AltWeeklies Wire
Perchednew
We swap stories with Birdie Busch, a Philly songbird taking flight.
Philadelphia City Paper |
John Vettese |
06-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Birdie Busch
Vinyl Staticnew
Mr. Lif declared war on the government long ago -- before it became fashionable.
Illinois Times |
Marissa Monson |
06-05-2006 |
Music
One Step Beyonce
The production on A Girl Like Me is often better than the vocals, but Rihanna doesn't let the tracks outshine her.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rihanna, A Girl Like Me
Crazy in Like
Jay-Z keeps creating clones of his beloved, hoping to get it right with each new iteration.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christina Milian, So Amazin'
Pure Post-Postpunk for Then People
You may very well be able to judge a record by its smiling bohemians gathered-'round-a-campfire cover.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Feathers
Time to Do My Thingnew
A-Trak may be Kanye’s DJ, but the spotlight still belongs to Montreal's gifted son.
Montreal Mirror |
Scott C. |
06-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A-Trak
Whiskey in Her Veinsnew
The Stars siren's solo flight soars with help from friends in high places.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
06-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amy Millan
Desmond Dekker, 1941–2006new
Dekker managed to export the thumping, pumping island reggae sound on an unprecedented scale.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonny Whiteside |
06-01-2006 |
Music
Chips Ahoy!new
The International Chiptune Resistance is a traveling pack of console crackers that make their jams exclusively with hacked Game Boys and Nintendos.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
05-31-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bye-Bye Ricnew
How do you revive a legendary band when the frontman isn't interested?
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Milano |
05-31-2006 |
Music
Tags: The New Cars, It's Alive
Idol Mindsnew
What if Pearl Jam's new zeal for promotion intersected with America's favorite prime-time music show?
San Antonio Current |
Serene Dominic |
05-31-2006 |
Music
The New Freedomnew
Digging toward the power source of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers, Ethan Miller comes up Howlin Rain.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
05-31-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Howlin Rain
The Chauffeurnew
Todd Rundgren is being paid well to drive the New Cars.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
05-30-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The New Cars
Meandering Toward Outlawismnew
It doesn't take a Billboard bachelor's to figure this isn't going to get much play on country radio stations still slingin' ass-kickin' anthems about colors that don't run produced by assholes who can't sing.
Houston Press |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
The Simian Line
This sounds as if it's coming to you live from a boom box located at the far end of the local tube station.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Field Music
