AltWeeklies Wire
Kevn Kinney's Milwaukee Homecomingnew
Thirty years ago Kinney and I were among the five kids in our high school of more than 2,000 students who embraced punk rock. Finding each other in study hall was not difficult.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevn Kinney, Preapproved
Educators School Memphis in Roots-Rocknew
Year-end releases from Rob Jungklas and the Central Standards give divergent spins on roots-rock.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gully, Rob Jungklas
Gui Boratto: Techno With Finessenew
The Brazilian adds grace and style to the ol' boom-chick.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromophobia, Gui Boratto
Mighty Memphis Minnienew
In September 2007, Memphis Minnie took her place among blues giants Howlin' Wolf, Tommy Johnson, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton and others, becoming the first woman to receive a Mississippi Blues Trail marker recognizing her gifts and influence.
Jackson Free Press |
Jeri Lynn Ostrander |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Memphis Minnie
The Return of the Frog Kingnew
The enigmatic Jeremy Enigk.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Our Town Could be Your Lifenew
In a move to match January's sun-less gloom, Swan Island -- Portland's preeminent practitioners of post-punk, pre-apocalyptic proto-metal -- announced this week they are going on "indefinite hiatus."
The Portland Mercury |
Cary Clarke |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Swan Island
Music Laboratorynew
Inspired by Broadway, an unusual indie band continues to search for their sound.
New York Press |
Ernest Barteldes |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: From Baser Elements, M-LAB
Bear Necessitiesnew
A New Wave one-hit wonder, Christian Gibbs turns to barn-storming country songs with his band, Lucinda Black Bear.
New York Press |
Elizabeth Rhodes |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Full Meal Dealnew
Revivalists don't skimp on the soul.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Grant Britt |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Missionary Positionnew
Athens band plays it straight despite quirky hometown influence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mission Control, The Whigs
Class from the Pastnew
Betty Buckley enjoys a resurgence of sorts.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Betty Buckley
Coltrane: The Story of a Soundnew
Jazz critic Ben Ratliff is urged on by the imp of the practical in his new non-definitive critical biography of the late saxophonist John Coltrane.
Fairfield County Weekly |
James Keepnews |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Coltrane, Mystery 'Trane
Fred's Headnew
Roots rock hero Fred Eaglesmith on change, confidence and gospel without Jesus.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Traci Hukill |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fred Eaglesmith
Thinking While Headbangingnew
High on Fire's heavy metal also offers slivers of other musical genres -- and conspiracy theories, too.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Band of Horses Come Homenew
The opening guitar notes and soft cymbal splash creep up on you subtly, before Ben Bridwell's potent, reedy voice alights "Is There a Ghost" with its recurring pronouncement, "I could sleep, I could sleeee-eep."
Charleston City Paper |
Jeff Clark |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Band of Horses, Cease to Begin
