AltWeeklies Wire
Rewiring Hot Chipnew
After releasing their third LP, Made In The Dark, seven months ago and completing one sold-out headlining tour supporting it, Hot Chip are at that point where most bands hit auto-pilot until it's time to make the next record.
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Bimm |
09-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
Darker My Love Finds Beauty in the Shadowsnew
Read anything about Darker My Love and the word "psychedelic" is likely to pop up by the second paragraph -- much to the irritation of Rob Barbato, the band's bassist and vocalist.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Darker My Love, 2
Ra Ra Riot is More Than a Rock Band with Violin and Cellonew
Ra Ra Riot is a collaborative band through and through: This is why the loss of one member is unsettlingly traumatic, but it's also why Ra Ra Riot can move on.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ra Ra Riot, The Rhumb Line
Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers Create No-Nonsense Honky-Tonk Musicnew
From out of the great Pacific Northwest come Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers, armed and taking no prisoners with their contemporary take on classic country, rockabilly, Western swing and Bakersfield-style honky-tonk music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pity for Black Kidsnew
The internet is a filterless radio, and bands like Black Kids don't stand to win.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Kids, Partie Traumatic
Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip is on the Best MySpace Date Evernew
Hip-hop might have been born in the Bronx, but its newest generation of superstars is coming straight outta Essex, U.K.
New York Press |
Billy Jam |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
In a Dark Room with Future Islands, Our Man Sees the Lightnew
Future Islands are riding a synthesized post-wave and might help to subside the sarcastic tides (a black water, too often mistaken for irony by a culture that disguises brazenly ugly sentiments with gushes of its artistic merit) cascading into the strands of hipsterdom.
New York Press |
Greg Burgett |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Future Islands
Nightwish Brings Operatic Training to Rocknew
It sounds like a metal version of Yes mixed with Heart and Fleetwood Mac. "I'll take that as a compliment," says Tuomas Holopainen, composer/keyboardist for the Finnish orchestral metal band Nightwish.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pinback's Rob Crow Goes Beyond Busynew
When he's not performing, he's recording with any one of numerous bands he has his hands in. In fact, Crow is involved in so many projects, he isn't even sure of the exact number.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Former Team Dreschy Kaia Wilson Talks About Her Solo Albumnew
Wilson, legendary frontwoman of Team Dresch and the Butchies, launched her newest solo album four months ago, but the CD-release show has lingered till this week, and her upcoming tour is as part of Amy (Indigo Girls) Ray’s band.
Willamette Week |
Jay Horton |
09-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Godmakesmonkeys, Kaia Wilson
The Fli Boiz are Portland's Cool Boys with a Twistnew
The duo's uncanny resemblance to the Cool Kids, two '80s-enamored MCs from Chicago who have recently hit the big time, is difficult to deny. But where the Kids avoid the bling of hip-hop's hedonistic side, the Boiz embrace it.
Willamette Week |
Sarah Moskowitz |
09-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fly Bois
Flogging Molly's Matt Hensley Finds the End of the Rainbownew
A year and a half ago, Flogging Molly accordionist Matt Hensley felt like he had to make a choice: fatherhood or the band.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
09-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Float, Flogging Molly
Taking Apart Rock Journalism and Loving Country with David Berman of Silver Jewsnew
Berman is a really fun -- gabby, even -- intelligent, well-read, and eminently likable dude, willing to break it down with sincere, self-effacing erudition and venture off on thoughtful tangents.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
09-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Noah and the Whale Establishes Itself on the Indie 'Cute Rock' Scenenew
Handclaps, xylophones and whistling solos make Peaceful a toe-tapping good time. Charlie Fink's lyrics, however, weave lovelorn, wistful themes.
Chicago Newcity |
Andy Seifert |
09-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Avant-Funk Visions of pc muñoznew
The producer at Talking House Productions makes beats for a strange, futuristic dance floor.
East Bay Express |
Tom Chandler |
09-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
