AltWeeklies Wire
Hot Hot Heat's Pursuit of Happinessnew
Hot Hot Heat's latest release, Happiness Ltd., features the Vancouver-based band's most expansive and experimental work to date, but it almost ended up a very different album.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Happiness Ltd., Hot Hot Heat
Obituary Livesnew
The nihilistic metalists find familial bliss.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Obituary
Drummer Talks About Rilo Kiley's Newly Polished Soundnew
Short of singer Jenny Lewis confessing that she always hated Dawson's Creek, the band couldn't have polarized its audience more effectively than by releasing Under The Blacklight .
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rilo Kiley, Under The Blacklight
Joe Henry Sings of War, Salvation & Willie Maysnew
These war-afflicted times resonate throughout Henry's new album, Civilians, like "a wind that blows the hats off of many heads," as the singer-songwriter and producer puts it during a recent interview in his home studio.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Boys Noize Gets Skull-Fuckednew
Berlin's Alex Ridha releases a cranium-crushing new album, doesn't give a damn about copycats.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boys Noize, Oi Oi Oi
Freakin' and Tweakin' with Dan Deaconnew
The sublime and the ridiculous collide in
the work of the Baltimore musician.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Deacon
Out of the Truck, Into the Ditchnew
Since Jason Isbell left the Drive-by Truckers, he has developed a separate, unique sound characterized by his southern-rock vibes.
Jackson Free Press |
Jason Bugg |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jason Isbell, Sirens of the Ditch
There's No Music, but Henry Rollins Still Has Plenty of Motivationnew
The ever-so-angry Rollins talks about his place in music, his motivation and the fury he is in over the state of our country.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Henry Rollins, anger management
Worldly Observationsnew
After enhancing its sound and signing with a big label, Against Me! shrugs off criticism.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Against Me!, New Wave
Percussion Discussionnew
Grateful Dead vet Mickey Hart and his Global Drum Project have come to drum.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Global Drum Project
Big Bear Breaks Stuffnew
The New York hard rock act has 90-plus shows and one full-length album under its belt. A second disc is nearly finished.
New York Press |
Shaun McCormack |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big Bear
Maren Morris' Tiny Countrynew
The genre-blending singer-songwriter readies for the release of her sophomore album, All That It Takes.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: All That It Takes, Maren Morris
Somewhere Over the White Rainbownew
Adam Forkner's creativity is now almost entirely unfettered. Performing and recording as White Rainbow, the onetime Yume Bitsu member is flat-out improvised.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michael Harkin |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dan Deacon Uses His Imaginationnew
A member of the Wham City art collective and part of the "Future Shock" movement, Deacon creates a vibe that isn't ironic so much as he strives to manifest the fantastic and surreal in reality.
Dig Boston |
Barry Thompson |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Deacon, Spiderman of the Rings
Rodrigo y Gabriela Rock the Worldnew
Rod y Gab, as they're known to their fans, are an anomaly, popular well beyond the world-music pigeonhole where such acts tend to languish.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rodrigo y Gabriela
