AltWeeklies Wire
Ian Nagoski Brings Us Obscure World-Music 78snew

That elusive journey to another time and place purely via ephemeral music is what Nagoski aims for with The Black Mirror. It's a 24-track tour through obscure Syrian, Thai, Balinese, Indian, and various Eastern European folk music, with liner notes providing the best information Nagoski could uncover about the recordings, the music, and the artists.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rebuilding the Soul of the Carolinasnew
Jason Perlmutter has curated collections of obscuring Carolina soul and funk music. In short, he's making it possible for people to take music that was all but lost back home.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
10-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Carolina Funk
Stax Records: Original Snap Makes Comebacknew
Legendary label looks back to the future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
06-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Stax Records
Basement Tapesnew
A box set from Fonotone Records captures the sounds of an era gone by.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Goodbye, Babylon
Reno's Women of Rocknew
Being told you're a female Jello Biafra or a Nick Drake sound-alike, enjoying fan flirtation and impressing your grandma are some of the perks of being a woman rocker.
Reno News & Review |
Stephanie Perry |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hazarding a Guess as to Why They Remade Thisnew
Watching trailers for the new Dukes of Hazzard movie -- and hearing its soundtrack -- is like watching the second-rate 1982-83 season in which the actors playing Bo and Luke Duke walked off the set: It's working like a $2 watch.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
08-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wasn't That Just Yesterday?new
Rhino's release of a seven-disc collection of 130 songs from the previous decade makes the young nostalgic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Various |
07-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hagiography Doesn't Become Some Musiciansnew

The Spam Allstars may possess the chops to back up all the overheated praise they've been getting, but plenty of South Florida hopefuls have been coasting on pure hype. A reviewer names the overrated along with 2004's top 10 CDs.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
01-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stand by Your Mannew
As this November's election approached, bands began to get political, urging youth to exercise their right to vote. But why aren't more of the bands producing songs that are directly political?
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
10-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews