AltWeeklies Wire
Holy Fuck: Worth the Hypenew
These Toronto kids (centered around Graham Walsh and Brian Borcherdt and notably including Broken Social Scene's Dave Newfield and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett) deliver an epic Krautrock throwback lit up with outsider techno slash hipster techno.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Holy Fuck
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Team Upnew
If Robert Plant and singer-fiddler Alison Krauss seem an unlikely duo, remember: The roots of Led Zeppelin and bluegrass grow from the ancient drone of Anglo-Celtic folk music.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
11-12-2007 |
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Guitarist Bryan Lee Remembers Hurricane Katrinanew
The title track, also written by Lee, stands out, as the slow, sad and meditative number describes people's suffering during and after the hurricane.
Shepherd Express |
Sonia Katchadourian |
11-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Lee, Katrina was Her Name
The Informants: Ably Retronew
Stiletto Angel doesn't offer anything particularly novel; its jump blues and boogie-woogie numbers connect the dots in the expected, but well-executed ways.
Tags: Stiletto Angel, The Informants
Souja Boy May be a Good Marketer, But ...new
This is what rap would have sounded like if it had been invented in the nineteenth century: simple snaps, barely pronounced syllables, minimal percussion and a guy yelling "Youuuuuu!" in the background.
Tags: Soulja Boy, Souljaboytellem.com
Tool Leader Goes Lewdnew
The most-viewed YouTube clip starring Puscifer, Tool leader Maynard James Keenan's twisted side project, is "Cuntry Boner," which features MJK, his drawers distended by a massive faux erection, twanging out lines such as "I've fucked Minnie Pearl" over a stomping hoedown beat.
Tags: V Is for Vagina, Puscifer
Thrash Metal Can Have Keyboards Toonew
Besides Chimaira's Chris Spicuzza, Keratoma programmer Tom Shaffner is probably the least superfluous keyboard dude in rock these days.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
11-09-2007 |
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'It's Britney, Bitch!'new
Is Blackout a "good" album? Not really. Is it "bad"? No, it isn't necessarily bad either. I guess the only way to describe it would be to say that it is, for lack of a better description, Britney.
Tags: Blackout, Britney Spears
Hammer No More Fingers' Debut Sounds Almost Passenew
But after a half-decade of post-punk hair bands and precious indie pop, it's refreshing to hear an album get its hooks in without disco hi-hats or another whimsical glockenspiel line.
Extra Golden: Rockers Without Bordersnew
Hera Ma Nono deftly merges indie rock and African music. Are you listening, Sasha Frere-Jones?
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Extra Golden, Hera Ma Nono
Little Brother Splits with Atlantic Records and 9th Wondernew
Getback is largely a personal reflection on the past year's events, which also includes the duo's parting ways with producer 9th Wonder.
Tags: Getback, Little Brother
Shot Heard 'Round the Worldnew
A virtually unknown guitarist named Jimi Hendrix hit the stage for less than an hour at the closing set of 1967's Monterey Pop Festival, and the music world was changed forever.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jimi Hendrix, Live at Monterey DVD
Rare Groovenew
Downtown 81 is the soundtrack to Jean-Michel Basquiat's film of the same name, and within it you can hear BCBG and the foundation of hip-hop, see tight-and-shiny styles give way to dark and loose, and feel the high of cocaine and the creep of crack.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
T. LaGon |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Downtown 81
A Nice Slice of Contextnew
Snippets of Strummer are captured on his "London Calling" radio show for the BBC World Service, with introductions to everything from Elvis Presley's "Crawfish" to Tim Hardin's "Black Sheep Boy."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lee Simmons |
11-08-2007 |
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A Thing of Dark Beautynew
White Chalk is all piano and sharp lyrical fusillades.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: PJ Harvey, White Chalk
