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The Lonely Astronauts' DIY Guynew
Joseph Arthur wants to write his own legend.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lonely Astronauts
Daringly Immature and Fully Admirablenew
These Songs is a Weakerthans-meets-the-North-Atlantic art-rock retrogression.
Nick Cave's New Grindnew
The music is sparer and sharper than anything Nick Cave has made of late, and the nastier it gets, the better it sounds.
Tags: Grinderman
Apostle of Hustle: A Whole New Scenenew
Head Hustler Andrew Whiteman, a guitarist/vocalist who's also a member of the acclaimed Broken Social Scene collective, is irritated by allusions to Cuba that keep popping up in critics' responses to his album.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Apostle of Hustle
Impressively Blandnew
Meat is a mostly mediocre attempt at cutesy-yet-earnestly-indie pop music, and despite sincere comparisons to acts such as the Shins or even Sunny Day Real Estate, it lacks the sheer creative veracity that makes those groups great.
Iggy Pop Culturenew
Ron Asheton talks about the Stooges' resurgence.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Stooges
How to Answer Unrequited Love: With Song!new
Heartache still produces some of the finest art.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
04-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ian Cooke
This Country Icon Never Left, but He's Coming Back Anywaynew
Although he's only months from his eightieth birthday, Charlie Louvin is hipper than ever.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charlie Louvin
The Quintessential Gemininew
This crew delivers a straight shot of hip-hop.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
03-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maneline
Denver's DIY Queen Returnsnew
The recording's best moments are those in which the players inject some toughness into Woo's familiar sound.
Tags: Luxury Woo, The Wendy Woo Trio
Heavy & Assaultivenew
David Obuchowski loves his music unironically.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
03-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Goes Cube
Searching for the Rock of the Futurenew
Kris Anaya's attempts to achieve a creative breakthrough are interesting in and of themselves, even when they're widely misunderstood.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
03-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: An Angle
The Simplicity is an Asset and a Limitationnew
By no means is this a bad Dream, but it's only occasionally capable of sparking a fever.
Tags: Fever Dream
Low-Key and Effectivenew
Rather than overemphasize his eagerness to tweak convention, head Hustler Andrew Whiteman (of Broken Social Scene fame) presents his quirks with warmth and subtlety.
An Honorable Miss, Not a Flat-Out Disasternew
There was never much chance that these guys could recapture the glory days, and these twelve serviceable but strangely self-conscious songs prove it.
Tags: The Stooges, The Weirdness
