AltWeeklies Wire
It's Tough to Recapture the 'Zeitgeist'new
Corgan tries to win back disenchanted fans by hewing close to the combo's classic sound -- an approach that results in a listenable yet overly familiar CD underpinned with neediness.
Tags: Smashing Pumpkins, Zeitgeist
A Typically Off-kilter Release from Pete Wernicknew
The banjo expert, of Hot Rize fame, has never been content to imprison himself within genre conventions, even when the style is bluegrass, a format he loves.
One Big Glorious Grinnew
How Battles utterly beguiled the indiescenti.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-09-2007 |
Reviews
Fan's Delightnew
This collection of early versions of future Zevon classics is great for his fans -- but beginners should avoid it.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Preludes, Warren Zevon
Jack White Lets Loosenew
Despite some wandering moments, The White Stripes' latest release proves they're rock's top duo.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Icky Thump, White Stripes
Various Artistsnew
With so much (deserved) attention focused on the Afrobeat and highlife music that came out of Lagos in the ’60s and ’70s, it’s easy to assume that Nigeria was the only country on the continent that was churning out those slinky, sweaty grooves.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various, Bokoor Beats
The Nels Cline Singersnew
There are still no vocalists in the Nels Cline Singers, and the third disc from the guitarist’s latest group project again proves the much-belabored point that you don’t need a microphone to get your point across
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-05-2007 |
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Howard Hello/Greenessnew
Put together as a fund-raiser for Children’s Musical Education in St. Augustine, the sonic collision of the gauzy, warm-toned digital swoon of Howard Hello and the full-frontal math-rock attack of Greenness doesn’t seem to make sense.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Howard Hello/Greeness, Split LP
In The Jukebox: Charleston's Graham Whorleynew
A review of Charleston, S.C. singer/guitarist Graham Whorley's layest studio effort.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
07-03-2007 |
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Another Sir Richard Bishop Gemnew
Renowned for his mercurial guitar-playing over the last 26 years with Seattle ethnodelic legends Sun City Girls, Bishop has wrought a distinguished solo canon as well.
Coy Humor Carries Art Brut Only So Farnew
The tongue-in-cheek songs on It's A Bit Complicated give new meaning to the phrase "that was funny the first time."
Tags: Art Brut, It's A Bit Complicated
Ryan Adams Returns to Formnew
Easy Tiger is tighter and less indulgent than anything he's issued since the dawn of his solo career.
Tags: Easy Tiger, Ryan Adams
Far From the Straight-ahead Career Retrospectivenew
While The Future Is Unwritten offers some rarities that will leave Clash completists chuffed, the real story here is the textured aural verite that provides the panoramic musical tableaux of Strummer's life.
A Mandatory Lesson in Metal Historynew
DDP kicked around the famous Bay Area scene in the early '80s, but never recorded -- now hey've reconvened to save their old material from the winds of time.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
06-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: DDP 4 Life, Dublin Death Patrol
Sticky, 'Icky' Goodnessnew
White Stripes get back to their little room.
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
06-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Icky Thump, White Stripes
