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Dead Aheadnew
The band's sound is everything you'd expect from a group with ties to two illustrious music scenes as disparate (yet kindred-spirited) as Muscle Shoals and Haight-Ashbury.
Jackson Free Press |
James Hughes |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Luke Doucet Settles Downnew
For the uninitiated, it may sound like Doucet is one of the new fret-shredders taking up the torch from neck-wringers like Steve Vai, but nothing could be further from the truth. Doucet's solos are kept on a leash and never overstay their welcome, and the one thing you should really know about Doucet is that the man is an expert songwriter.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood's Too Rich, Luke Doucet
Pas Chic Chic Swims Against the Current of Quebec Popnew
The band draws big bilingual crowds with a deep, dark European approach to pop.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Au Contraire, Pas Chic Chic
The Monads Turn Tradition on its Tailnew
Accordion, banjo, upright bass and especially nimble fiddle dominate songs on Ornery.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ornery, The Monads
Rey Norteno Sings One for the Roadnew
With their clean-cut sex appeal and yes ma'am manners, the members of Rey Norteno have become role models for an all-ages fan base, especially young Latinos who wait in long lines to get posters, hats and T-shirts signed.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rey Norteño
For Eels, There's Life After Memoirnew
Customarily, a career retrospective and personal memoir come at the tail end of an artist's career. And despite Mark Oliver Everett's claims to the contrary, the book serves as a fitting bookend to his tumultuous career.
New York Press |
Doug Black |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eels
Meshuggah's Made in Swedennew
Meshuggah's one of several Swedish bands who have moved death metal past its butcher-shop chops.
The Portland Mercury |
Mike Meyer |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jeffrey Lewis Goes His Waynew
At his core, Lewis is an acoustic guitar-toting New York folkie wrapped in punk-rock values. Don't look or sound the part? So what? Indeed, in Lewis' perfect imperfections lie the roots of his charm.
The Portland Mercury |
Andrew R. Tonry |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 12 Crass Songs, Jeffrey Lewis
Jim White Has Finally Found What He Searched Fornew
There is a great deal of both liberation and ineffability on Transnormal Skiperoo, which is a welcome rebound from White's uneven 2004 album, Drill a Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jim White, Transnormal Skiperoo
Downbeatnew
BILL, the New England band fronted by Bill Gage, the vocalist with Down syndrome, is not what you expected -- no matter what you expected.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Sands |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cody Dickinson's Ulterior Motivesnew
North Mississippi Allstars serve up a side of hill country blues.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jose Gonzalez, the Minstrel of Melancholynew
It's hard to imagine what an audience does during a Jose Gonzalez performance, especially when the club doesn't provide floor space or pillows to recline on. Calling his stark, spiraling ballads mellow would be an understatement; trancelike is far more accurate.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez
Kevin Costner Not Just Actingnew
Things are going mighty fine for Kevin Costner's side project, Modern West. The band goes back over 20 years when Kevin met actor/musician Coinman in L.A. during an acting workshop.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Modern West
Kimya Dawson's Solo Endeavor Stays Sweetnew
At first listen, the acoustic music of folk-pop singer/songwriter Kimya Dawson may seem childlike, sparse, and uncomplicated. After a few spins, however, her personable charm, positive vibe, and self-assured sense of intimacy are anything but kids' stuff.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kimya Dawson
The Fleshtones Won't Go Quietly Into the Nightnew
More than 30 years into a career that's seen them laugh in the face of ridicule and spit in the face of imminent success, the Fleshtones are staging their own revival.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Take A Good Look, The Fleshtones
