AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Blinknew
Neptunes-affiliated artist keeps listeners, and Malcolm Gladwell, guessing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kenna, Make Sure They See My Face
Starrbooty's Revengenew
Queen of drag returns to roots and meets Atlanta at the crossroads.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: RuPaul, Starrbooty
Cadence Weapon: The Next Great Canadian Hip-hop Hopenew
The last was either the elastic-but-average K-OS or the embarrassingly famous Snow, depending on whom you ask.
The Portland Mercury |
Tristan Staddon |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cadence Weapon, Breaking Kayfabe
Never Trust Liarsnew
The band that traded Brooklyn for Berlin has made a career of re-imagining itself with every release, but according to guitarist and founding member Aaron Hemphill, what sounds like so many calculated reversals is "not that intentional."
The Portland Mercury |
John Motley |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Liars
The Coathangers Plays Fierce or Fun Garage Popnew
The band writes about what it knows, ostensibly a mix of getting pissed off (by men or otherwise) and having fun.
INDY Week |
Jon Ross |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Coathangers
Hope Is Alive for Rachella Parksnew
The illness-stricken Fort Worth saxophonist hasn't lost a step.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rachella Parks
Monotonix Has Chutzpahnew
Get ready to drink from the band's dirty, sweaty boot.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Monotonix
Get It Togethernew
Squirrel Nut Zippers reunite for series of shows.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hot, Squirrel Nut Zippers
Sick of Sarah Take on the Music Machinenew
The quartet, all in their mid-twenties, play a catchy, jumpy sort of pop rock, as if Tegan and Sara were reinvented as emo beginners.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bittersweet, Sick of Sarah
Del the Older, Wiser Homosapiennew
The task for Del's upcoming fifth solo disc The 11th Hour wasn't to cage the beast, but to channel his abundant energy into stronger focus and broader appeal, made possible by a rigorous study of music theory and composition.
Dig Boston |
Martin Caballero |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kathleen Grace, a Late Bloomer, Blossomsnew
She is in the vanguard of a small but exciting movement of young jazz singers who are, in her words, stepping "outside the box of the American Songbook into the world of original music."
Port Folio Weekly |
Jim Newsom |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kathleen Grace, Songbird
Jennifer Johns: Soul with Swaggernew
The singer shakes it up with new confidence and a remarkable new album.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jennifer Johns
Leigh Marble Opens Up, Gets Dark.new
Pray you're never Leigh Marble's muse. If it doesn't work out, he will write the most hurtful, yet somehow tender, song about the whole mess, and it will burn.
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullough |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Leigh Marble, Red Tornado
Ike Dola is Ready to Break Out of the Farm Leaguesnew
The 23-year-old from East Oakland is widely considered the next local MC who will blow up around here.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ike Dola
Lucero Went from Country-Rock to Springsteen-esquenew
The comparisons to the Boss are valid, but not for the obvious reasons.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cullen Hendrix |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
