AltWeeklies Wire
Public Enemy 2.0new
Chuck D's stunning live show with Flavor Flav is just another element of his ever-growing portfolio.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Public Enemy
Dodging Gnarls Berkeleynew
Both Honeycut and Gnarls Barkley make experimental pop that spans numerous genres, but in the end, Cee-Lo is a huge black Southern gangsta, and Bart Davenport is a skinny white East Bay folker.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Honeycut
Oakland's Merry Prankstersnew
What if Jim Henson and Ween spawned quadruplets? Meet Zoopy, the puppet-faced Oakland quartet.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Zoopy
World Wide Headachenew
Halou's Albatross EP goes all-digital in a frustratingly analog world.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Halou
The Player and the Pilgrimnew
From an emcee past to an Islamic future -- what caused the transition of rapper Saafir?
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Good Game: The Transition, Saafir
Sufjan, the Technicolor Dreamboatnew
Sufjan Stevens and the Pacific Mozart Ensemble at Zellerbach set a world record for earnestness.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Compression as Expressionnew
Montreal's Kid Koala cuts, pastes, and layers three hundred bits of vinyl into two songs on his latest album.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Del in a Funknew
The plucky and brilliant rapper fights studio fright and his ex-girlfriend on his way back to platinum.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Team Playasnew
An Oakland rap trio's debut album combines a solid sound with liquid marketing.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Team
The Life of Rileynew
With a brand-new album and a brand-new baby, the Coup's leader discourses on the dichotomy of bullets and love.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Coup
Pimp My Lifenew
Pittsburgh's the Jacka gives lessons in hustling and marketing.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
03-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Jacka
All-Time QBnew
E-40 might finally get the national adoration he deserves with My Ghetto Report Card.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
03-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: E-40
The Small Expressionsnew
Swedish folk crooner Jose Gonzalez is an intimate, interpretive genius.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
03-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jose Gonzalez
Kicker of Assesnew
The reinvigorated Robert Pollard offers up some more beery genius.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
02-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robert Pollard
Screaming Diplomatsnew
Omissa's violent mix of races, styles and emotions beguiles even as it confounds.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Omissa
