AltWeeklies Wire
The Moondoggies: Wary of the Buzznew
The group's debut, Don't Be a Stranger, has been so immediately well-received that within 48 hours of cracking open my advance copy, no less than half a dozen people called, e-mailed, or texted me with some variation of "Holy shit! Have you heard that Moondoggies record?"
Seattle Weekly |
Hannah Levin |
08-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Flobots Rise and Shinenew
One-thirty in the afternoon on a blistering Monday in late July, and the Flobots are hardly forming like Voltron. The tour bus was supposed to leave from this Save-A-Lot off Federal Boulevard at 12 p.m. sharp, but it's nowhere to be seen and we're still missing several bandmembers.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
08-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Scandaliz Vandalistz Has a Constructive Summernew
The core members of the band are no longer the picture of youthful precocity captured on the first album's endearing paeans to dogs, film criticism, or being fresh out of White Station High School.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andrew Earles |
08-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
How Jack Johnson is Making Musicians, Venues and Fans Rally 'Round the Earthnew
While playing mellow campfire rock to sold-out crowds worldwide, Jack has been fostering a message of environmental responsibility, giving support to regional and international nonprofits, and teaching the masses that small steps toward a healthier future make all the difference.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Matt Kettman |
08-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Returning Home with the Celebrated Workingmannew
Mark Waldoch had saved up the necessary money, prepared himself emotionally to leave behind Milwaukee, his home of 15 years, and was ready to start a new life in New York. What he hadn't planned on, though, was developing a kidney stone the size of a golf ball shortly after his arrival.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Visions of Radioheadnew
Celebrating the 21st century's most interactive band.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
08-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Prisonshake Spent 15 Years on 'Dirty Moons'new
When Prisonshake released its last full-length, The Roaring Third, unleaded regular gas sold for $1.11 a gallon.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
08-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dirty Moons, Prisonshake
The Mood's EP 'Synaesthesia' Will Leave You Craving Morenew
The Mood could easily sustain their pop sweetness for another six songs -- although the synaesthesia that could pile up while describing another six songs might do you in.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Synaesthesia, The Mood
Head Like a Kite's Goal: To Make Fun, Playful Party Musicnew
On the two Head Like a Kite albums so far, Dave Einmo mixes analog and digital instruments, recording most of the material in his home studio, sampling his own parts and then recombining them like a hip-hop composition.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A New Album and Opening for Coldplay Help Picture Atlantic Set Sailnew
Kleos is 14 tracks of beautiful rock music, coasting seamlessly from songs such as "Circe" and "Dove in the Clefts of Rock," reminiscent of Muse, Coldplay and the Velvet Teen, to "That's Just Me" and "Slip Into the Sea," which evoke the sounds of Hot Hot Heat, the Bravery and All American Rejects.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Claire Young |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kleos, Picture Atlantic
Belmont Playboys Close in on 20 Years of Musicnew
The band started in 1989, when Mike Hendrix and Jake Berger were hanging around at the Double Door Inn and decided to start a rockabilly band. Berger left the band after one year, but the band still goes on.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Belmont Playboys, One Night of Sin
Serena Southam Conjures that Old-Timey Magicnew
Going by Serena Jean & the Whiskey Trippers' first, eponymous self-released EP -- brimming with rich, autobiographical songs only six months into their collective career -- it's safe for me to rephrase Alfred Stieglitz on Georgia O'Keeffe: "At last, a woman on wax!"
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kandia Crazy Horse |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jeff Hanson Moves Forward with Third Albumnew
The low-profile Minnesotan is prepared to make a splash nationally.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andrea Myers |
08-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beachwood Sparks Reunite and Reignite Indie Rocknew
Call it bad timing. Beachwood Sparks signed to Sub Pop long after groups like Nirvana and Mudhoney had established the Seattle record label as an industry standard-bearer, but they were still a couple years ahead of the next wave of Sub Pop stars, like The Shins and The Postal Service.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
08-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sub Pop, Beachwood Sparks
Aesop Rock Reaches His Peaknew
Much like his Def Jux boss and labelmate El-P, Rock has defied commercial logic by developing a successful career dropping notoriously esoteric (and at times, indecipherable) rhymes over highly textured rhythms and angular bass lines.
Chicago Newcity |
Brad Knutson |
08-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
