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The Heavy Evangelism of Jesu's Justin Broadricknew
Jesu's second full-length is a bleakly epic knight's tale where melodies spiral upward into ominous gray clouds of static to create ingenious, thundering shoegaze.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kate Izquierdo |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doug MacLeod: Call Him a Blues Mannew
MacLeod has a great blues voice, filled with the hardscrabble grit of the Mississippi delta.
Port Folio Weekly |
Jim Newsom |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Doug MacLeod
Improvisational Thrillsnew
Architecture in Helsinki has no plan, which is their plan.
San Diego CityBeat |
Justin Roberts |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ben Harper Finds His 'Lifeline'new
"The hardest thing any musician will ever do is follow an album that's decent," Ben Harper says of his 2006 release, Both Sides of the Gun. "To avoid self-adulation, I'll just use the word 'decent.'"
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jay Clifford Officially Goes Solonew
The Charleston songwriter reveals a finely-tuned solo debut this week.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Driving Blind, Jay Clifford
They Might Be Giants Switch Gears Yet Againnew
The band recently made a daring move, undertaking a surprising, unexpected collaboration with notorious production team the Dust Brothers.
Charleston City Paper |
Alan Sculley |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: They Might Be Giants
The Sean Hayes Codenew
A staple in the Bay Area's tightly knit syndicate of songwriters, Hayes hits the road in support of his latest release, Flowering Spade.
Chicago Newcity |
K. Tighe |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flowering Spade, Sean Hayes
Mariza Modernizes Portuguese Fadonew
At 34, and with an evocative, heartbreaking vocal range, Mariza has emerged as the face and the voice of contemporary Portuguese fado, a modern revivalist with roots planted firmly in the music's tradition and history.
OC Weekly |
Daffodil J. Altan |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Luciana Souza Gets Personalnew
Every so often, the right song meets the right singer at the right time, producing a transcendent performance that marries them forever. Souza found it with Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Waters of March."
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Luciana Souza, The New Bossa Nova
Ian Nagoski Brings Us Obscure World-Music 78snew
That elusive journey to another time and place purely via ephemeral music is what Nagoski aims for with The Black Mirror. It's a 24-track tour through obscure Syrian, Thai, Balinese, Indian, and various Eastern European folk music, with liner notes providing the best information Nagoski could uncover about the recordings, the music, and the artists.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gillian Grassie Wants You to Hear Her Harp Beatnew
Grassie gives as much respect to singer-songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Ani DiFranco as she does to such harpists as Catriona McKay and Rudiger Oppermann, and she wants to counter the preconception that her instrument's for putting people to sleep.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fines |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gillian Grassie, Serpentine
Funky Big J Rocks the Partynew
The Clever Monkeys' Big J brings a new spin to hip-hop in Dallas.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
10-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big J
Caribou: Harmony in His Headnew
Caribou's approach to music-making has become increasingly conventional, but Andorra is no less wonderful for it.
The Georgia Straight |
Martin Turenne |
10-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Feral Children: Rain, Small Towns, and Fistfightsnew
Making the sounds of the Northwest.
Seattle Weekly |
Aja Pecknold |
10-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Feral Children
The Benevento Russo Duo Plays With Toys in the Atticnew
If Marco Benevento hadn't needed to take a leak so badly, the fascinating instrumental combo known as the Benevento Russo Duo might never have existed.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
10-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Benevento Russo Duo
