AltWeeklies Wire
The Backstage Passes and Musings of Dean & Brittanew
Indie-rock gossip hounds might be interested to know that Wareham and Phillips didn't become a couple immediately after they met -- and they kept it on the down low even after they hooked up. Wareham promises to tell all in his new memoir, Black Postcards, which will be published by Penguin in March.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Marcus Crowder |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dean & Britta
Chapped Lipsnew
Nudity, corrupt cops and 12 shows in three days is par for The Black Lips' course.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil
Dub Traffik Control, Declassifiednew
The following is a dossier on the genesis and evolution of, and activities undertaken by, Dub Traffik Control, a notorious underground live dub project based in San Diego but with known desires to take over the world.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dub Traffik Control
The Return of the Return of the DJnew
Ex-X-ecutioners form Ill Insanity and begin their crusade for the next DJ renaissance.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Billy Jam |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ill Insanity
A VAST Improvementnew
Electro-rockers power down for mellow affair.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: VAST
Gregg Foreman Hangs Tough (and Tender) with Cat Powernew
These days Foreman provides Cat Power with the keyboard kink and dirtball heft her music's always begged for with Jukebox. But the Philly vet's done more than that.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
02-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cinder Road Rehashes the '80snew
No big hair though.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Benson |
02-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cinder Road, Superhuman
Riding the Wavesnew
Bayside's got plenty of reasons to be emo.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Benson |
02-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bayside, The Walking Wounded
The Sugar Pop of the Jonas Brothersnew
If you're a (really) nice girl between the ages of six and sixteen, you probably get twitterpated at the very thought of the Jonas Brothers, the latest commercial triumph from the marketing geniuses at the Walt Disney Company.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
02-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Jonas Brothers
How Mick Collins and the Dirtbombs Killed Classic Rocknew
It's been nearly three decades since Collins first picked up a guitar with the sole intention of "murdering the Eagles." Since then, the tall, bespectacled, deep-voiced rock 'n' roller from Detroit has been scorned, worshipped, categorized and just plain misunderstood by a music world often more interested in labeling than listening.
Metro Times |
Michael Hurtt |
02-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dirtbombs
Good Night, States Collaborate Across State Linesnew
It's not uncommon for a musician to have a day job to make ends meet, but Steve Gretz is a far cry from the office worker who waltzes down to the corner bar with a guitar on the weekend. His day job is SAT tutoring in New Jersey; his night gig involves fronting a band from Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Yves Jean Creates Exotic Rhythms on 'For Love and Desperation'new
Yves Jean's pretty hard to miss in Pittsburgh's music scene -- you can't walk into just any rock bar around here and see a 6-foot-5 Haitian-American who combines mainstream pop-rock vocals and hooks with his rippling bass and African and Caribbean rhythms.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Seeing Rednew
Supported through Drexel Univeristy's groundbreaking music industry program, Mad Dragon is an award-winning, fully functional independent record label that teaches students the business side of the music industry.
Philadelphia Weekly |
John Steele |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Mo', the Merriernew
Argentine band transforms the blues into world music.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mo'Blues
Hollywood Holt: Superstar in Trainingnew
He does party rap the way other people get in shape for triathlons.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hollywood Holt
