AltWeeklies Wire
For the Recordnew
While 67,518 discs were released in 2005, these were the 10 that really mattered.
Singles Going Steadynew
California's Isota Records feeds the vinyl evolution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ari Messer |
01-06-2006 |
Music
Letters to Brettnew
Former Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley pens "Cellars By Starlight," a tribute to Boston Phoenix scribe Brett Milano.
Boston Phoenix |
On the Download |
01-05-2006 |
Music
Tags: Cellars By Starlight, Kay Hanley
Shoot the Tunenew
From location to record label to actors, the making of a music video for Reno-based Greyscale is a homegrown affair.
Reno News & Review |
Jessica Groach-Santina |
01-04-2006 |
Music
The Year in Picturesnew
From Alice to Gwen and from Devo to Kanye, Cleveland's year in music is remembered with graphic photographs.
Cleveland Scene |
Walter Novak |
01-04-2006 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
In With the Newnew
These St. Louis-area performers helped make 2005 a year of new beginnings for the local music scene, even as there were sad endings.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
01-04-2006 |
Music
Diaspora Jammin'new
In 2005, the global-fusion trend reaped a bountiful harvest of outernational sounds that threatened to overshadow domestic releases in terms of musical innovation, if not pop-cultural magnitude.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Freestyle Fellowshipnew
A variety of bands best known for their live shows also made magic in the studio last year.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Comeback Clipsnew
A music-video renaissance is afoot, but it's online, not on cable.
Houston Press |
Chris Dahlen |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Rap It Upnew
The Black Eyed Peas, Cowboy Troy and Hot Karl represent the year's worst in urban music.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Going Undergroundnew
Little labels have been reaching heights unheard of since Matador and Sub Pop were at the top of their game. The trend will continue in 2006.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-30-2005 |
Music
The Price Is Variablenew
In other businesses -- wine, for example -- price can skyrocket according to quality, scarcity, demand, and dozens of other factors, yet we expect all music to cost the same amount. Does that make sense? After all, not all music is created equal.
How the Jazz Year Endsnew
Evidence of jazz's engagement with the world's greater events, trends and circumstances emerges from three items that pop out as one muses on the year past.
New York Press |
Howard Mandel |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Healthy Distrustnew
On the surface, 2005 was another banner year for hip-hop. But beneath the surface there was an underlying restlessness -- a cultural and an aesthetic agitation that was both hidden and violent.
Riverfront Times |
Sam Chennault |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Overlooked in 2005new
Most of the CDs on this list are by artists you've likely never heard of, but a couple are by neglected but trusty war-horses.
Riverfront Times |
Scott Faingold |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
