AltWeeklies Wire
A Mad Recipenew
Meet Mice Parade and its musical anagrams.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
03-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mice Parade, Bem-Vinda Vontade
Obscenely Brilliantnew
Jackie-O Motherfucker fully embraces musical failure in the search for something new.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrn |
03-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jackie-O Motherfucker
Oates & Hall?new
The world has relegated Oates to the position of Hall's sideman -- but next time you hear some meathead tearing down Oates, ask him why Hall's solo albums never set the charts ablaze.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
03-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hall & Oates
Hot Freaksnew
Man Man plays guitarless music that sounds like Mike Patton mating with Gogol Bordello -- naturally, this pisses a few people off.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Parks |
02-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Man Man
Rocking Class Heroesnew
"The Two-Man Who" holds steady on the fringe.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
02-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Swearing at Motorists
Comfort in Songsnew
Zach Rogue has "given up the game of trying to be cool."
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
02-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rogue Wave
Tall Tale Storylinenew
A brief history of the amazing Lilys is told through frontman Kurt Heasley.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Patrick Rapa |
02-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lilys
Horror Hippiesnew
Animal Collective sounds like someone slipped a sheet of acid into the high school cafeteria's Kool-Aid right before music class.
Dig Boston |
J. Bennett |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective
Body of Worknew
It's not quite accurate to say there's no connection between the Bob Mould of the past few years and the one that sparked two great guitar trios, post-hardcore heroes Hüsker Du and alt-rock favorites Sugar.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Mould
Drugged and Disorderlynew
The Hold Steady keeps it cinematic.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hold Steady
Oh, You Brut!new
In a world of blog hysteria and terminal hipsterism, Art Brut kicks ass, takes names and gets naked -- it's about time.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott T. Sterling |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Art Brut
Audience Contempt: Sounds Nicenew
After 20 years of making music -- both on his own and with his band, underground-favorites American Music Club -- Mark Eitzel is just as strange, self-deprecating and busy as ever.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
02-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mark Eitzel
Philadelphia Freedomnew
Robert Skoro explores all the angles of pop songwriting.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robert Skoro
Almost Famous, Againnew
On the heels of the success of Colin Meloy's new band, the Decemberists, Kill Rock Stars releases "Omnibus," featuring everything you ever wanted to hear from Tarkio, Meloy's little Missoula band that almost could.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
01-30-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
They Ain't Saying Shitnew
By not really paying attention to much else outside of what they do, the Walkmen have kept themselves worth paying attention to -- and for a band that dwells in the perpetual promotional din of NYC, that’s saying a lot.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
01-25-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Walkmen
