AltWeeklies Wire
Rebel Bellesnew
No other performer has been as vilified as the Dixie Chicks were for speaking out -- and they do not apologize on Taking the Long Way.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
06-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
A Whiff of Hyperbolenew
Thirty years ago, the Mission Mountain Wood Band became Montana's best-known musical export -- 30 years later, it's harder and harder to remember why.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browniing |
06-08-2006 |
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Rather Exhilaratingnew
The best band in the universe do their Brecht thing with hooks.
The Village Voice |
Robert Christgau |
06-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped
All in the Familynew
Feathers can crash at my pad whenever they like.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Feathers
On Our Side Againnew
Neil Young's ideological vicissitudes defy all reason.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Young, Living With War
A Big, Big Worldnew
Susana Baca is fluent in the only speech that matters. Also reviewed: Megan Reilly's Let Your Ghost Go.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Susana Baca, Traves As
One Step Beyonce
The production on A Girl Like Me is often better than the vocals, but Rihanna doesn't let the tracks outshine her.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rihanna, A Girl Like Me
Crazy in Like
Jay-Z keeps creating clones of his beloved, hoping to get it right with each new iteration.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christina Milian, So Amazin'
Pure Post-Postpunk for Then People
You may very well be able to judge a record by its smiling bohemians gathered-'round-a-campfire cover.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Feathers
Stark Raving Madrigal
This is more Seeger than Dylan, more purist than progressive.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Ease and Intensitynew
Having worked together for more than a decade, these two have established a formidable improvisational dialogue.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Prepare to Lose Your Mindnew
When an album simultaneously reminds you of the intro to Iron Maiden's "Phantom of the Opera" and one of the sonic explosions that occur inside John Coltrane's "Jupiter," you're dealing with an album that's unique indeed.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
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Lazy Classificationnew
There's little about the sound of Gold & Wax to qualify it for the "world music" tag that it will inevitably be slapped with.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gigi, Gold & Wax
Layers of Soundnew
Ilad creates warm compositions without losing momentum.
Style Weekly |
Nathan Lott |
06-01-2006 |
Reviews
Comeback Chicks
This record will put the Dixie Chicks in the mainstream, but I liked them as a country act better.
The Inlander |
Ted McGregor |
05-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
