AltWeeklies Wire
Miles Bonny is the Innate Sounds Crew's 'Alpha' Malenew
Miles is all about the positive these days. The storied local DJ, hip-hop producer, jazz trumpeter and soul singer who has released solo material overseas has a new day job: as a case manager for troubled teens in Wyandotte County.
The Architects Get Catchynew
With Vice, the group amps up its sound to arena-rocking levels, throwing in plenty of gang vocals and melodic hooks to make sure it reaches the proles in the cheap seats.
Go West, Says The Afterparty's New Albumnew
Whereas 2004's Forever After and last year's Under the Rainbow showcased soft-focus, barroom pastorals with gentle guitars and frontman Danny Fischer playing a Brylcreemed crooner, this new one captures the band's live sound.
Tags: The Afterparty
Funny, but Not Just a Big Jokenew
Joey Skidmore makes the case for refusing to be serious.
Tags: Joey Skidmore, Ventriloquist Doll
Bottle Rockernew
Pendergast crafts tight, by-the-numbers country-pop.
Uncanny Wisdomnew
If Joe Good wasn't born with a mic in his fist, then the doctor must have handed him one after pulling him out of his mama's womb.
Tags: Hi, May I Help You?, Joe Good
Instrumental Glutnew
The Brothers Green need to seriously tighten up before they can hit those psychedelic acid-funk highs they're aiming for.
Moving Onnew
The solo debut from the bassist of Obsessed and Kyuss combines trippy guitar leads and multitracked vocal harmonies with hooks that cut through the haze.
A Hormone-Charged Hazenew
This is what Le Tigre would sound like had they skipped current-events class to smoke in the bathroom and make out behind the bleachers.
Tags: Morningwood
Trick Daddy Puréenew
A reviewer slices and dices a veritable buffet of new albums in a few sentences each.
