wire
From Sheet Music to iPodsnew
Charting the rise and fall of the record industry.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
03-10-2008 |
Music
Burning Hell's Uke Jukenew
Glockenspiel may be the new cowbell, but Burning Hell main man Mathias Kom is determined to make 2008 the year of the ukulele.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Burning Hell
Oscar Peterson, 1925-2007new
For all that's been written posthumously about his eight Grammys and numerous citations, awards never mattered much to the humble man who was Canada's greatest jazz musician, who died of kidney failure December 23 at the age of 82.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
01-04-2008 |
Music
Twig Breakingnew
Rising star Slim Twig's Suicide kick.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
12-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Slim Twig
NYC's White Magic Benefit From Special Powersnew
Mira Billotte of White Magic delivers "As I Went Out One Morning" with an otherworldly sweetness Bob Dylan's version from John Wesley Harding never had. This isn't the first time Billotte has benefited from some weird synchronicity.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Magic
How the Blakes Trio Became All the Ragenew
Like many of Seattle's seemingly overnight sensations, the Blakes are not a new group.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Blakes
Lone Sea Wolfnew
Alex Church whips up an unlikely epic.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sea Wolf, Leaves In The River
Levon Helm: Comeback of the Yearnew
Doctors told Levon Helm that throat cancer would prevent him from ever warbling another tune. That was nine years ago, and judging by the way he's belting out the old-time mountain traditionals, reports of his singing career's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dirt Farmer, Levon Helm
'Cease' is High-Water Mark of Contemporary Yacht Rocknew
At some point, Band of Horses must've realized that being the poor man's My Morning Jacket wasn't going to keep them in flannel, so they've softened their approach, strengthened the melodic component of their compositions, tightened up the harmonies and cranked up the repetition of catchphrases.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Band of Horses, Cease to Begin
Sandro Perri Scopes Folknew
Polmo Polpo sound scientist unplugs.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
10-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sandro Perri, Tiny Mirrors
The Cave Singers Discovers Folk Richesnew
Giving a blind listen to the haunting Appalachian-style folk hymns that come creaking out of the Cave Singers, you'd never guess that guitarist Derek Fudesco had any connection to the trend-conscious Pretty Girls Make Graves.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
10-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Cave Singers
Marcel Khalife: The Oud Man Outnew
For a musician who doesn't consider himself particularly religious and says he'd rather not talk politics, Lebanese oud maestro Khalife has been embroiled in a lot of controversy.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Marcel Khalife
Kevin Drew's Solo Disc Sounds Like His Work with Broken Social Scenenew
The Toronto band's fans will welcome it, but the rest of us will have to wait for the real Kevin Drew solo album
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Drew, Spirit If ...
Drummer Talks About Rilo Kiley's Newly Polished Soundnew
Short of singer Jenny Lewis confessing that she always hated Dawson's Creek, the band couldn't have polarized its audience more effectively than by releasing Under The Blacklight .
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rilo Kiley, Under The Blacklight
'Challengers': Unabashed Mellownessnew
Gone are the wired-up anthems that are the New Pornographers' hallmark, replaced here by quiet introspection.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
08-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Challengers, The New Pornographers
