AltWeeklies Wire
Go Hard or Go Homenew
Three Atlanta labels do SXSW the only way they know how.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-14-2008 |
Music
Black Crowes vs. Maximnew
Let's get the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform working on the Black Crowes vs. Maxim case.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-12-2008 |
Music
In the Bandnew
At the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, rock music's making a lot of sense.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Frances Gomeztagle |
03-11-2008 |
Music
The Turntable Club Turns Its Camera Onnew
A few years ago, the big novelty in the touring industry was instant live albums, CD recordings of a concert that were available almost immediately after the show was over. And it would make sense that instant concert DVDs would follow.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
03-11-2008 |
Music
Solving the Download Dilemmanew
A $5 music levy for web surfers would save our songwriters from online ad stranglehold.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
03-10-2008 |
Music
From Sheet Music to iPodsnew
Charting the rise and fall of the record industry.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
03-10-2008 |
Music
Where The Real Wild Things Arenew
I want to eliminate a word that has plagued music criticism -- "rockism" -- but paradoxically I also want to revive and reanimate the conversation that people had when they were using the word.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Frank Kogan |
03-07-2008 |
Music
Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guynew
If you cruise the internet, there's a small social phenomenon developing, with folks who like to compare their favorite misheard lyrics and trade stories about individual songs. From a colloquial standpoint, misheard lyrics are known as mondegreens.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
03-04-2008 |
Music
Not Your Father's N Wordnew
Eight months after its "burial," the world's most dangerous epithet is more popular than ever in hip-hop.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ben Westhoff |
03-04-2008 |
Music
'Thriller' Turns 25; the World Weepsnew
Want to get real depressed? Try explaining the one-time greatness of Michael Jackson to your 12-year-old cousin.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
03-03-2008 |
Music
Tags: thriller, Michael Jackson
Jazz Jumps Back Onto the Cowtown Scenenew
Like jazz, Fort Worth is a culture in flux these days, as the demographics and the city's feel changes, with more people from more places moving here, particularly to the increasingly urban neighborhoods in and around downtown. Maybe jazz can do as much for this city as Cowtown can for jazz.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
03-03-2008 |
Music
Giving It Away Can Paynew
RCRD LBL lets advertisers support the artists so consumers don't have to.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
03-03-2008 |
Music
Schoolkids Records in Chapel Hill to Closenew
Schoolkids Records music stores have been in most major college towns on the East Coast. The chain started in 1972 in Athens, Ga., and the Chapel Hill store, now at its third location on East Franklin Street, opened in 1975.
The Stars of Track & Fieldnew
Increasing rent forces the Carrboro studio out.
Cashing in the Housenew
Cash Money Records tries to hold on to its power and money.
