AltWeeklies Wire
Mum's the Wordnew
The members of the Icelandic pop troupe don't like intellectualizing their music, they just want to have a good time performing it.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mum
Give Me Your Uglynew
Sufjan Stevens continues to celebrate the downtrodden and disgusting with The BQE at BAM.
New York Press |
Gerry Visco |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sufjan Stevens
African and European Sounds Mix on Zap Mama's Latestnew
The music the band makes draws from various influences without necessarily adhering to a single style, and each tune surprises the listener.
New York Press |
Ernest Barteldes |
10-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Liz Tormes is Ready for the 'Limelight'new
Her brooding songs, mostly ruminations on breakups, are layered in whistling, half-countrified guitars, enigmatic language and her chameleonic voice: wispy and filled with longing, then deep and round, then husky and pained.
New York Press |
Jonathan Vatner |
10-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Limelight, Liz Tormes
Monotonix Has Chutzpahnew
Get ready to drink from the band's dirty, sweaty boot.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Monotonix
Les Savy Fav's Controlled Chaosnew
Frontman Tim Harrington is a gentle giant and a mad shaman of a faithful rock tribe.
New York Press |
David Callicott |
10-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Les Savy Fav, Let's Stay Friends
James Chapman Never Loses His Sense of Directionnew
The England native fuses pop songwriting and electronica.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: maps, James Chapman
Will Sheff's Waters Run Deepnew
The singer of Okkervil River pens lyrics that can only come from the mind of a man who spends considerable time in the company of classic authors and dead poets.
New York Press |
David Callicott |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Okkervil River
We Love You, Bell Hollow, But We Hate Your Friendsnew
The return of the old-school shoegazers.
New York Press |
J.R. Taylor |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bell Hollow
Big Bear Breaks Stuffnew
The New York hard rock act has 90-plus shows and one full-length album under its belt. A second disc is nearly finished.
New York Press |
Shaun McCormack |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big Bear
Bill Callahan Strips it Downnew
The artist formerly known as Smog and (Smog) has shrugged off the pseudonym(s) in favor of the name his parents gave him, and he's still adjusting.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
09-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Callahan
Camera Obscura: Shy No Morenew
The band gets momentum --- and a little louder this time.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
08-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Camera Obscura
For Car Bomb, Cohesion is the New Extremenew
The Long Island band brings a new sense of order to extreme metal's chaos.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
08-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: car bomb
Black Moth Super Rainbow's Scary, Happy Fairytalesnew
The band's electro-psychedelic reflections exude otherworldliness, as if they were concocted outside of real time in another dimension.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
08-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Moth Super Rainbow
Portugal. The Man's Visual Instinctsnew
The Alaska band is more than just a Mars Volta rip-off.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
08-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Portugal. The Man
