AltWeeklies Wire
Motherboarnew
There was a time when Motherboar's greatest dilemma was how to get another shot at playing a house show in the guise of their French pool-boy metal alter-egos, "Speedeaux."
Dig Boston |
Peter Legasey |
01-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Motherboar
Soul Sonic Discoursenew
Quannum Projects co-founder Lyrics Born goes looking for the perfect beat.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lyrics Born, Quannum Projects
Black Tape For A Blue Girl Unspools, Then Winds Up As 10 Neuroticsnew
On the latest release from Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Sam Rosenthal uses narrative sketches and characters to explore salacious subject matter: S&M; furries; adulterers; exhibitionists; humiliation play; and anonymous sex.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Parker |
01-18-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Traces Hip Hop's Storynew
Paradise Gray has worn many hats since his early days as a gang member in the South Bronx: photographer; performer; collector; promoter; techie; and now, curator. Selections from his memorabilia are now at the August Wilson Center, exhibited as Hip Hop History: Highlights of the Paradise Collection.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-18-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dean & Britta Revisit the Music of Galaxie 500new
Galaxie 500 played stark songs, where the simplest chords could cast a hypnotic spell and many songs ended with long, psychedelic guitar solos.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Mike Shanley |
01-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dean & Britta
Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker Display Their Indie Artifactsnew
It was on a whim roughly 25 years ago that a young David Lowery called up a friend at SST Records to see how SST had been promoting records that year.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Parish |
01-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery
Loop Gurusnew
El Ten Eleven makes instrumental post-rock oddly listenable.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: El Ten Eleven
Cary Ann Hearst Puts Her Stamp On Itnew
Cary Ann Hearst is among the half-dozen partners who run the local collective Shrimp Records. She's been busy this month packaging her new album, Lions and Lambs.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
01-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cary Ann Hearst, Shrimp Records
Guster’s Last Strawnew
Following an unfriendly fall-out with rock royalty, the alt-pop band gets back to where it once belonged.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
01-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Guster, David Kahne
Upward Trajectorynew
No Age attempt to square punk ethos with national attention.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
01-12-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The G-Eazy Lifenew
Berkeley rapper may be destined for fame.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-12-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Habit of the Broken Heartnew
Chris Carrabba takes Dashboard Confessional's decade-old debut album back on the road.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
01-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lauryn Hill Is Back, Maybe Not As We Remembernew
Is the hip-hop/soul legend on a new journey?
Charleston City Paper |
Bryan Reed |
01-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lauryn Hill
No Apologies Necessarynew
Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights look forward to the past.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Nick Chambers |
01-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Crash and Bangnew
No Age likes to avoid the straightforward -- and make sure you don't call the music lo-fi.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: No Age
