AltWeeklies Wire
Feist: Metalsnew
Let's get this out of the way first: there is no "1,2,3,4" on Feist's new record.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
10-06-2011 |
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Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Deluxe Experience version/remastered)new
Current photographer Steven Gilmore is out of his mind — he thinks 1983's The Final Cut is Floyd's best album (that's what years of pure, unadulterated socialism does to your ears).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-06-2011 |
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Thenewno2: EP002new
This four-track EP from Dhani Harrison’s band is an English mélange of folk, electronica, hip-hop, and indie rock.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Salinas |
10-06-2011 |
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Zoe Boekbinder Releases Darling Specimensnew
Zoe Boekbinder's second solo album, Darling Specimens, is an intriguing mix of acoustic folk and electronic pop songs, from an Oakland-based musician who was once half of the theatrical folk act Vermillion Lies.
East Bay Express |
Stuart Thornton |
10-06-2011 |
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Elvis Presley's Young Man With the Big Beatnew
lvis Presley had been stirring up regional success for a year and half with his sides for Sun Records in Memphis when, on January 10, 1956, two days following his 21st birthday, RCA Victor Records took him into its Nashville studio where he cut a blues-imbued song titled "Heartbreak Hotel."
East Bay Express |
Lee Hildebrand |
10-06-2011 |
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Zola Jesus Releases Conatusnew
If nothing else, Conatus is music to make out to: languid, moody, and slightly baroque; fraught with combustible, adolescent longing and full of driving builds and drum-machine heartbeats. So yes, suffice it to say that on her third full-length, Zola Jesus, née Nika Danilova, doesn't veer far from the dark, dramatic goth-pop template that's carried her thus far.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
10-06-2011 |
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Oddisee: Rock Creek Parknew
Between Summer 2009 and Spring 2010, hip-hop producer and instrumentalist Oddisee gave Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" a run for the money with Odd Seasons, a four-part EP that was released in installments as the seasons changed.
East Bay Express |
David MacFadden-Elliott |
10-05-2011 |
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Tags: Oddisee
Beirut: The Rip Tidenew
Zach Condon proved early on that he was capable of manufacturing a sound uninhibited by his age or ethnicity. Five years ago, the nineteen-year-old New Mexico native already had a fetching affection for the foreign, an ear for arrangement, and a signature warble well beyond his years.
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
10-03-2011 |
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Tags: Zach Condon
Monster Pussy: Tails of the Citynew
After a handful of cassette-only releases and a 7-inch single, Tucson Area Music Awards honoree Monster Pussy has finally unleashed its debut album, and Tails of the City is chock-full of quirky odes to various U.S. cities, good friends and activities in the Old Pueblo.
Tucson Weekly |
Casey Dewey |
10-01-2011 |
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Tags: monster pussy, Tucson punk
DJ Shadow: The Less You Know, the Betternew
DJ Shadow's last outing, 2006's The Outsider, was a schizophrenic mixtape split between Bay Area crunk and laborious retreads.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-29-2011 |
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Tags: DJ Shadow
Namoli Brennet: We Were Born to Risenew
Tucson singer-songwriter Namoli Brennet's impeccable ninth album places her firmly among the best folk-rock artists in the country. It's sophisticated, witty, well-written and beautifully recorded. Brennet recorded almost every instrument herself in her home studio; drummer Todd Chuba sits behind the drum kit on three tracks.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-28-2011 |
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Tags: Namoli Brennet
Dwarves: The Dwarves Are Born Againnew
Chicago's seminal punk/thrash band Dwarves has foundered since the mid-'80s, partially due to aggressive genre-hopping and antagonizing, politically incorrect lyrics and cover art. Since the 1990 classic Blood Guts and Pussy, the band has produced a number of albums in which erratic style changes have caused dissention among its punk-rock fan base.
Tucson Weekly |
Billups Allen |
09-28-2011 |
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Say Revenge!: Rough Night, Sugar?new
The debut album by Say Revenge! walks a fine line. On the one hand, it's everything expected from a throwback Saytown rock band.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-28-2011 |
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Neon Indian: Era Extrañanew
With his sophomore effort, Alan Palomo triumphs as he abandons the whimsical cartoonish squeals of Psychic Chasms for the pop catharsis of Era Extraña.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Anne Salinas |
09-28-2011 |
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Wilco: The Whole Lovenew
Who needs magicians pulling rabbits from hats when Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy can perform the same trick using either his head or his ass?
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
09-28-2011 |
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