AltWeeklies Wire
Band of 27new
The Polyphonic Spree hopes for airplay -- and a big fan hopes you'll see their show.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Polyphonic Spree, The Fragile Army
Hybrid Songsnew
Perla Batalla combines Spanish and English in her diverse blend of music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
100 Damned Guns is Blazin' Grassnew
With a new album under its belt, the band artfully assaults C&W tradition.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Saturday Looks Good to Me Has Changednew
For about half his life, Fred Thomas -- mastermind behind SLGTM -- has been doing what Black Crowes' Chris Robinson has only dreamt of: He makes whatever kind of music he wants.
The Portland Mercury |
Jenny Tatone |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Imagine Jens Lekman in Vegasnew
Jens Lekman is not the Swedish Tom Jones, or worse, a Nordic Robert Goulet. He is only worthy of Vegas in that his persona is so huge.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rising from the Deadnew
Bob Weir focuses on RatDog and environmental causes.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Weir
A.C. Bushnell's Battlenew
How a battle with liver cancer gave a fiddler something to sing about.
INDY Week |
Ruth Eckles |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A.C. Bushnell
Josh Ritter on Crosswords, Inspiration and Toll Boothsnew
On Ritter's latest release, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, "The Temptation of Adam" claims Most Ambitious cut.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Ghost and Squirrel Nut Zippersnew
Remembering a haunted recording session in New Orleans.
INDY Week |
Tom Maxwell |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Gospel Truthnew
Francine Reed gave Lyle Lovett the blues and took him to church.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Grant Britt |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various, Francine Reed
Mason Jennings Treads the Awkward Spiritual Pathnew
For his new album, which should come out next spring or early summer, Jennings is trying to figure out whether he should split it in two, with "one that's more spiritual based and one that's more, you know, not."
Metro Silicon Valley |
Mike Connor |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mason Jennings
Give Me Your Uglynew
Sufjan Stevens continues to celebrate the downtrodden and disgusting with The BQE at BAM.
New York Press |
Gerry Visco |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sufjan Stevens
Queercore Icons Team Dresch Have Never Been Predictablenew
Since the Portland-based punk band formed 14 years ago, its four queer members have broken social and musical conventions, but has anything changed?
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Team Dresch
Michele Wylen Gets her Dance Onnew
Wylen doesn't know exactly how she came to be branded a dance act, but making her live debut opening for Liverpool-based electronic act Ladytron last October may have had something to do with it.
Willamette Week |
Nilina Mason-Campbell |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michele Wylen
Portland Hip-Hop Had to Start Somewherenew
The U-Krew represents a long list of firsts: They were the first Portland hip-hop group to ever show up on MTV or BET, and the group likely retains its title as the most widely heard hip-hop group ever to come out of Stumptown after its single "If U Were Mine" reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1990.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarmen |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: U-Krew
