AltWeeklies Wire
Joan Osborne is Building Her Canonnew
The singer-songwriter gets back to work with two albums in six months.
East Bay Express |
Dave Gil de Rubio |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joan Osborne
David Murray's Sacred Squealsnew
The freeform saxophonist looked homeward for his latest disc, which includes a collaboration with poet Ishmael Reed.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Murray
The Original Funky Divanew
Betty Davis hung with Jimi, married Miles, made some of the rawest funk ever. Oliver Wang says two reissued albums make her ripe for rediscovery.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
07-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Betty Davis
Joan Armatrading: Blues Mamanew
With her hot new album, the Brit singer-songwriter puts a fresh stamp on a classic American genre.
East Bay Express |
Dave Gil de Rubio |
06-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joan Armatrading
Top Hats and IEDSnew
Damon Albarn and Paul Simonon talk fashion, the Clash, Katrina, and the blessed routine of the Good, the Bad, and the Queen.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
05-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Back in Blacknew
Sistas in the Pit have few peers in rock music, but now Iggy Pop's got their back.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
04-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sistas in the Pit
Bits and Bullets Over da Baynew
Oakland's Native Guns win MP3.com's "Get Exposed," spray "Stray Bullets" on the street, and keep on grinding.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Native Guns
Strictly 4 My J.O.G.G.A.Z.new
Workout music gets fly with Aesop Rock's Nike-commissioned "All Day."
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
03-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aesop Rock
Venus in Fistsnew
Lou Reed gets all healthful and New Age-y, but cross him and you might still lose an eye.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lou Reed
Locked Up in a Studionew
Jazz hotshot Howard Wiley blows out Deep South prison spirituals into an opus called The Angola Project.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Howard Wiley
Video Made the Radio Starnew
Oakland's Maldroid hopes to ride YouTube all the way to the top.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
02-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maldroid
A DJ's Blue Periodnew
What's a DJ doing in a video store? And why does he have all that blue paint?
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
02-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mike Relm
Metal's Hard. Get a Helmet.new
Oakland's Totimoshi scores a record deal and a tour with Helmet.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
01-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Totimoshi
Riottt's Girl Is Back in SFnew
Armed with little more than a laptop, Girl Talk provokes crowd raucousness.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
01-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Girl Talk
Turning the Turntablesnew
Two years on, after selling 300,000 CDs, Oakland rap group Flipsyde seeks local credentials and airplay with a new album.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flipsyde
