AltWeeklies Wire
An Open Letter to Thom Yorkenew
You're completely fucking it up for the rest of us. "Free" is suddenly the new business model.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
12-10-2007 |
Music
The Battle to Make Conscious Hip-Hop Coolnew
Soul Genesis hopes to reengergize hip-hop by lending it a life-affirming purpose.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
10-09-2007 |
Music
Philly Remembers Trevor Butlernew
Not everyone gets a Pitchfork-hyped memorial concert in their honor. Maybe that's not fair, but it makes total sense that Trevor Butler's getting one.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
09-25-2007 |
Music
Tags: Bottom of the Hudson
Re-examining Prince’s Dirtiest of Dittiesnew
"Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all become respectable if they last long enough." The same could be said for pop stars whom mainstream folk once thought were just too nasty and freaky for the room. Like Prince.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
09-10-2007 |
Music
Tags: Prince
Back In The Closet: Tracing The Roots Of R. Kelly's Operanew
A look at the origins of Trapped in the Closet as Kelly releases 10 more chapters.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
08-27-2007 |
Music
Everybody's Single: Internet Leaksnew
Listen to mp3s from new albums from Galactic, Rilo Kiley, Phish and Talib Kweli.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Joshua Valocchi |
08-27-2007 |
Music
J Dilla's Dogsnew
European Vacation, a concert-tour DVD that documents Dilla's last days, is causing some controversy.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
05-14-2007 |
Music
Everybody's Single: Eight-minute-plus Masterstrokesnew
Listen to tracks from Digital Underground, Cracker, Viperhouse and Jason Moran.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Joshua Valocchi |
04-23-2007 |
Music
Blogtastic!new
Rappers I Know puts music back into the hands of fans.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
04-16-2007 |
Music
The Soul of ATLnew
Mighty Hannibal is just one example of a prolific Atlanta soul singer not getting the props he deserves.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
03-12-2007 |
Music
Obey Your 'Badmaster'new
The West Philly label gets out of the neighborhood.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
03-05-2007 |
Music
Guitarmy Reserve: A New Folk Music Collectivenew
The city is poised to reclaim its past folk music glory with Acoustic Philly.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
02-26-2007 |
Music
Tags: Acoustic Philly
All That Jazznew
Rites of Spring-loving emo mathletes the Jazz June reunite for a good cause.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
01-16-2007 |
Music
Down and Outnew
Black music lost some greats in 2006.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
01-08-2007 |
Music
America Is Dreamingnew
We remember the late Jason DiEmilio and Azusa Plane.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
11-13-2006 |
Music
