AltWeeklies Wire
The Whiskey Folk Ramblers Stroll Through Styles & Erasnew
The Texas trad-country band is a history lesson told in plinks, plunks, and a whole lotta heart.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
This Ain't No String Quintetnew
Hell, Manchester Orchestra aren't even British.
The Portland Mercury |
Tristan Staddon |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sean Hayes' DIY Folk and Unlikely Inspirationnew
Hayes was reading the New York Times a few years ago when he came across the headline: "Music of the Heavens Turns Out to Sound a Lot like a B Flat."
The Portland Mercury |
Jonathan Zwickel |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flowering Spade, Sean Hayes
On Not Meeting Porter Wagonernew
John Howie Jr., frontman of the Two Dollar Pistols, got sick around Oct. 28, the day Grand Ole Opry legend Porter Wagoner, 80, died. He was still recovering at home in Mebane when he relayed the following story of almost meeting Wagoner when the Pistols played Opryland in 2003.
INDY Week |
John Howie Jr. as told to Grayson Currin |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Porter Wagoner
The Owls Go Out on a Limbnew
Before the Owls could take on the pop world, they had to face stage fright, shyness, and each other.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daughters and Suns, The Owls
Fly by Nightnew
Jazz studies supplements the long-suffering scene and its players.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Ross |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mace Hibbard
Brand Nubian Keeps Hip-Hop's Golden Age Alivenew
The good news is that Brand Nubian is back, with all three original emcees -- Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar -- currently doing select dates in support of their recently released (albeit long-shelved, decade-old) album, Time's Runnin' Out.
New York Press |
Billy Jam |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brand Nubian, Time's Runnin' Out
Mum's the Wordnew
The members of the Icelandic pop troupe don't like intellectualizing their music, they just want to have a good time performing it.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mum
American Steel Re-Reinvents Itselfnew
After a five-year break and detour as indie rockers Communique, Oakland punk band American Steel reunites.
East Bay Express |
Catherine Plato |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Steel
Vocal Qualitiesnew
Sonya Kitchell, at the age of 18, finds herself touring with the legendary Herbie Hancock.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
By the Rootsnew
Old Crow Medicine Show extracts the sound of classic American music.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
MC Frontalot: Rep Your Inner Nerdcorenew
If there's one thing that blacktop hip-hop purists hate more than condoms, gun control and Bill O'Reilly, it's nerdcore rap-dweebs like MC Frontalot.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MC Frontalot
Growing Out of I Can Lick Any Sonofabitchnew
Michael Dean Damron's new band, Thee Loyal Bastards, turns the volume down a touch and puts greater emphasis on songwriting.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarmon |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Southern Belle Breaks Your Toysnew
The lo-fi indie-pop trio joins forces with upwards of 20 friends for a "Little Boys Club" meeting, where they create franken-toys.
Willamette Week |
Nilina Mason-Campbell |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Southern Belle
Caribou's Dan Snaith and His 'Andorra'new
Undoubtedly inspired by the work of the Beach Boys, Snaith uses more vocals than ever to create bubbly, but somewhat vast, sweet tarts, each more memorable than the last.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
