AltWeeklies Wire
The Members of DeVotchKa Found Success by Following Their Own Musenew
As worldly as the act may seem, and as valid as some of those effusive similes are, at its core DeVotchKa is a distinctly American band -- not in the Grand Funk Railroad we're coming to your town, we'll help you party down sense, mind you, but a more literal one.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
09-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mexican Singer Ximena Sarinana Dances Around Conformitynew
The scene at Sound Generation studio in New York's West Village was one of anticipation as Mexican newcomer Ximena Sarinana prepared to make her live American radio debut on public radio mainstay KCRW.
Orlando Weekly |
Lissette Corsa |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mediocre, Ximena Sarinana
Listen to Ratatat, Then Dancenew
Ratatat takes in global influences to create their own blend of electronic and rock.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Dandy Warhols Are Out of This Worldnew
According to their latest bio, in conjunction with their new album, Earth to the Dandy Warhols, singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor was sponsored from birth by biotech firms, creating "the acceptable face of augmented humanity," and his biocodes were "trimmed for upfront deployment and extreme-impact diplomacy."
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
AIDS Wolf Sticks to Principlesnew
The Montreal band changes and deranges as Cities of Glass arrives.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: AIDS Wolf, Cities of Glass
Brooklyn-based Singer Maiysha Refuses to Dumb It Downnew
Though she participated in numerous school musicals -- she was the lead in a production of The Wiz when she was 12 -- her musical career didn't truly begin until after she graduated from Sarah Lawrence, where she studied vocal performance, creative writing and race and gender studies.
New York Press |
Ernest Barteldes |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maiysha, This Much is True
Reunited Beachwood Sparks Burn Brighter Than Evernew
Hiatuses, as it turns out, sometimes fade as well, and when your former label asks really nicely whether you'd be interested in getting the old band back together to help celebrate its 20th birthday, those initial catalysts for dissolution sometimes seem less clear.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tarrus Riley's Jamaica Juicenew
Rastas and reggae have been a volatile cocktail since the 1970s when Bob Marley, who didn't invent either, popularized both. Last year, up-and-coming reggae Rastaman Tarrus Riley added a new element to the mix -- cranberry juice.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Silver Jews' David Berman Wants His New Songs to be Instructivenew
It's surreal -- but not in the usual Silver Jews way -- to encounter these wholly irony-free lyrics from Berman.
INDY Week |
Randy Bickford |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mac McCaughan: Through with Portastatic?new
For the time being, Portastatic is McCaughan's songwriting vehicle. But there's no telling if or when he'll put that vehicle on blocks, and get himself something new to fiddle with in the garage
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Guitar Legend Mundell Lowe Looks Back, Moves Forwardnew
Mundell Lowe returned recently to the log cabin on the farm in southern Mississippi where he grew up, only to find the house is now a pile of logs. The man who owns the property is selling them off for six bucks apiece.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
09-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: guitarists, Mundell Lowe
One of the Best in the Metal Game: As I Lay Dyingnew
Forget pop-punk and beach-bunny troubadours -- these North County headbangers are becoming the biggest metal band in the land
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
09-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Darker My Love Evades a Sophomore Slump with its New Recordnew
The songs on 2 diverge wildly from the buried shoegaze atmospherics of Darker My Love's first self-titled album, and move more toward pop territory with the assistance of producer Dave Cooley.
East Bay Express |
Oscar Medina |
09-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Darker My Love, 2
Talkdemonic's Latest is Also Its Bestnew
It has taken three Talkdemonic albums to lay the right balance of the elegant and the explosive on tape.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
09-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Talkdemonic, Eyes at Half Mast
Eternal Tapestry Sheds Layers, Finds Itself in the Processnew
In the past three years, Nick Bindeman and fellow guitarist Dewey Mahood have carried ET through numerous lineup changes and shepherded its sound through an equal amount of variation.
Willamette Week |
Robert Ham |
09-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
