AltWeeklies Wire
New Day Risingnew

Indie-rocker, acoustic guitarist and electronic deejay Bob Mould encapsulates his wide-ranging writing career with his tour for "Body of Song."
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Orleans Weirdoes Safe, Sound and Unsoundnew

Despite having been ousted from their hometown by a rather unfriendly natural disaster named Katrina, Quintron and Miss Pussycat continue to play around with their music...and puppets.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-09-2005 |
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
Railing Against Rolling Stonenew

Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with Rockrgrl magazine founder Carla DeSantis.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
11-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Special Deliverynew

Hip-hop is all about representing where you're from and making it cool, even if, like Columbus, Ohio's witty and wily Envelope, you're from the aging hippie residential part of town.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Promising Noisemakers

Five Brown University students get all indie-rocky in their debut album.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Scotch Guardnew

Alasdair Roberts talks about his folk preservations, modern revisions and new collection of centuries-old death ballads.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
09-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Straight Talknew

This country needs Rufus Wainwright. He's sexy, bold, glamorous, a genius of a songwriter and openly gay. Oh, and the girls love him.
The Pitch |
Jason Harper |
08-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stevie Stiletto Isn't Dead

He's past his prime and he's pissing blood. But Jacksonville, Florida punk legend Ray McKelvey is still chasing the spotlight.
Folio Weekly |
John E. Citrone |
08-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stevie Stiletto
Anton Gets Aggro on our Assesnew

Anton Newcombe of Brian Jonestown Massacre and star of the documentary DiG! may just want to be loved, but he is making it really damn difficult.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
07-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Global Summitnew

There are pop stars who are rich and famous. And then there's Khaled, a Moroccan-born singer who has moved beyond merely being "popular" and into something more along the lines of "omnipresent."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Going Undergroundnew

Singer Jamie Stewart prefers baroque answers to pressing problems. A track on Xiu Xiu's upcoming CD describes cannibalizing the commander-in-chief.
Riverfront Times |
Andrew Miller |
06-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Twisting The Knifenew

There's more to the perpetually misunderstood Robbie Fulks than what the alt-country press would have you believe.
Mountain Xpress |
Steve Shanafelt |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pride and Pretensionnew

Rock critics overuse the word "pretentious" with the same over-enthusiasm NorCal teens have for "hella." Even so, from the name on down, Austin's ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead freely makes itself a ridiculously easy target.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
06-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Electric Lady Bandnew

Sleater-Kinney let loose the classic rock beast within.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods