AltWeeklies Wire
Corey Harris Continues His Musical Anthropologynew
Harris adds a bit of Caribbean jerk to his blues tunes on Zion Crossroads.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Corey Harris, Zion Crossroads
Odd Nodsam Brings the Diverse Sonicsnew
Level Live Wires could almost pass for a grimier Boards of Canada release.
Orlando Weekly |
Dominic Umile |
09-04-2007 |
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Tags: Level Live Wires, Odd Nodsam
No Age's Noise Pop Truly Delivers the Noisenew
The shoegaze haze on Weirdo Rippers can float for minutes before a salient rhythm or melody punches through to shake off the gauze.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-04-2007 |
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Tags: No Age, Weirdo Rippers
The Delgados' Emma Pollock Releases Solo Debutnew
Pollock seems to draw inspiration from the late-90s alt-rock heyday of piss-and-vinegar girls-with-guitars (think Juliana Hatfield and 4AD babes Tanya Donelly and Kristin Hersh).
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
08-31-2007 |
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Tags: Emma Pollock, Watch the Fireworks
Maps Creates Pretension-free Psychedelic Popnew
The simplicity of James Chapman's modest 16-track home recorder leads to intimate, immediate results.
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
08-31-2007 |
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Tags: maps, We Can Create
Ben Harper Sharpens Focus on 'Lifeline'new
The group occasionally slips into derivative territory, Beggars Banquet-era Stones in particular, but strong solo material saves Lifeline near the end.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
08-31-2007 |
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Mark Olson is Kind of a Bummernew
This debut solo album reflects on the former Jayhawks frontman’s divorce from singer-songwriter Victoria Williams, with whom he spent the late ’90s and early ’00s making records as the Creekdippers.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
08-30-2007 |
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Tags: Mark Olson, The Salvation Blues
Against Me! Make Major Label Debut With Neo-Punknew
The quartet from Gainesville, Fla., sound more defiantly punk -- perhaps more stereotypically punk -- even as they reach out to the rock mainstream.
Boston Phoenix |
Franklin Soults |
08-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Against Me!, New Wave
'None Shall Pass' is All About the Deliverynew
Sometimes you don’t have one goddamn clue what misanthropic underground hip-hop king Aesop Rock is talking about. But most of the time you want to rewind and figure it out.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard Beck |
08-30-2007 |
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Tags: Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass
Bethany Dillon Has a Fresh New Soundnew
If you like soft-rock with great vocals, I highly recommend Waking Up.
Metro Spirit |
Rich McCrackern III |
08-30-2007 |
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Tags: Bethany Dillon, Waking Up
The Pietasters Merge Ska and Soulnew
All Day is, for the most a part, an enjoyable album, chock full of ripe and seasoned vocals, rhythms and beats.
Metro Spirit |
Kaylor Maddox |
08-30-2007 |
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Tags: All Day, The Pietasters
How Seriously Can You Take Dethlok?new
Dethalbum is fifteen tracks of Viking metal brutality, influenced by everyone from Saxon to Celtic Frost.
Metro Spirit |
Josh Ruffin |
08-30-2007 |
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Keep Up With 'Colors' If You Cannew
Between the Buried and Me are undoubtedly today's King Crimson, creating some of the 21st century's most forward-thinking music.
Metro Spirit |
Josh Ruffin |
08-30-2007 |
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Tags: Between the Buried and Me, Colors
The Title Sums it Up -- The Disc is Big and Dirtynew
I'll eat a bowl of my own hair if you can find a thrashier, heavier, more sardonic metalcore release this year.
Metro Spirit |
Josh Ruffin |
08-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Every Time I Die, The Big Dirty
Johnny Thunders' Last Standnew
The sound is a little murky, but the DVD captures Thunders' last concert in Japan before the one-time New York Doll and Heartbreaker died of heroin overdose.
Boston Phoenix |
Jim Sullivan |
08-30-2007 |
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