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Everybody Say Yeasayernew
2010's most blogged-about band on Kanye, Brooklyn and Afro-pop.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
05-27-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Inner Landscape of Laurie Antoniolinew
Singing isn't just about timbre and phrasing, it's about feeling.
East Bay Express |
Andrew Gilbert |
05-27-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Laurie Antonioli
Chime Schoolnew
Sleigh Bells frontwoman Alexis Krauss rings the noise.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
05-26-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleigh Bells, Alexis Krauss
Minus the Bear Embraces the Audacity of Changenew
For Seattle's Minus the Bear, their soul-inspired new album Omni changed the formula and provoked the worst critical reviews of their career. But the band seems to have rediscovered an older sound on their latest recordings.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
05-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Minus the Bear
Ryan Bingham Deals With Sudden Successnew
The last year and a half has been almost dizzying for songwriter Ryan Bingham. Capitalizing on Crazy Heart's popularity, his third album, Junky Star, came out last summer.
Charleston City Paper |
Andrea Warner |
05-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The People Be Dancingnew
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band marks 30-plus years of reinvention and innovation.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
James Justin Burke May Have Created a New Genrenew
Musically, James Justin & Co.'s new album Dark Country pays homage to the same classic rock, Americana, and soul styles featured on last year's Southern Son, So Far. A similar sense of backwoods nostalgia comes through as well.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: James Justin & Co.
Chartbreakernew
Adele turns heartbreak into record-making success.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
05-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adele
Anarcho-Klezmer Punk Partynew
San Diego's Di Nigunim carries with it a message of hope and change.
Chico News & Review |
Ken Smith |
05-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Born on the Bayounew
Grammy-winning Zydeco junkie Chubby Carrier reaches a new career high.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
05-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Love Language Delivers a Big-Hearted Soundnew
With a Phil Spector-esque wall-of-sound production quality, N.C. band the Love Language's Libraries has become an underground hit with new fans and critics chiming in along the way.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-18-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Love Language
Unleashing Carla Kihlstedtnew
Tin Hat deploys its most powerful instrument.
East Bay Express |
Andrew Gilbert |
05-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Carla Kihlstedt
Giant Stepsnew
Flying Lotus has the skills and connections to become electronic music's Coltrane.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
05-12-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flying Lotus, Alice Coltrane
Animal Magnetismnew
Sims, Dessa, and assorted Doomtree Collective colleagues search for the soul of underground rap.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
05-12-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jason Isbell Rests His Casenew
Always a deeply personal writer, Jason Isbell delivers more introspective songs on Here We Rest, which continues his recent theme of yearning for understanding and home.
Charleston City Paper |
Jared Booth |
05-11-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
