AltWeeklies Wire
Hello Lobster Leaves the Planetnew
"The mission has been aborted," says vocalist Lobster 1. "It's hopeless here on Earth."
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hello Lobster
Ill Communicationnew
Somehow, despite winning the holy trifecta of high-profile rap battle competitions, Portland MC Illmaculate has largely evaded local celebrity.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Illmaculate
Let's Play Cowboys and Hoodlumsnew
Omaur Bliss escapes into the street-fighting world of Omac Montainya.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Major-Label Misfit: Mistah F.A.B.new
Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B. would be the first to admit there's a problem when it comes to rap music: If you're identified with the streets, you're not supposed to be lyrical; and if you're lyrical, how "street" can you really be?
SF Weekly |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mistah F.A.B.
The Von Bondies: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Divorcenew
Like the bemused children of guilt-ridden divorced parents, Von Bondies' fans are eager for Jason Stollsteimer and company to make up for lost time.
Dig Boston |
Martin Caballero |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Von Bondies
World According to Gurfnew
Producing songwriters such as Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mary Gauthier, and Slaid Cleaves can be hard on a writer's ego.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diamonds to Dust, Gurf Morlix
Messy Marv at Largenew
After a year in jail for gun possession, the Bay Area rapper hits the ground running.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Messy Marv
One Man's Quest for Mysterynew
In some ways, Ben Chasny's feelings about MySpace match his take on creating music in general.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Easy Livingnew
Released on a Kansas City label, Answers proves that: (A) Ghosty is grown up, and (B) Ghosty does not sleep in — or, for that matter, sleep much at all.
The Pitch |
Jason Harper |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Surf-and-Turf Rocknew
Perpetual Groove takes its jams aboard the high seas, then returns for the landlubbers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Perpetual Groove
Remember Motley Crue? Poison? Ratt?new
The members of EndeverafteR purposefully hope to ring in a "new" era for music -- by offering up some that's actually quite familiar.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pete Freedman |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: EndeverafteR, Kiss or Kill
Shake and Bakenew
Rude but sincere, heartfelt but absurd, these Nashville rockers have been crisscrossing the country for almost a decade playing their own sweaty brand of hillbilly punk meets sneering country music to the masses.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jason Bugg |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New Model Is an Old Modelnew
Jam bands like Umphrey's McGee are a step ahead of the music business.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Umphrey's McGee
The Guitar Heroics of Screaming Femalesnew
Only one of the Screaming Females is female, and she generally sings as much as she screams.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
01-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Screaming Females
Don't Call the Von Bondies Bluesynew
They're back with two new EPs, a third full-length, called Love, Hate and Then There's You, slated for a 2008 release ... and a plan to reintroduce themselves to their audience on the road.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Von Bondies, Love, Hate
