AltWeeklies Wire
Mirror Pal Insists on Morality in Their Musicnew
Do they have to?
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mirror Pal
Eliza Gilkyson Explores Shadow and Lightnew
After growing up around music, Gilkyson never thought of doing anything else.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beautiful World, Eliza Gilkyson
Jamie Lidell Cranks Out Fresh Retronew
On his new album, Lidell is a "nostalgic pioneer of sound."
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jamie Lidell, Jim
You Don't Remember Swervedrivernew
Not really. They're the quintessential band you've heard of without ever actually hearing. You discovered them late or after-the-fact, if you discovered them at all. But don't beat yourself up.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Catchy Punk Antiheroes Red Dons Take It to the Streetsnew
Doug Burns, once frontman for punk band the Observers, and the rest of the Dons—bassist Hajji Husayn, drummer Richard Joachim and guitarist Andy Foote will be diving right into this aberrant world of co-ops and basements for a monthlong tour supporting their debut full-length, Death to Idealism.
Willamette Week |
Robert Ham |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Point Juncture, WA Creates Weird Tapes Projectnew
Instead of releasing normal full-length records on cassette, what if they used tapes as a creative jump -- off for their friends' home experiments -- those that, otherwise, would never escape the bedroom?
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
R.E.M. is Not Exactly Back, but Not Yet Out of Timenew
On Accelerate, the band sounds happy just being part of the landscape.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Accelerate, r.e.m.
The Biscuit Burners Tread New Ground, but Remain Rooted in Bluegrassnew
With angelic harmonies over fiddle and dobro, the Biscuit Burners cook up tasty eats for the ears.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Explorers Club Pulls from Early British Invasion and 60s California Popnew
Freedom Wind is a remarkably confident and original first-time effort, with great minor-key melodies, organ work, vocal harmonies, and urgent, almost neurotic lead vocals.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Freedom Wind, The Explorers Club
Michael White Proves that Traditional Jazz Livesnew
His new CD, Blue Crescent, soars with original compositions that recapture the dawn of jazz.
Gambit |
Jason Berry |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
M83 Looks to the 1980s for Inspirationnew
Saturdays=Youth finds Anthony Gonzalez venturing deeper into the pop realm, even stating openly that this collection of songs are a celebration of his teenage years.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: M83, Saturdays=Youth
M83 Gets All Misty-eyed About Teen Sex and Drugsnew
For someone involved in what is officially a solo project, M83's Anthony Gonzalez is remarkably generous when it comes to sharing the spotlight.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
05-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Bedlam' Took Its Toll on Mars Voltanew
Rather than a band bio, the group's website (www.thebedlam.net) offers a six-page chronicle of what transpired during the making of its fourth CD, The Bedlam in Goliath. It involves a creepy antique Ouija board and a string of catastrophes weird enough to fry at least one sound engineer’s brain.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
05-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dark Meat Massive Lets it All Hang Outnew
The Athens-based 17-piece band insists that it's members are not really communal-living hippie dope fiends, although they do enjoy fucking shit up.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
05-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Meat, Universal Indians
Shooter Jennings: Hungry Like the Wolfnew
The outlaw country spawn wants to be more Jack White than Clint Black.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jason Notte |
05-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
