AltWeeklies Wire
The Explorers Club issue a rave-up series of suitesnew
If today's youngsters are infected with irony, an evening with the Explorers Club might just be the antidote. With a sound lifted straight from pop radio hits of the '60s and '70s, the Charleston band crafts its songs as if punk never broke.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Music Therapynew
Seth Glier seeks pop music's interpersonal connections.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
12-02-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Not Your Father's Hip-Hopnew
The Knux get a pop-rock assist from Kid Cudi and Natalia Kills
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
12-02-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sweet Home Detroitnew
Kid Rock finds a way back to his blue-collar roots.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
11-30-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Danielle Howle has a woodsy state of mindnew
Danielle Howle's melodic and spirited folk-rock has always had a raw and earthy flavor, but it was never what fans or critics would describe as "swampy." .
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Party Crashernew
Bob Log III revels in the pleasures of one-man-band excess.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Reyan Ali |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Serial Chillernew
Bauhaus' Peter Murphy enters his 'Twilight' years
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bauhaus, Peter Murphy
Time Warpednew
Thee Oh Sees drop in, tune out and turn on
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rob Halford Hammering Away on Well-Tempered Metal
With screaming twin lead guitars, jackhammer rhythm, songs glorifying reckless badassedness and a four-octave-range frontman clad in more leather than Ron Burgundy’s book collection, Judas Priest have been objects of profane idolatry for nearly four decades.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love Songs for Game Boysnew
"Chip music" might sound like a novelty, but The Glowing Stars treat it as a craft and an artform.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Trails and Ways and the End of the Worldnew
The Oakland pop quartet is simultaneously temporal and forward-thinking.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dropping out with the Chocolate Dropsnew
It's been an eventful year for the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Around the same time the neo-traditional string band learned of their Grammy Award nomination, co-founder Justin Robinson announced his departure from the band. His decision shadowed nearly everything that happened this year.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Carolina Chocolate Drops
Dual Identitiesnew
The versatile Will Johnson finds himself in a hard-driving, Centro-Matic phase these days.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
11-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Run Dan Run are Mad Pop Scientistsnew
Run Dan Run's Normal is a dynamic, moody collection with a solid full-band sound. Songwriter Dan McCurry and his troupe reach far beyond their initial efforts in the early days.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rory Block: The Headlinernew
"In 1964 I first heard Robert Johnson," Rory Block told the Current. "I was 14 in 1964, and I immediately felt that he was the greatest blues genius I had ever heard."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
