AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Underestimate Mace Hibbard's Groovenew
Georgia State saxophone professor shines on When Last We Met.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lindsey |
06-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mace Hibbard, When Last We Met
Mark Ronson Shows Wrong Can Feel So Rightnew
Version eases into sweat-beaded summer's swing just right.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
06-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Ronson, Version
The Beasties' Artistic Malaisenew
The Mix-Up scores background fodder for your next outdoor BBQ.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
06-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Beastie Boys, The Mix-Up
Rasputina Adds a Shocking Amount of Modernitynew
Sounding less like the corseted vampires that have been invoked by their previous releases, the band emerges on their first independently released studio album sounding like a cross between Sleater-Kinney, the White Stripes and, well, corseted vampires.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Oh Perilous World, Rasputina
Lavender Diamond's Ganache of Tweenessnew
Despite itself, this is an amazing band.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Imagine Our Love, Lavender Diamond
Almost at Their Bestnew
Wilco's new album shows the band settling into a groove -- and reminds fans how truly special they are performing live.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
Tongue Firmly in Cheeknew
Director Robert Rodriguez has fun with the first album by his musical side project.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
06-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chingon, Mexican Spaghetti Western
Ben + Vesper Grows on You As They Grow With Each Othernew
The two band members are a married couple, but on their first full-length they don't sound all that thrilled about it.
New Haven Advocate |
Brian LaRue |
06-26-2007 |
Reviews
For Metal Maniacsnew
Although 3 Inches of Blood harks back to some of metal's cheesier moments, the Vancouver-based band resents being called a "spoof" group -- they're serious about what they do.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
06-26-2007 |
Reviews
Bumps Gives a 23-track Seminar on the Manifold Pleasures of Rhythmnew
Besides being a musical feast in its own right, Bumps also serves as a beggar's banquet for sample hounds looking to bolster their rhymes with killer blaps.
Tags: Bumps
Eat or Drink Manson's Latest at Your Own Risknew
Having founded his persona on calculated outrage, Marilyn Manson's choices for the future range from upping the ante G.G. Allin-style, which would likely result in his marginalizing and/or killing himself, to taking Alice Cooper's lead and becoming a golfer and game-show regular between gigs.
Tags: Eat Me, Drink Me, Marilyn Manson
McCartney's Vintage Clothesnew
Paul gets heavy on Memory Almost Full.
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul McCartney, Memory Almost Full
Cyclones Keep the Two-chord Tradition Alivenew
We're Livin' Like Weasels! is timeless punk you can skank to; it sounds just as good on the Warped Tour as at your favorite dive bar.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
Holding Out Hopenew
Freed from the processed, saccharine pap of her contemporaries, Mandy Moore reveals a rich, warm, muscular voice and superb taste on her recent indie release.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mandy Moore, Wild Hope
Infectious and Groovynew
The beauty of Octopus lies within the complexity of the vocals and multiple instruments.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Brian Holcomb |
06-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: A Band of Bees, Octopus
