AltWeeklies Wire
Bowerbirds' Natural Soundsnew
Bowerbirds get inspiration from the wilds for their acoustic, spare arrangements.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Upper Air, Bowerbirds
Rewriting the Book of Lovenew
Synth-pop quartet Book of Love has reunited and is touring, including a trip down memory lane to discuss when members of the group originally formed in Philadelphia as no wave band Head Cheese.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brutal Truth: Interviewing Grindcore Bassist Dan Lilkernew
Brutal Truth, founded in 1990 by ex-Anthrax bassist Dan Lilker, has bookended the last decade by breaking up, reforming, and releasing arguably its finest record this year. In this Q&A Lilker discusses the band's recent history and metal's subgenres.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
08-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Down in the Dumps with the Trashcan Sinatrasnew
Bands from the land that inspired Robert Burns to "wail thro' the dreary midnight hour" can, in fact, be a pretty mopey bunch. And the Trashcan Sinatras are really no exception, moments of optimism do slip through on the newly released In the Music.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Trashcan Sinatras, In the Music
Three Brothers, Two Bands, One Writer, and a Reunion Show That Hits Homenew
Neither Anne Be Davis nor Harry Chronic Jr. played into local Detroit scenesterism — nobody would take kids from Grosse Pointe seriously, after all … except Meg White, and you see where that's gotten her.
Metro Times |
Hobey Echlin |
08-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Conversation with The Low Anthem's Ben Knox Millernew
Miller is getting antsy. It seems he wants nothing more than to get back into the band's studio -- back to the collection of oddball instruments so gorgeously layered on Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, including zither, oil drum, and Tibetan singing bowls.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
08-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
No Doubt Searches for Its Musenew
It was over dinner sometime last November that the seeds for No Doubt’s current comeback tour were first planted.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Aly Comingore |
08-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Passion of David Bazannew
At the Cornerstone Christian rock festival, a fallen evangelical returns to sing about why he broke up with God.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
08-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is Phil Lee the Best Songwriter in Nashville? If Not, You Tell Himnew
Long before he ever threw his first knife, Phil Lee was no stranger to sharp points and edges. He writes songs full of them: character studies that sidle up to folks we'd normally shy away from, pretty ballads that turn staggeringly bleak, ambiguous odes to rough living too laugh-out-loud funny to be considered cautionary tales.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
07-31-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Soul Sister: Teresajenee Debuts Her New Album, 'The Ecklectic'new
What anchors The Ecklectic is Teresajenee's expressive voice, which can coo like a new mother or wail like a church soloist. Think Lauryn Hill or Erykah Badu -- and that just scratches the surface.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-31-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Teresajenee, The Ecklectic
Charlie Parr: Time Out of Mindnew
Charlie Parr talks Piedmont blues, monophonic recording and internal combustion cuisine
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Down in the Dumps With the Trashcan Sinatrasnew
Scotland also has a more pastoral pop tradition. From '80s bands to more recent groups, these ambassadors can, in fact, be a pretty mopey bunch. And the Trashcan Sinatras are really no exception.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sonic Youth Contemplates Life With No Expiration Datenew
One of the great pleasures of following Sonic Youth comes from balancing the weight of its history and impact against the beauty of its ongoing metamorphosis.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jason Notte |
07-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
By the Power of Zeus, Mumpsy Takes on Religion and Boredomnew
Mumpsy mastermind Jeff Ilgenfritz is, if not a Dos Equis–style "“most interesting man," certainly in the running for the title of Orlando’s Busiest Man-Pixie.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The English Beat Continues to Hone its Reggae/Punk Blendnew
The English Beat may have become a beloved footnote in the history of college music if a funny thing hadn't happened in the United States in the '90s: An entirely new generation of kids became enamored with the 2 Tone sound and started forming bands of their own.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
07-29-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
