AltWeeklies Wire
Peace, Love and Understandingnew
Bonnaroo is the largest-grossing music festival in the U.S., raking in a whopping $13.4 million last year. Here's why.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
06-14-2006 |
Music
Sometimes Electric, Always Slipperynew
Eels habitually reinvent themselves, and yet still remain a rock band.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
06-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eels
Requiem for a 'Dreamer'new
With the recent passing of Freddie Garrity, one burning question remains: Freddie who?
San Antonio Current |
Serene Dominic |
06-14-2006 |
Music
Free Thrownew
Doug Martsch discusses playing basketball, watching television and getting poked in the eyeball.
Seattle Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
06-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Built to Spill
Pretension Headache
The Drift offers no release from its monolithic depression.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Walker, The Drift
Sonic Truthnew
Are the indie icons shit hot or simply shit?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells and Brian McManus |
06-12-2006 |
Music
Tags: Sonic Youth
Girl in Bloomnew
Megan Reilly's Southern grace is somewhere between Flannery O'Connor and ... Thin Lizzy?
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
06-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Megan Reilly
Rebel Bellesnew
No other performer has been as vilified as the Dixie Chicks were for speaking out -- and they do not apologize on Taking the Long Way.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
06-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
Back to Businessnew
After a year of turmoil, Black Market Enterprises and Lil Jon return to prove crunk ain't dead.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
06-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Market Enterprises
The Streets, Actuallynew
The U.K.'s notorious grime boy on his tour mate Lady Sov, doing crack with a pop star, and his cocky new LP.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott T. Sterling |
06-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Streets
Working Full-Timenew
The Constantines won't be undersold.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Loon'-y Tunesnew
Tapes 'n Tapes: changing the world, one blog at a time.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
06-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tapes 'n Tapes, The Loon
Spaghetti Lecternsnew
Calexico takes aim and takes off the silencer.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jed Gottlieb |
06-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Calexico
The House That Cash Builtnew
John Carter Cash manages both his late parents' legacy and a career of his own.
Nashville Scene |
Michael McCall |
06-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Carter Cash
Rather Exhilaratingnew
The best band in the universe do their Brecht thing with hooks.
The Village Voice |
Robert Christgau |
06-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped
