AltWeeklies Wire
Midnight in Paris is an Examination of Nostalgianew
Woody Allen's latest, Midnight in Paris, is an amusing fantasy with a slight but charming hook.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
It's All About Chemistry for Primusnew
The tools of the trade may have changed, but the rock-band basics are pretty much the same for guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and his Primus bandmates.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
06-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Primus, Larry LaLonde
Israel and the Rightnew
An ideologically confused GOP reacts to Obama's Middle East comments.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
06-01-2011 |
Commentary
The Republican Creednew
A license for greed and irresponsibility.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
06-01-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: GOP, Republicans
Same As It Ever Was Embrace the Music of the Talking Headsnew
When Curtis Gergen put Same As It Ever Was together, he didn't want to have anything to do with fronting a lousy cover band. He wanted to respectfully and wholeheartedly have a blast playing the unique music of the Talking Heads.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
06-01-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Talking Heads, Same As It Ever Was
Nashville Pussy Cranks Open a Good Timenew
Nashville Pussy's combination of boozy bluster, backwoods boogie, and arena-ready roar suggests a Southern-fried AC/DC, though others might hear it differently.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
05-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nashville Pussy
Iraqi Children Show Us Their Worldnew
In his outstanding documentary The First Movie, filmmaker Mark Cousins wants to find the innocence and hope that still remain in Iraq, bursting to life in its children.
Charleston City Paper |
Ryan Finn |
05-31-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The First Movie, Mark Cousins
Minus the Bear Embraces the Audacity of Changenew
For Seattle's Minus the Bear, their soul-inspired new album Omni changed the formula and provoked the worst critical reviews of their career. But the band seems to have rediscovered an older sound on their latest recordings.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
05-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Minus the Bear
America's Moral Declinenew
The degradation of cherished American values crosses party lines.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
05-25-2011 |
Commentary
Ryan Bingham Deals With Sudden Successnew
The last year and a half has been almost dizzying for songwriter Ryan Bingham. Capitalizing on Crazy Heart's popularity, his third album, Junky Star, came out last summer.
Charleston City Paper |
Andrea Warner |
05-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Isn't That Greatnew
Unfortunately, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold turns out to be the perfect advertisement for the corporations involved because it sells that ad-man buzz word “authenticity” and association with ironic in-jokes that such products crave.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
05-24-2011 |
Reviews
James Justin Burke May Have Created a New Genrenew
Musically, James Justin & Co.'s new album Dark Country pays homage to the same classic rock, Americana, and soul styles featured on last year's Southern Son, So Far. A similar sense of backwoods nostalgia comes through as well.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: James Justin & Co.
The Santorum Scamnew
Rick Santorum represents everything that is wrong with the Republican Party.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
05-19-2011 |
Commentary
The Love Language Delivers a Big-Hearted Soundnew
With a Phil Spector-esque wall-of-sound production quality, N.C. band the Love Language's Libraries has become an underground hit with new fans and critics chiming in along the way.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-18-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Love Language
Nikki Haley Looks Like a "No" on Newt Endorsementnew
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been excitedly interviewing prospective presidential candidates as she looks for the suitor best-positioned to receive her prized endorsement. She even took a call from Trump.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
05-17-2011 |
Elections
