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Cracker barrels onwardnew
The indie-rock godfathers celebrate two decades of droll devotion.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
08-30-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cracker
Yeasayer: 'Fragrant World'new
With their third album, Brooklyn's Yeasayer prove once again that they have no interest in artistic stillness.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
08-30-2012 |
Reviews
Simple Music Video Series: American Aquarium's "Jacksonville" and "Northern Lights"new
When asking BJ Barham of American Aquarium about his then-recent recording session with Jason Isbell, an immediate smile came over an otherwise exhausted face: "Fucking amazing!" Not much more needed to be said.
INDY Week |
Dan Schram |
08-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Noise of Summer: How 1990s summer jams made us dumberernew
In the days before earbuds, they were the anthems you knew by heart from just walking around town. And they were catchy and smart. But something happened in the 1990s: Summer jams started getting so subnormal, so tweaked to appeal to below-average intellect, that they'd rightly earn their place as sports anthems or become culturally appropriated by Disney.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
08-27-2012 |
Music
5 More Sudden Awful Musical Marriages We'd Like to Seenew
Boy, that Avril Lavigne/Chad Kroeger engagement announcement came out of left field, huh? Who knows which other terrible music makers are secretly seeing one another right now? Why, it could be anyone! Even...
Houston Press |
John Seaborn Gray |
08-24-2012 |
Music
Chiddy Bang Brandingnew
The group's sugar cereal motif is of a piece with its music.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-24-2012 |
Reviews
Mixtura feat. Tito Nieves: "I Want You Back" (from Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson, release TBA)new
The first single off the upcoming Michael Jackson salsa tribute is out — and it kills.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
Reviews
Frank Zappa: 'You Are What You Is'new
Was that really Frank Zappa's face last week on the front page of the iTunes store? I couldn't believe my eyes.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: You Are What You Is
Los Lobos' 'Kiko': The Making of a Chicano Masterpiecenew
"It was a life-changing experience as a songwriter," Los Lobos' multi-instrumentalist/co-songwriter Louie Pérez told the Current about the making of Kiko (1992), the band's career-defining album. "Something happened."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
American Aquarium's Burn. Flicker. Die.new
"Pretty soon I'll hit bottom, but at least I've enjoyed the ride," BJ Barham sings during "Harmless Sparks," which rests in relative peace at the middle of American Aquarium's new album. (Last Chance Records)
The Dark Sidenew
We were sitting around a picnic table at Stanley's Campgrounds outside of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., drinking beer and George Dickel, playing poker and telling tales when Richard walked over from a neighboring trailer.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
08-17-2012 |
Music
Music For Miles and Menew
My nephew, Miles Jackson, emerged with a full head of spiky, dark hair. I began telling him about tunes immediately.
Jackson Free Press |
Garrad Lee |
08-16-2012 |
Music
Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man in the Universenew
For his latest comeback—and first album of new material in 18 years—this R&B titan of the 1960s and '70s went to England.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Sasha Go Hard: Do You Know Who I Am?new
Young rapper/vocalists like Rye Rye and Azealia Banks epitomize a post-millennial sass that's all about eclecticism.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
The Axe Mannew
Why rock stars love Jon Hill's custom guitars
Cleveland Scene |
Jeff Niesel |
08-16-2012 |
Music
