AltWeeklies Wire
Hootie guitarist Mark Bryan falls in lovenew
Mark Bryan doesn't miss Columbia. As any good South Carolinian knows, Bryan's band, Hootie and Blowfish, met on the campus on the University of South Carolina.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Charlton Singleton escapes the ska scene to emerge as one of Charleston's jazz greatsnew
In one of Charlton Singleton's first City Paper appearances, he was decked out a yellow vinyl suit. Back in the day, the noted Charleston jazz man was a backing vocalist and cornet player for SKWZBXX, a now-defunct ska band.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charlton Singleton, SKWZBXX
Cracker barrels onwardnew
The indie-rock godfathers celebrate two decades of droll devotion.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
08-30-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cracker
Simple Music Video Series: American Aquarium's "Jacksonville" and "Northern Lights"new
When asking BJ Barham of American Aquarium about his then-recent recording session with Jason Isbell, an immediate smile came over an otherwise exhausted face: "Fucking amazing!" Not much more needed to be said.
INDY Week |
Dan Schram |
08-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Los Lobos' 'Kiko': The Making of a Chicano Masterpiecenew
"It was a life-changing experience as a songwriter," Los Lobos' multi-instrumentalist/co-songwriter Louie Pérez told the Current about the making of Kiko (1992), the band's career-defining album. "Something happened."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The return of Café Tacuba, Mexico's artsy roots rockersnew
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the self-titled debut of Café Tacuba, the band that turned the world of Latin alternative music upside down with an unusual early format of a drum machine, acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, and a high-pitched charro-sounding singer wearing guarache sandals and a straw hat.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Coming of Agenew
Brandi Carlile's genre-busting new album debuts in the Top 10
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girl in a Coma returns to TMA on their own termsnew
OK, the Tejanos haven't done much to attract the rockeros, but the rockeros haven't given too much of a damn about the Tejanos either.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dust never sleepsnew
Desert Noises emerge from a newly simmering Southwest music scene.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
08-15-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Desert Noises
Carly Garza: One of San Antonio's best voices still searching for herselfnew
"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt," wrote Bertrand Russell, and a variation of that quote is (wrongly, I think) also attributed to Charles Bukowski. No matter who said it, the quote reminds me of Carly Garza.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
OCD Rhymesnew
Aesop Rock continues to bring originality to the hip-hop world.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-10-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: aesop rock
Alana Is Now Readynew
After a nudge from her famous beau, Tucson native Alana Sweetwater gets her first big taste of music-business success.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
08-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Creed: The band everyone loves to hatenew
If anyone can speak to the truth of the old saying "you don't miss what you had until it's gone," it's Mark Tremonti, guitarist of Creed.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
08-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alt-folk siren Brandi Carlile taps into her country rebel rootsnew
Sure, no one's going to mistake Brandi Carlile's new album Bear Creek for Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, but to her, old-school country is as nonconformist as "Anarchy in the U.K."
Charleston City Paper |
Miles Britton |
08-08-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andy Hull, Brandi Carlile
Curren$y Cashes Innew
The New Orleans rapper who's having his best year ever.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
08-07-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Curren$y
