AltWeeklies Wire
School’s in: Alice Cooper defiling a new generation
Alice Cooper hates you, he hates your music and he especially hates golf.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alice Cooper, bonaroo
That Outlaw Spiritnew

J.P. Harris stays handy while developing his own brand of traditional country music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Going Organicnew

The Cave Singers keep up their natural progression.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: cave singers
Misery Breeds Beautynew

Gillian Welch turns in excellent early-country-bluegrass duets on her first album in eight years.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
06-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: gillian welch
An Open Letter to Patti Smithnew

Oh, God, I fell for you. It was your rock journalism that first drew me.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
06-14-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Third Roots' 'Stand for Something'new

For months we've been giving you exclusive access to some of Third Roots singles, and here you can stream the full Stand for Something album
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-14-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Improvising, Not Compromisingnew

Why Joe McPhee's forty-year journey keeps coming back to Chicago.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
06-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Beach Boys' Endless Summernew

Surviving bandmates reunite for a 50th-anniversary tour.
Houston Press |
Craig Hlavaty |
06-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Richard Meltzer's New Gignew

Interview with rock critic Richard Meltzer. Talks about his former columnist gig at the San Diego Reader and his new project with Mike Watt: Spielgusher.
San Diego Reader |
Andrew Hamlin |
06-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rock poetry, Richard Meltzer
The Last Psych Band on Earthnew

A post-ironic Dandy Warhols searches for something new to react against.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
06-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dandy Warhols, psyche-pop
The strange story and sound behind Supreme Dicks' new box setnew

Supreme Dicks' sense of unhinged possibility leads to a new brand of magical chaos.
INDY Week |
Marc Masters |
06-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Supreme Dicks
Bamako Airlines lands in San Antonionew

And now, for something completely different — Bamako Airlines, an electrifying Austin-based band that offers dancefloor-friendly but musically challenging African grooves.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bamako Airlines
River City Extensionnew

River City Extension's present sound takes a swim in the past.
Orlando Weekly |
Reyan Ali |
05-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: River City Extension
The drumming universe of Oneida's Kid Millionsnew

Man Forever isn't a band, a jam, or even a solo project. It's a piece of music, the kind of composition that can be taught to other musicians, a clockwork set to be wound and released in an exactly assembled way.
INDY Week |
Jesse Jarnow |
05-29-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kid Millions
Maps and Atlasesnew

Chicago's spazz-math band charts a new course
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
05-25-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews