AltWeeklies Wire
Bonobo Seeks New Ways to Fashion His Beatsnew
The producer is quick to add that his newfound studio approach is no more "authentic" than his previous sample-based style, nor does it represent a simple reversion to record-making orthodoxy.
The Georgia Straight |
Martin Turenne |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bonobo
Five Words with Henry Rollinsnew
Sticking it to the man is still acceptable.
INDY Week |
Rich Ivey |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Henry Rollins
Hungry and Restless and Wicked and Wildnew
Plants and Animals escape music school, evade pigeonholes and celebrate their street (minus McDonald's) with Parc Avenue.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Parc Avenue, Plants and Animals
Robbie Tucker, Action Mannew
The Montreal musician has a million-dollar idea for taking on Parkinson's disease.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Green Room, Robbie Tucker
Menace Ruine Are Darker Than Thounew
Ominous, chaotic, brooding, violent and punishing are all adjectives befitting the music of this Montreal duo.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cult of Ruins, Menace Ruine
The Pen, the Piano and Nick Jainanew
While he has a library of finished recordings -- including other solo work and time spent fronting the Binary Dolls -- Wool is the moment that Jaina arrives.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nick Jaina, Wool
The Question of Danavanew
The storied rise of Portland's hippest metal band is by now so familiar to indie rockers and headbangers alike, it might as well be in book form: Young malcontents escape the cornfields, form a band in psychedelic Portland, and score a big-label contract.
The Portland Mercury |
Mike Meyer |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Singing About Shakanew
While the a cappella supergroup's founder is nearing retirement, Ladysmith Black Mambazo will continue on.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dopamine Flux's Multicultural Stewnew
The Las Vegas band blends diverse influences into soulful sonic brew.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Thilmont |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dopamine Flux
Animal Frenzynew
Like its predecessors, Hey Venus! is a deceptively breezy affair, filtering influences as far flung as the Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach and Phil Spector through a psychedelic palette resembling that of art rock contemporaries like the Flaming Lips or High Llamas. Only much more Welsh.
New York Press |
Crispin Kott |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hey Venus!, Super Furry Animals
Stephin Merritt's Distorted Dreamnew
The Magnetic Fields frontman thinks about 26 songs at a time and imitates the Jesus and Mary Chain.
New York Press |
David Chiu |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Distortion, Magnetic Fields
Dicing Up the Detailsnew
Ramin Bahrani discusses the finer points of Chop Shop.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chop Shop, Ramin Bahrani
Skinheads at Fortynew
Twenty years after their heyday, the anti-racist Baldies recount the rise and fall of a notorious Twin Cities scene.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Baldies
Kid Dakota Visits the Depression-itoriumnew
Kid Dakota creates a representative survey of life's bummmers.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Winner's Shadow, Kid Dakota
Finished with Foreplaynew
Burgeoning soul star gets neo-sexual with second major release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
