AltWeeklies Wire
Floating Action's Desert Etiquettenew
Desert Etiquette, Seth Kauffman's fourth album and second under the Floating Action moniker, is an adventurous yet comfortably familiar excursion, a colorful musical expanse that's worth more than a few trips.
Tags: Floating Action, Desert Etiquette
Deerhoof: Deerhoof vs. Evilnew
Calling the members of Deerhoof musical dilettantes is disingenuous. The San Francisco group's lengthy career may be cultivated on a healthy musical curiosity, but there is nothing superficial or casual about the band's methods or products.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
02-24-2011 |
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Tags: Deerhoof
Radiohead is Finenew
Not their best, not their worst. On "The King of Limbs," Radiohead is just fine.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
02-24-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Radiohead, King of Limbs
Hercules and Love Affair: Blue Songsnew
Hercules and Love Affair's Blue Songs is the flowering of the word discothèque, the stringing of it across 57 minutes.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-23-2011 |
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Tags: Hercules and Love Affair
Searching for Bart Davenportnew
Davenport is the kind of guy who can make revivalism seem less cheesy because he outstrips his forbears.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-23-2011 |
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Tags: Bart Davenport
How Girl Talk Helped Me Get Over the Classic Rock Bluesnew
Girl Talk is the great musical bridge-builder of our time, and a hell of a lot of fun.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
02-23-2011 |
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Tags: Girl Talk
Say Hi: Um, Uh Ohnew
If Kurt Cobain had retained the name of his first band, Fecal Matter, and moved to New York City, perhaps things would have turned out differently.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
02-21-2011 |
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Tags: Say Hi, Marty Anderson
Eddie Spaghetti's 'Sundowner'new
Eddie Spaghetti’s first solo album in a half dozen years (and third overall) is a catchy klatch of eclectic country-leaning covers and two originals. Though his band, the Supersuckers, is known for punky hot-blooded rock, Spaghetti’s solo discs mine a more laid-back vibe.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
02-18-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Eddie Spaghetti, Sundowner
Radiohead's King of Limbs, First Impressionsnew
There are three types of rock 'n' roll: Driving music, dancing music, and fucking music. That said, the release of Radiohead's The King of Limbs make one thing abundantly clear. There's now a fourth category: Facebooking music.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
02-18-2011 |
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Tags: Radiohead
Pazes' 'The Southpaw EP'new
Delivered by Pazes (aka Lucas Febraro of Brasilia, Brazil), The Southpaw EP is a moment of hybrid electronic elegance. Or maybe a tripped-out afternoon nap.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
02-18-2011 |
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Tags: Pazes, The Southpaw EP
Sonic Youth's 'Simon Werner a Disparu'new
The newest release from this weathered New York City fixture is the score for the French film of the same name directed by Fabrice Gobert. The recording is a disjointed trek through classic Sonic Youth hooks, with the inevitable valleys of meandering riffs that worm their way into the wet dreams of ambient music connoisseurs.
San Antonio Current |
James Bosquez |
02-18-2011 |
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PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake'new
In title and content alike, Let England Shake trembles with fair measures of arrogance, doomsaying, and felicity: it dares to assign itself a not inconsiderable degree of impact, to declare a state of emergency, to be lithe and elastic enough to enliven a senior center mixer.
San Antonio Current |
Ray Cummings |
02-18-2011 |
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Tags: PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
The Decemberists: The King is Deadnew
The King is Dead is a concise collection of straightforward Americana-tinged rock.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
02-07-2011 |
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Tags: The Decemberists, The King is Dead
Sweatin to the Aughties: Girl Talk Feeds the Animals in N.C.new
Even the most hyperliterate reviewer couldn’t craft a more effective précis of what takes place at a Girl Talk show than what is conveyed through a single snapshot immediately after the dance music maven relinquishes control of his crowd.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-02-2011 |
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Katy Stephan: Lacemakingnew
Normally, one shouldn't judge an album primarily by its packaging or its patina. But the outer shell of Katy Stephan's new disc, Lacemaking, is of a piece with the music.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-02-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The Nice Guy Trio, Katy Stephan
