AltWeeklies Wire
Roman Numerals Delivers Rhythm Rocknew
Roman Numerals is equal parts straight-laced indie rock and dance-hall electro grooves. The songs aren't club bangers but they aren't head bangers either.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Roman Numerals
Human Bell Tolls For Theenew
Soundtrack music is a big place, and Human Bell doesn't fit quite well with the drifts of Colleen, the drones of Eluvium, or much else in the wandering world of sit and stare music-or, in this case, chat and smoke cigarettes music.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Human Bell
Evolving From Freedomnew
Jazz pianist Myra Melford distills composition from chaos.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lute and Pillagenew
Dutch experimentalist Jozef van Wissem pirates the past and pisses off the traditionalists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jozef van Wissem
Rendezvous with Baby Deenew
The Drag City artist isn't waiting for her train to come in.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Local Acts Come Close to Real Thingnew
Ever since Bob Dylan inaugurated the era of the singer-songwriter, most pop acts write their own material. But some local musicians are finding great success in playing the songs of other, more famous artists.
Isthmus |
Kenneth Burns |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Real World Experience Helping Band Succeednew
Ra Ra Riot graduated from being a college band to a real band in the world and are just trying to live up to that.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ra Ra Riot
Folk Gets Punkednew
Not many folk musicians could gain local favor by playing amongst the punk and metal mainstays of Colorado, but the Denver-based jazz-folk outfit Paper Bird has been able to pull it off.
Boulder Weekly |
Josie Dembiczak |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Expect Dance Party Vibenew
Gabe Saporta feels because Cobra Starship had been touring for most of the year, it had developed a band sound that did not exist when he wrote the first CD. And indeed ¡Viva La Cobra! is stronger, more cohesive than the first album.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cobra Starship, ¡Viva La Cobra!
Pye is Overwhelmed with 'Feelings'new
Geoffrey Pye's super alter-ego swells to triple strength with a new album under a new name, the Yellow Jacket Avenger Trio.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hayden Braves Canada's Winter Chillnew
"I like winter, but stupid me has booked a tour of Canada in January and February," says Hayden. "The only bonus is that I'll be the only one touring at that time. People will be starved for entertainment."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hayden, In Field & Town
Songstress Jesca Hoop's Unconventional Risenew
In conversation, the singer/songwriter comes across as decidedly nymph-like, speaking with an accent that sounds much like Elvish despite being raised by a strict Mormon family in Northern California. And from there, her backstory only gets weirder.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Aly Comingore |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jesca Hoop
Dillinger Four, Pretentiousness Zeronew
Formed in 1994 (“The Year Punk Broke, Part Two”), the band has weathered the rise of a mass-marketed underground culture, the birth of the Internet generation and the growth of a political climate that has little respect for dissenting viewpoints.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dillinger Four
Downhome Boy, Updatednew
Country star Brad Paisley is a Maxim and Field & Stream kind of guy.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Sessions' with Horace Tapscottnew
Posthumous releases continue to reveal facets of L.A.'s towering jazz pianist.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Horace Tapscott
