AltWeeklies Wire
We're Still Herenew
Juvenile and Lil Wayne deliver the first hip-hop records from post-Katrina New Orleans.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
03-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Reality Check, juvenile
Post Whatevernew
Stereolab and Mogwai fumble around in a future they never made.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mikael Wood |
03-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stereolab, Fab Four Suture
The New Edgynew
Kudu makes pop songs for goth ex-ravers.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
02-24-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kudu
Lost in Musicnew
Ariel Pink hears the hit parade through very odd ears.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
02-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ariel Pink, House Arrest
Cabin Fervornew
Lost in the studio, Deerhoof swerves between impulse and control.
Baltimore City Paper |
Marc Masters |
01-25-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deerhoof, The Runners Four
Manifest Destinynew
The power-pop pretty boys in the Click Five storm the mainstream by any means necessary.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mikael Wood |
01-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tectonic Shiftsnew
Dylan Carlson is positively wanking, though his dynamics suggest caveman repetition more than Guitar Center tech. At its best, Sword is hypnotic and crude like prime Crazy Horse. (OK, maybe not as good as all that.)
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
11-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
This Ain't No Partynew
Grumpy old men LCD Soundsystem and the Juan MacLean get on the good foot.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tony Ware |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
Guitar Anti-Heronew
Marc Ribot strings tangled links between punk and everything else.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
10-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mark Ribot
Krush Velvet Groovesnew
"Future Soul" sings the body electric--and organic
Baltimore City Paper |
Tony Ware |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Platinum Pied Pipers, Triple P
Out of the Woodsnew
Animal Collective beats a path from Batimore County to indie fame
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Spiritual Unitynew
Wayne Shorter reconsiders the power of give and take.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
09-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Street Strifenew
Conscious reggae catches fire again, in part thanks to Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's "Welcome to Jamrock"
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
09-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Field of Screamsnew
John Brannon's howl, equal parts primal power and melodic reach, has ripped air for nearly 25 years, first with hardcore pioneers Negative Approach, then with blues-punkers Laughing Hyenas, and now with the steamrolling quartet Easy Action.
Baltimore City Paper |
Marc Masters |
08-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Determination Powers Jazz Singer Ethel Ennisnew
Ethel Ennis' fame falls far short of that earned by fellow jazz singer Billie Holiday, but Ennis has had a much longer and more contented life than her contemporary. That's a trade-off she's glad to make.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
