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Folk Re-Revivalnew
This comes across somewhere between Springsteen's stab at his own Basement Tapes and a boozy, carnal wake.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
If God's Good Word Goes Unspokennew

Feeling Sublime, 10 years after Bradley Nowell's death.
L.A. Weekly |
Sheerly Avni |
05-25-2006 |
Music
Making a Connectionnew
After reaching a stunning critical low, the Liars find themselves back on the rise.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
05-24-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Liars, Drum's Not Dead
It's a Gasnew
Pump pains constrain some musicians and inspire others.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-23-2006 |
Music
Legend of the Fallnew

I was trying to understand the legendary Mark E. Smith -- or at least find him.
L.A. Alternative |
Michael Mannheimer |
05-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fall
Music During Wartimenew
Pearl Jam and Neil Young confront an increasingly unpopular war, a body count that grows daily, and an increasing sense of uneasiness as it becomes all too apparent that our leaders have been less than candid.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
05-22-2006 |
Music
Help!new
I love the Beatles, but I think they ruined pop music.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
05-22-2006 |
Music
Rich and Fatuous
Coke hasn't ruined Mike Skinner's career, but it's blown his latest album.
Washington City Paper |
Andrew Beaujon |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Motion in the Oceannew
With the Unicorns put out to pasture, Nick Diamonds and J’aime Tambeur chart a new course with Islands.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
05-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Islands
Rocking in the Free Worldnew
How can fans download tunes and we musicians still get paid?
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
05-18-2006 |
Music
In These Timesnew

Tim Easton's travels give him musical fodder.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
05-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ammunition, Tim Easton
Skeletal Keynew

Jose Ruben De Leon pays tribute to Agustin Lara with a spare, haunting new collection.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
05-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jose Ruben De Leon
Detroit Westnew
The BellRays play raucous rock 'n' soul.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
05-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The BellRays
The Dark Sidenew
Austin's I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness aren't Goths.
L.A. Alternative |
Catherine Adcock |
05-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Moving Picturesnew
The Cinematic Underground's widescreen approach brings Annasthesia to life.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
05-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews