AltWeeklies Wire
Fewer Moving Parts, Fewer Broken Piecesnew
Pedro the Lion anchorman David Bazan's life with wife, daughter, booze and God.
Seattle Weekly |
Aja Pecknold |
12-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tony Conrad, String Theoristnew
The architect of noise and experimental film is still on four decades later.
Metro Times |
Walter Wasacz |
12-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tony Conrad
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
Home for the Holidays With the Hold Steadynew
The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
12-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hold Steady
Wu-Tang Producer RZA's Balancing Actnew
It's hard to think of a more ubiquitously iconic figure in hip-hop, or a more visionary individual: RZA doesn't just make beats and spit rhymes, he captures moods, drops depth-charge metaphors, and creates epic mythologies.
SF Weekly |
Eric K. Arnold |
12-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan
Grey's Anatomy Made Her Famous, but That's Only Half the Storynew
When it comes to the music industry, all it takes is a combination of luck, talent, and exposure to become a star. Getting that concoction just right is easier said than done, but if you're lucky, talented, and have a MySpace page, anything is possible. Take it from Ingrid Michaelson.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Girls and Boys, Ingrid Michaelson
Athletes Step Off the Field and Into the Studionew
Master P's son Lil' Romeo is trading his music career for a shot at college basketball. Normally the crossover goes the other way: athletes try to make Billboard hits.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Afrika Bambaataa's Interplanetary Craftnew
The legendary founder of the Universal Zulu Nation gets cosmic.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mark Black |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Afrika Bambaataa
It's Been a Hell of a Year for Pop Genius Brian Christinzionew
He's checked in to a mental institution and conquered England with an album nobody in the States has heard.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Patrick Rapa |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Hiply Unhip Trans-Siberian Orchestranew
As guitarist Al Pitrelli admits over the phone before heading to a sound check in Fresno, California, the success of his decidedly unhip ensemble, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, goes against all odds.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Newton |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Billy Joel: Best Before Puberty Hitsnew
The un-ironic indie embrace of '70s and '80s pop icons extends to Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, but shirks Billy Joel.
The Portland Mercury |
Jonathan Zwickel |
11-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Billy Joel
Michael Hurley Returns After Never Really Leavingnew
The drawling, iconoclastic singer/songwriter has released sporadic slow-burning, charming folk albums on little labels for 40-plus years -- now we're on the brink of a full-fledged Hurley revival.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mike McGonigal |
11-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ancestral Swamp, Michael Hurley
Paquito D'Rivera: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Saxnew
D'Rivera has countless albums (and nine Grammys) under his belt, but Funk Tango is his baby -- his first self-produced CD.
Isthmus |
Susan Kepecs |
11-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Funk Tango, Paquito D'Rivera
i see rowboats Takes Halifax by Stormnew
Earlier this year i see rowboats didn't even have a name. Nine months later, the chamber-pop quintet has sailed up the campus radio charts to become one of the city's favorite indie bands.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mike Landry |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: i see rowboats
My Teacher is a Rockstar?new
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every weekday, the former Dismemberment Plan bassist Eric Axelson morphs into Mr. Axelson, a mild-mannered English teacher who quizzes his juniors on The Crucible at Columbia Heights' Bell Multicultural High School.
Washington City Paper |
Jessica Gould |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lies and Rhetoric, Statehood
