AltWeeklies Wire
Shirlette Ammons' New Collections of Poetry and Music Get Personalnew
Shirlette Ammons—a Durham multimedia artist who will simultaneously release a book of her poetry and an EP of her music next week—gives both the musical and literary interpretations of her words equal prominence. Working together, the forms yield a rich picture of Ammons.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
My Brightest Diamond's Album Brings Instrumentals to Foregroundnew
A Thousand Shark’s Teeth is like a Jeunet film: dark and beautiful and then strange and mysterious. Each song is a gem of it’s own.
New York Press |
Linnea Covington |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Animal Farm Won't Be Unknown For Longnew
Diverse beats and easy mic-sharing make for a solid debut on Animal Farm's The Unknown.
The Portland Mercury |
Graham Barey |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Trekking Through 20 Years of House Musicnew
John Larner and Slater Hogan's secret to keeping their music relevant? Balance fresh cuts from the new school with classic sounds of Chicago and Detroit. Simmer high-octane bass with jazz, funk and fluidity and there’s good reason why history repeats itself.
Chicago Newcity |
Jenn Danko |
06-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Singer-songwriter Jason Eady Followed a Few Rabbit Trails To The Crossroadsnew
Backed by his band the Wayward Apostles, Jason Eady's new album, Wild-Eyed Serenade, wanders from honky-tonk to swamp soul and alt-country ramble with a crackle and an assurance you’d expect from far more experienced hands.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
06-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Erykah Badu Lets it All Flynew
But no matter how broken-down Badu's New Amerykah gets, there is always an undercurrent fed by the missions for social justice that Badu feels she has been called upon to fight.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
KATE IZQUIERDO |
06-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew are Pillaging for Beatsnew
The group's music, on all levels, is corny and ridiculous — almost carnival-like, like a scene out of a Hunter S. Thompson book. That didn't stop their MySpace.com friends from turning them into a sensation.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Erykah Badu Makes Statements, Not Singlesnew
"Artists work so hard to create these projects," she says. "They're not meant to be 99 cents per track. They're meant to be listened to back to back. That's how I create them."
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lil Wil Takes Dallas Hip-Hop Nationalnew
With "My Dougie" in tow, he's looking to get paid.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ponytail Taps Into Something Deeper and More Adaptable Than Moon/Junenew
Molly Siegel's vocals are almost certainly the strangest and most refreshing in indie music since Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart taught his throat to cry. It's like listening to a child learn its first word in accelerated form, only it's a twentysomething art-school graduate backed by an epic, even more clamorous version of Deerhoof.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ice Cream Spiritual, Ponytail
R.E.M. Returns to Harder, Faster Soundsnew
The extended period of writing and rehearsing that preceded the recording of Accelerate, coupled with playing live in the studio, paid major dividends on the CD, which was recorded in nine weeks.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Accelerate, r.e.m.
Groovie Ghoulies are No More, but Frontman Kepi Remains on the Roadnew
The charismatic singer-bassist-guitarist of the late, legendary punk-popsters is up and running with two simultaneously released CDs on Asian Man Records. "I'll rock until I drop, if I can," says Kepi. "That is, as long as people will listen."
Colorado Springs Independent |
David Kulczyk |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Groovie Ghoulies, Kepi Ghoulie
The Voyage of Walter Meegonew
Sure, they just moved to LA, but it's their new full-length debut that's really gonna take them places.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Voyager, Walter Meego
Call Them Panic at the Disco 2.0new
An interview with Panic at the Disco's Ryan Ross about the band's new direction, why they were ill-prepared for their overnight success, and the sorry state of modern-rock.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
05-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Ocean's Symphonic Metal Conjures Movies of the Mindnew
Don't bother trying to nail down the sound of the Ocean Collective (better known as simply the Ocean). Teutonic metalcore? No. Conceptual math-rock? Please.
Orlando Weekly |
Tara Lightfoot |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Precambrian, The Ocean
