AltWeeklies Wire
Susan Alcorn Charms Stories Out of Her Pedal Steel Guitarnew
She moved to Baltimore at the end of last summer looking for a more inviting and active experimental-music community, leaving Houston after 26 years of working as a touring pedal-steel guitarist in country and western and western swing bands.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Buy Organicnew
"You sort of make it up as you go along, I guess," Chris Potter says, expressing the fact that improvisation has had as much to do with his long-term planning as it has with his own playing.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
No Goats, New Glorynew
Maxx Stoyanoff-Williams is back with Black Landlord. Here's your two Munfs notice.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Landlord, Munf to Munf Lease
Soul Kitchen Digs Deeper for Your Listening Pleasurenew
A handful of Ubiquity-ites are helming a new weekly showcase at Memphis Café in Costa Mesa called Soul Kitchen (the name aptly alludes to Memphis' Southern-comfort-food-laden menu).
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bedouins, Reggae, Sounds, and Clashesnew
With relaxed immigration and a stronger currency than the U.S. (ahem), Toronto isn't a bad city in which to be a musician, create a genre or two, or at least home in on the next mashup trends those gringos to the south haven't figured out yet.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bedouin Soundclash, Street Gospels
Skeeter Shelton's Righteous Screamnew
Shelton looks much younger than his 57 years. His peers describe him as an unsung genius. Capable of playing with a fevered energy, he's an essential voice in Detroit's avant-garde fraternity.
Metro Times |
Charles L. Latimer |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Skeeter Shelton
In-Flight Solonew
Danny Ledwell of the band In-Flight Safety brings his own material to a new album.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danny Ledwell, Two Over Seven
Bettye LaVette's Aching Heartnew
Forty-six years after her recording debut, the soul singer is finally getting the attention she deserves.
New Haven Advocate |
Art Tipaldi |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bettye LaVette
Emily Saliers Reflects on 20 Years of the Indigo Girlsnew
Reflecting on a career that has seen the duo sell more than 12 million records and garner seven Grammy nominations.
Birmingham Weekly |
Brent Thompson |
01-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jeffrey M. Robinson Deconstructs the Warhol Museumnew
If you've ever seen a guy loitering in a bustling museum with some stereo mics and a laptop, you may already be in Jeffrey M. Robinson's work.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeffrey M. Robinson
Welsh Phenoms Super Furry Animals Still Got Itnew
Almost 12 years after their wonderfully warped debut Fuzzy Logic, and it's hard to think of any U.K. contemporaries who've been able to match the Super Furry Animals for sheer consistency, ambition and twisted pop thrills.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Neil Ferguson |
01-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hey Venus!, Super Furry Animals
Hernando Returnsnew
The North Mississippi Allstars revisit their roots.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
01-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cave Singers' Americana Spans Generation Gapsnew
The airy simplicity of Invitation Songs demonstrates the group's generation-spanning appeal; the band's sound will resonate with neofolkies weaned on Devendra Banhart and Will Oldham, as well as older folk fans raised on the traditional American songbook.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
01-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cave Singers, Invitation Songs
Gallows Keeps it Old Schoolnew
The U.K. buzz band offers proof that hardcore has finally take root in present-day Britain.
The Georgia Straight |
Adrian Mack |
01-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gallows, Orchestra of Wolves
Editors Hit the Road With Big Dreams, Good Mannersnew
"Everything has changed," drummer Ed Lay says of the band's recent vault to indie-rock stardom. "We tour the world for a living now, which is such a blessing."
Shepherd Express |
Jessica Steinhoff |
01-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Editors, An End Has a Start
