AltWeeklies Wire
Neil Diamond Taps Los Volcanoes for Grammy Partynew
How an obscure local tejano band came to share a bill with Coldplay and Tim McGraw.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
02-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Celebrating Blue Note Records' 70th Anniversarynew
In honor of Blue Note's 70th anniversary, the label assembled an all-star band, dubbed the Blue Note 7, to play a celebratory three-month concert tour and record an album of classic tunes from the label's vintage hard-bop years.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Annuals Tend the Future of Indie Popnew
Raleigh, N.C.-based indie-pop act Annuals started as a side project of Sunfold, but now the percussion-heavy sextet is the main attraction. And, though the group's members are now only in their early 20s, they're touring in support of their sophomore studio album as well as discovering and producing up-and-coming bands along the way.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
02-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Radiohead Cover Band Seeks to Unlock Thom Yorke's Geniusnew
What's That? recreate some of modern rock's most complex songs.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
02-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fucked Up Incites Pandemoniumnew
The band elicits visions of a car crashing into a phone pole, or a mob of angry drunks knocking each other to the ground. The melee can be dangerous, but there are some surprisingly tuneful moments tucked away under Damian Abraham's barking.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
02-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ben Chasny Can't Shake His Golden State Rootsnew
Ben Chasny, who relocated to Seattle from the Bay Area last September, was freak folk before it was a term.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
02-02-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lesbian Hip-Hoppers Yo Majesty Are Looking for an Alternate Route to Successnew
It's hard enough being a woman in hip-hop. The misogynistic lyrics from the male MCs. The objectifying audiences who keep coming back for more. Being a lesbian in hip-hop? That's double trouble, a minority within a minority.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
01-27-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Better Off Led: Mockstars Are the New Rockstarsnew
Ironically, through performing the music of Led Zeppelin, almost-famous Paul Sinclair is closer than ever to grasping rock 'n' roll's elusive brass ring. He's gone from rockstar to mockstar and back again. And in this day and age at least, the difference is becoming more and more slight.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
01-26-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: tribute bands, Get the Led Out
The Polka Dot Lives on for Animal Collectivenew
Animal Collective make music that’s sometimes discordant garage rock, sometimes more like the most unrestrained Beach Boys, sometimes nothing like rock or pop at all. Their albums are a welter of found sounds and instruments, each treated and warped and rolled inside-out until they’re unrecognizable. But there’s beauty and joy and life there, too.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Trinie Dalton |
01-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Three Mile Pilot Never Broke Up -- They Just Took a 10-Year Breaknew
Inside the history, hiatus and return of one of San Diego's most beloved acts.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
01-14-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hollywood Heartthrob: How a Lucky Break and a Lot of Cash Made the Bandnew
The day he won a huge raffle, Ted Myers called his bandmates and told them not to worry about money anymore. He had an investor who would pay for everything.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
01-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Who is Brian Wilson?new
Since the first “Brian Is Back!” campaign in 1976, Wilson has developed something like the tidal rhythm of the sea he sang about: sometimes in, sometimes out; sometimes high, sometimes low.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Ziegler |
01-09-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Hawk and a Hacksaw Does Eastern Europe with an American Accentnew
Jeremy Barnes first heard Bulgarian women's choirs while driving through West Texas in 1996, and he was hooked. He moved to Hungary two years ago to live among and learn from some of the area's masters but has always sought to interpret traditional styles through the contemporary lens of his American background.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
01-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Colorado Might Have the Only Anime-Focused Ensemble in the Countrynew
The Symphonic Anime Orchestra may very well be the only group devoted entirely to playing music from anime and Japanese video games.
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
12-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Revamped Sounds, Songs and Suits of The New Familiarsnew
Charlotte, N.C.-based folk-rock outfit The New Familiars blends traditional roots music with energetic, modern sounds and great vintage suits.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
12-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
