AltWeeklies Wire
The Rentals: Back in Residencenew
Matt Sharp resurrects the band with Sara Radle and a trombone.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rentals
The Moaners: Not Your Typical Chick Duonew
Too garage-rocky and quirky to qualify as genuine blues, and too driven by wild slide guitar work to tag as typical indie-rock, the Chapel Hill duo is into something different.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blackwig Yalobusha, The Moaners
Joe Clay's Shake, Rattle and Rockabillynew
The rockabilly legend may be better known to European audiences than in his hometown of New Orleans.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Clay
Simian Mobile Disco is On the Movenew
After the demise of the British band Simian, James Ford and James Shaw regroup as a roving DJ/production duo, moving effortlessly through rave bonanzas, electro ballads and energetic rump-shakers.
Chicago Newcity |
Steve Mizek |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aesop Rock Discusses 'None Shall Pass'new
Rock's on-wax presence is so distinct that hearing his normal speaking voice feels like it should be accompanied by some sort of man-behind-the-curtain revelation.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass
Akron/Family Just Wants to Have Funnew
The Brooklyn-based psych-folk quartet can't help it if sometimes it seems like the inmates are running the asylum when they play. After all, they get bored easily.
Metro Times |
Chris Parker |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Akron/Family, Love is Simple
Dancing Lethargic is a Quirk in Progressnew
Laguna Beach visual artist/musician Keith Fox creates music with quirk that goes right up to the tipping point of wacky, but ultimately stays on the good side of odd.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dancing Lethargic
Former Los Skarnales Frontman Resurrects the Pachuca Boogienew
Felipe Galvan returns to the Houston scene with his new band, Felipe Galvan y Sus Carnales.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Treats Proves That Engineers Can Rocknew
The Madison band's members use their engineering skills as a framework for constructing songs.
Isthmus |
Rich Albertoni |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Treats
Velvet Revolver Drummer Checks In from the Roadnew
Formerly of Guns n' Roses fame, Matt Sorum is well versed in all things rock star -- and after hearing his words of confidence, the future of Velvet Revolver has never seemed so certain.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Levi Michaels |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Velvet Revolver
Icarus Witch Channels Rob Halford and Ronnie James Dionew
The Pittsburgh-based classic metal band has been, oh, playing German festivals with Metal Church, opening for Yngwie Malmsteen, getting the gear ripped off in Chicago ... and recording another scorcher of a full-length.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Icarus Witch, Songs for the Lost
PIttsburgh Band's Studio Turns into Community Centernew
Local band The 9th Ward's Blackberry Studios isn't in the Lawrenceville of little boutiques and hipster bars -- it's the Lawrenceville of used-car lots and Section 8 housing. But then it became more than a studio.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The 9th Ward
Los Lobos Tackles Immigrant Issuesnew
The Town and the City is as close to a theme album as the group has recorded in its 30-plus years together, and possibly its best since 1992's Kiko.
Shepherd Express |
Alan Sculley |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los Lobos, The Town and the City
Sound Tribe Sector 9 Kicks Out the Jamsnew
The Atlanta quintet appeals to fans of improvisational music played on traditional gear even though its music has grown increasingly structured and frequently utilizes computer-driven electronics.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sound Tribe Sector 9
I Hated Timberlake, Too. Then I Heard the Recordnew
As someone whose record collection is heavy with records by Blue Cheer, Pharoah Sanders, the Grateful Dead, and Neil Young, I find pop music such as Timberlake's a little too metropolitan for my tastes.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
