AltWeeklies Wire
Amy Pickard is Happy ... Her Songs Are Notnew
Pickard has no trouble distinguishing between how she feels when she's compelled to write and how she usually feels these days.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fine |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chromeo Loves the Ladiesnew
This year's hit album Fancy Footwork launched synth, keyboard and talk-box king P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and ultra-smooth vocalist and guitarist Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) even further into the private jet-fuelled, champagne-soaked world they've created.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromeo, Fancy Footwork
Jam-happy Gov't Mule Dives Deep into Dubnew
Many longtime lovers of the group's southern-tinged rock sound have been puzzled by its new direction: reggae, with a side dish of dub.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gov't Mule, Mighty High
HIM's Ville Valo Rolls in Gloom and Glamnew
While the lyrical bent of HIM tends toward the gloomy, the music on Venus Doom is actually quite upbeat, drawing on everything from '90s alt-metal to '80s glam-pop to '70s guitar-rock.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Newton |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: HIM, Venus Doom
M.I.A. on Making Troublenew
A kind of audio travelogue of her visits to India, Angola, Liberia, and Trinidad, M.I.A.'s excellent Kala succeeds not just musically it's one of the year's best records but as a powerful symbol of activism in an era of rampant political apathy and self-absorption.
The Georgia Straight |
Martin Turenne |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aqueduct Shuns Pretensionnew
"People are always making comments at shows that we’re a very approachable band and we look like regular people and we’re nice like regular people," says David Terry.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aqueduct, Or Give Me Death
Deborah Harry on New Album, Biopicnew
A Jersey girl in a folk band doesn't become canonized as "the Marilyn Monroe of punk" without more than a little moxie.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deborah Harry, Necessary Evil
Modest Mouse + American Idol = Funnynew
When Modest Mouse released "Float On" in 2004, some dismissed it as the band's bid for commercial radio play. Its appeal proved broad enough for both a children's music compilation and a top-rated television program.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Modest Mouse
Saddle Up With Band of Horsesnew
For lead singer/guitarist Ben Bridwell, stroking his ever-growing beard in the Palmetto State is working better for him than the eternal dampness of the dreary Pacific Northwest.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Band of Horses, Cease to Begin
Dooney da Priest's Fight Against Sagging Won't Worknew
Commissioned by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, Dooney's "Pull Your Pants Up" is a four-minute plea to "urban" youths, who favor the long-popular style of dropped drawers, to get some jeans that fit, for chrissakes.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Boys Like Girls Were Born to be Rock Starsnew
The band has slowly, but surely, been making a name for itself over the past two years -- now its heading out on its first headlining tour.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boys Like Girls
Martin Atkins is Givin' Us Chinese Rocknew
The industrial legend goes to Beijing and brings back two albums of eye-opening music.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Martin Atkins
Steve Aoki's Big Spinnew
He's usually hailed as the hottest DJ in Hollywood, a spinner-to-the-stars who's been spotted helping Lindsay Lohan throw down a track or two. With all that under his belt, you would think the guy could play a turntable like a-ringin'-a-bell.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Steve Aoki
Cult of Personalitiesnew
Tori Amos unleashes her Posse with new album.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tori Amos, American Doll Posse
Lone Sea Wolfnew
Alex Church whips up an unlikely epic.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sea Wolf, Leaves In The River
