AltWeeklies Wire
Farm Aid’s Changing Crusadenew

The benefit concert celebrates its 25th anniversary in Milwaukee.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
10-01-2010 |
Music
Tags: Farm Aid
Lost in the Trees: All Alone in an Empty Housenew

The sweeping 'All Alone in an Empty House,' by Chapel Hill's Lost in the Trees, is one of the year's most pleasant surprises.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
10-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Lost in the Trees
Alien Jane: Evolvenew

When the women-led Tucson band Alien Jane blends alternative, grunge, punk and proto-metal in the ol' concrete mixer, the back-to-basics rock sound it produces is aggressive but catchy.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alien Jane
Palpable Funnew

Indie collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros rise 'Up From Below.'
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
09-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blonde Redheadnew

Blonde Redhead is always sad. But Penny Sparkle relies too much on that one emotion.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
09-30-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Blonde Redhead, Penny Sparkle
Jenny and Johnny: I'm Having Fun Nownew

If indie-music tastemakers make you queasy, you won't have the stomach for Jenny and Johnny.
Tucson Weekly |
Kristine Peashock |
09-29-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Jenny and Johnny
Gangster Choirboynew

Active Child's Pat Grossi talks choral music, harps and hard-core rap.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-29-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pat Grossi
Big Boi Goes Solonew

OutKast emcee enhances larger-than-life persona, headlining the Regency Ballroom.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-29-2010 |
Music
Tags: Big Boi
Color Me Badd: On the Recordnew

The former Color Me Badd members have never told their whole story in one place, until now.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Rob Collins |
09-29-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Color Me Badd
A Little More Leewaynew

Having run a tight ship, Sea Wolf's Alex Church loosens up.
Colorado Springs Independent |
L. Kent Wolgamott |
09-29-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sea Wolf
Doug Walters Unveils Vagabondnew

Walters recorded the off-beat musical odyssey over the last three years, playing all the instruments and recorded it at his home lab.
Charleston City Paper |
Jared Booth |
09-27-2010 |
Music
Tags: Doug Walters,
Beyond the Fish Marketnew

Chali 2na continues to swim upstream.
Monday Magazine |
Amanda Farrell-Low |
09-27-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Queen of the Dap-Kingsnew

Sharon Jones loves the past, but she refuses to live in it.
Colorado Springs Independent |
L. Kent Wolgamott |
09-27-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
OK Go Ready Themselves For a Big Tournew

Known for their meticulous choreography OK Go's videos have become YouTube sensations, most notably the mind-blowing, treadmill video for "Here it Goes Again."
Charleston City Paper |
Dustin J. Pitts |
09-24-2010 |
Music
Tags: Music Farm, Ok Go
Kevin Pakulis Band: Shadesvillenew

"Harder Faster Louder" opens this collection of 10 somewhat rowdy, occasionally bluesy and almost always introspective rockers.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
09-23-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: KEvin Pakulis Band