AltWeeklies Wire
Pop Chameleon Todd Rundgren on the Biznew
Rundgren's eclectic and critically lauded albums, which range from pop and rock to soul, a capella and zany experiments (often all at the same time) have left an indelible mark on music.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Ben Karakh |
12-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Todd Rundgren
Former Prodigy Michael Kaeshammer Branches Outnew
Suspicious minds might think that Kaeshammer's Days Like These is a calculated attempt to muscle in on Michael Bublé's turf especially since the Toronto-based performer sings on every track, rather than relying on his splashy piano skills.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
12-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ewan Pearson Devotes Himself to Eight-minute Butt-shakersnew
His embellishments of other people's songs recall '70s-era pioneers like Walter Gibbons and Patrick Cowley, the guys who basically invented the extended mix not remixes, really, but faithful elaborations of tracks that were already great to begin with.
The Georgia Straight |
Martin Turenne |
12-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ewan Pearson, Piece Work
Indian: All the Menace You Could Want from a Metal Bandnew
Even at their most relaxed and outgoing, the guys in Indian are still pretty fucking intimidating.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
12-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indian, Slights and Abuse
Songs About Musicnew
Marc Cohn overcomes tragedy with his first studio album in nine years.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Join the Parade, Marc Cohn
Groove, Swing, Fiddlenew
Leo Kottke and the Turtle Island Quartet join forces to commemorate the winter solstice.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Turtle Island Quartet
Are You Not Devo? You Are Mutatonew
How Mark Mothersbaugh, an Agent of De-Evolution, wormed his way into America's subconscious.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mark Mothersbaugh
Portland Hip-hopper Sontiago Gets Personal and Politicalnew
Whether she rhymes over beats, performs painstakingly honest and powerful spoken-word pieces, or speaks out about violence against women at crisis-intervention rallies, she embodies the DIY aesthetic of indie-rock culture with a sense of sensational sass, nerve and intellect.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sontiago, Steel Yourself
Plenty of Pa Rum Pum Pum Pumsnew
Sean Passmore has spent his adult life collecting Christmas albums, both the weird and the wonderful.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Carsten Knox |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
1956's Composed New Soundnew
At the risk of bludgeoning the band with a comparison that it is bound to resent over the next couple of months, 1956's latest album, Saboteur, sounds an awful lot like The National.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cloud Cult's Green Operationnew
The band's label, Earthology Records, which Minowa founded in 1997, is a nonprofit that donates to environmental charities. On the road, each band member keeps careful tabs on how much energy is expended or wasted; even amps are monitored for ecological output.
Shepherd Express |
Paul Smaxwill |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cloud Cult, The Meaning of 8
Blood Ceremony Channels Witchy Wickedness of Rock's Pastnew
The melodic flute focus is what separates Ceremony from a zillion weed-hazed dudes blasting Iommi riffs. It gives their otherwise gloom-drone occult rock a heightened sense of drama, imagery and femininity, something sorely lacking in most metal.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood Ceremony
Deadmau5 in the Housenew
If the world's core dance floors belonged to Kaskade, Trentemøller, and Claude VonStroke in 2006, this year, Deadmau5 was the name on every super-club DJ's tongue.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deadmau5
The Soul Of The Wetlandsnew
Tab Benoit add soul to his electric swamp sound.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tab Benoit
Old-School Stylenew
Rasputina uses historical instruments and ideas in music.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rasputina
