AltWeeklies Wire
The Waterboysnew
The four-piece crew's talent for crafting fiery bricolage has not gone unnoticed, and influential music blogs have gushed over the three songs on the group's self-titled EP.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
12-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cheers for Veirsnew
Songwriting cheerleader Laura Veirs distinguishes herself from the pack with her lyrics, all vivid imagery and the music of language tumbling together in stunning bits of poetry.
SF Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Ask Why?new
Musician Yoni Wolf is moving in a new direction, replacing laptops and turntables with guitar-picking, piano chords, mournful lyrics, and big choruses. Is indie the new hip-hop?
SF Weekly |
David Downs |
11-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
From Here to Eternitynew
With younger audiences yearning for something that's not too arty, too wimpy, too loud or too soft, Built to Spill seems right on target.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
07-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Marty Anderson Is Okaynew
The prolific young songwriter Marty Anderson has been so ill with Crohn's disease he feared he wouldn't live to see the release of his band's first two albums.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
04-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The River's Edgenew
While Okkervil River's Will Sheff ranks among modern music's most literary songwriters, he stops short of turning lyrics into inaccessible, unfeeling academic exercises.
SF Weekly |
Andrew Miller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
New York Cabaret Singer Finds Folky Companynew
For believers, Antony & the Johnsons are the latest bright spot on whatever this new movement is that has been dubbed "freak folk" or "people with cartoon voices playing chamber instruments," which includes Joanna Newsom and Devendra Banhart.
SF Weekly |
Katy St. Clair |
03-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Antony
A Friend Indeednew
A reviewer and his best-friend band, Luna, have reached the end of their relationship. The split is amicable. It makes sense. But it's sad.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
02-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Luna, Rendezvous
Bohemian Rhapsodynew
Brightback Morning Light -- or Brightblack for short -- would probably be huge by now if it weren't a trio of big, lovable hippies.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
01-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ala.Cali.Tucky, Brightblack
Tales From the Dark Sidenew
The first time Silke Tudor heard a rough mix of the Boxcar Saints' Last Things, she thought about her friend with epilepsy, quietude, and the dark, poignant insights born from violent upheaval.
SF Weekly |
Silke Tudor |
12-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boxcar Saints, Last Things
Look Inward, Voyagernew
Los Angeles buzz-band Midnight Movies stands out from the pack with its love of '60s rock and spiritual themes.
SF Weekly |
Mosi Reeves |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Moving Unitsnew
Dealership's third album presents largely writ tales of good versus evil, love gone wrong, hostages and spies, all played with a simple, almost childlike pop feel. This is fabulous music, with the emphasis on fable.
SF Weekly |
Dan Strachota |
09-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Emerge From Nothingnew
After their debut album, Thee More Shallows were well on their way to something bigger. Then they dropped off the map. But their follow-up has finally arrived, and it is spectacular.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
08-27-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
