AltWeeklies Wire
Hemi Cuda Is Back on the Streetsnew
Karen Exley and Anika Zappe's badass new album will drive you wild.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
07-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hemi Cuda
Ice-T Answers the Tough Questionsnew
Well, at least the ones his manager saw fit to ask.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ice-T
'Holladay' is Time Well Spentnew
The marriage of punk and roots music was consummated long ago, but the relationship hasn't stopped working, and this band knows it.
Jason Isbell Ditches the Drive-By Truckersnew
And he delivers the goods on his solo debut.
Tags: Jason Isbell, Sirens of the Ditch
Chris Cornell Is Free at Lastnew
Audioslave's former frontman can now go his own way.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chris Cornell
'The Mix-Up' Falls Way Shortnew
If all they could come up with in the three years since their last album is mildly enjoyable filler, these guys are either out of fresh ideas or overloaded with pre-owned ones.
Tags: Beastie Boys, The Mix-Up
Vaux Calls It a Daynew
Lamenting the passing of one of Denver's great bands.
Yellowcard's Frontman Breaks His Silencenew
Ryan Key on his persistent throat problems and his band's new disc.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yellowcard
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.
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
Mavis Staples Speaks Outnew
The civil-rights era is far from over for this songstress.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mavis Staples
Cephalic Carnage Gets Technicalnew
Meet the masters of heady metal.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cephalic Carnage
Eat or Drink Manson's Latest at Your Own Risknew
Having founded his persona on calculated outrage, Marilyn Manson's choices for the future range from upping the ante G.G. Allin-style, which would likely result in his marginalizing and/or killing himself, to taking Alice Cooper's lead and becoming a golfer and game-show regular between gigs.
Tags: Eat Me, Drink Me, Marilyn Manson
Bloc Party Keeps Goingnew
Now that the spotlight has faded, this band is finally at ease.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bloc Party
