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Janiva Magness’ Blues For Lifenew
The award-winning artist finds every day is an act of will.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-08-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojonew
Tom Petty's massive vault-raiding effort to put together last year's The Live Anthology established a clear path to Mojo, a bluesy, jammy, slower and less-catchy record for Petty.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
07-07-2010 |
Reviews
Softness and Closenessnew
The ever-calm Silje Nes gets just a little louder on her upcoming album.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
07-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Karyn Paige Single Leakednew
Karyn Paige's 'Want To' is available for download.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-07-2010 |
Music
Tags: Karyn Paige, Want To
Andrew Collberg: On the Wreathnew
Andrew Collberg -- the 22-year-old singer-songwriter born in Sweden and raised in New Zealand and Tucson -- has released his second album, and it's a subtle killer, brainy and sophisticated, but never pretentious.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-07-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Collberg
Grace Potter Sees the Lightnew
Nocturals frontwoman on punishing B3s and becoming a new artist all over again, “There’s a big world out there that doesn’t know a thing about us.”
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-01-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cityview is Bignew
Pop-punkers Cityview have mostly known each other since high school, but they and their music have both matured over the years, and Big on the Inside is a tightly crafted set of tunes.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
06-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big on the Inside, Cityview
Oakland Okays the Sale of Henry J. Kaisernew
Plus Yoshi's SF finally makes money and a new studio aims to make the Bay Area a recording mecca again.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Wentz |
06-30-2010 |
Music
Wilco Guitarist Revisits His Avant Savant Rootsnew
"There's always a need for destruction in order to have creation and change."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
06-24-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Flying Lotus: 'Cosmogramma'new
In terms of dark instrumental hip-hop producers, Flying Lotus is less like, say, DJ Shadow, and more akin to Prefuse 73 or Four Tet.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-23-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Cosmogramma, Flying Lotus
The Dead Weather: 'Sea of Cowards'new
Released less than a year after the band's raucous debut, the Dead Weather's 'Sea of Cowards' is not exactly a rehash, but it is an extension of the former, with a few new wrinkles.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
06-23-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards
Black Keys: 'Brothers'new
The duo sounds more like an orchestra on this extraordinary album.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
06-22-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Black Keys, Brothers
Henry Rollins the Yes Mannew
Henry Rollins was a punk. Now he's a punk with Nelson Mandela on his side.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
06-22-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Life, Death and Resurrection of Britain's 22-20snew
Named for the early Skip James song, 22-20s were always enamored with the blues, at least until front man Martin Trimble ended up coming down with a case of his own.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
06-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cosmic Slop: Spit Don't Make No Babiesnew
Named for a classic album by Funkadelic, the local funk-rock band Cosmic Slop carefully straddles the fine line between clever and stupid.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-16-2010 |
Reviews
