AltWeeklies Wire
School’s in: Alice Cooper defiling a new generation
Alice Cooper hates you, he hates your music and he especially hates golf.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alice Cooper, bonaroo
Rob Halford Hammering Away on Well-Tempered Metal
With screaming twin lead guitars, jackhammer rhythm, songs glorifying reckless badassedness and a four-octave-range frontman clad in more leather than Ron Burgundy’s book collection, Judas Priest have been objects of profane idolatry for nearly four decades.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brother Reade-cum-Widows MC on the End of an Era, Start of Anothernew
Despite the late-2009 dissolution of Brother Reade, his acclaimed duo with high school friend Eric Garcia, AKA DJ Bobby Evans, their creative partnership surges forward as Widows.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
08-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brother Reader, DJ Bobby Evans
Second Time Around: A Forgotten Odysseynew
Odyssey 5 has these things, and one of the Winston-Salem’ great forgotten singing groups is about to experience a revival.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
07-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Bronzed Chorus Find a Spark in Old Technew
The entire affair is astoundingly rhythmic and controlled, with bursts of languorous low-end fuzz complimenting Allen’s breakneck tempos, but it’s not the cold, oblique listening experience that has come to signify chip music.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
07-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Long-Buried Release, Possible Beach Boys Reunion Give Reasons to Smilenew
The Beach Boys are on the verge of two historic milestones: a potential 50th anniversary reunion and the definitive release of the Smile recordings, the creative work said to be the tipping point for the band’s creative differences.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-01-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
As the Acoustic Syndicate Family Grows, a New Album Finally Awaitsnew
There`s maybe no better way to sum up the outlook of Acoustic Syndicate circa 2005 than the words of Bryon McMurry on the Shelby folk-rock oufit’s song “It Was Good While It Lasted.”
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
03-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Workingman's Grindnew
Ed E. Ruger's new album is a slice of blue-collar hip-hop life.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hip Hop, Ed E Ruger
Phish to Fiasco to Francenew
Brazilian musician and arranger Eumir Deodato continues to spread his imprint.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
01-26-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Q&A With Toubab Krewe’s Drew Hellernew
Having played close to a thousand shows since forming nearly six years ago, Malian-roots fusionists Toubab Krewe has had nearly every experience on the road that the touring musician can have.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Toubab Krewe
Snüzz Rules!new
A Greensboro, N.C.-area musician, producer and guru explores the sonic landscape of his region.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
12-16-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Snüzz
