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The Citizens Band Wants You to Know that 'The Panic Is On'new

Addressing hot button issues through song, dance and aerial ballet.

New York Press | Maggie Serota | 11-29-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Citizens Band

Apocalyptic Changenew

VHS or Beta's latest album features some hit-worthy songs with heavy themes.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bring on the Comets, VHS or Beta

Candy Mannew

Evan Dando's Lemonheads still dish out sugar-coated rock.

Tucson Weekly | Jarret Keene | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Lemonheads, The Lemonheads

Dodging the Pretty-Girl-With-Guitar-Playing-in-Coffeehouses Categorynew

Stephanie Casey, the 31-year-old songstress behind the solo project Fall of Snow went electric, taught herself how to use effects, samples and pedals and started looping and layering sounds.

San Diego CityBeat | Kinsee Morlan | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Fall of Snow

Queen of Funk Sharon Jones Takes Her Thronenew

Who needs three women when you have one Sharon Jones?

San Diego CityBeat | Justin Roberts | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

The Hidden Gemnew

A walk through San Diego jazz history with tenor saxophone legend Daniel Jackson.

San Diego CityBeat | D.A. Kolodenko | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

The Reign of Cool Nutz Isn't Over Yetnew

In 1997, Cool Nutz released Harsh Game for the People, a funky, slang-infused cruise through the streets of pre-gentrification Northeast that's widely considered the first classic Portland hip-hop record (he's released nearly 10 since).

Willamette Week | Casey Jarman | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cool Nutz

DJ Drama, American Gangstanew

The world's most infamous DJ is back in the mix.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Mosi Reeves | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: DJ Drama

Former Bella Fayes Frontman Lael Alderman Goes Solonew

Of Birds saunters through a number of genres -- New Wave, indie-pop, British-invasion balladry -- all of which are led by Alderman's confident, malleable vocals (equally capable of Britt Daniel falsetto, Pete Yorn warble or Julian Casablancas hesitant aggression).

Willamette Week | Jay Horton | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Lael Alderman, Of Birds, Devils and the Heart

Creech Holler Twist the Murky Music of the Delta & the Appalachiansnew

The Tennessee/Carolina trio plays blood-soaked country blues and reverberations.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Creech Holler, With Signs Following

Chris Watson Finds Music in the Belly of the Beastnew

The sounds one hears on Watson's solo releases are a far cry from the ubiquitous whale song CDs that clog new age bins.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Matt Sussman | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Storm, Chris Watson

Cheb I Sabbah's Worldly Electronicanew

Throughout his career, which has taken him around the world, he has seen and experienced lots of change since he began DJing in Paris as a teenager in the 1960s.

Chicago Newcity | Zeb Resman | 11-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cheb I Sabbah