AltWeeklies Wire
Rick Moodynew
Ice Storm author has at the people's music with the Wingdale Community Singers.
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohone |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Plucky Kentuckiansnew
It's weirdness that makes life great for My Morning Jacket, says lead singer Jim James.
Dig Boston |
Nolan Gawron |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Morning Jacket, Z
Grrrls Gone Wildnew
The new album by riot grrrl renegades Sleater-Kinney is catchy to the point of suspicion, and raw to the point of surprise.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Festival of Beatsnew
America's most respected drum and bass producers headline the Ignition Festival in Cambridge, Mass., hauling more beats than a medival farm wench.
Dig Boston |
Andy Barrett |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Indie Bands
Lone Wolf Still Howlsnew
Werewolf-like singer Michael Hurley shows patience is a virtue. The sense of suspense, of waiting for an answer, is what pulls you through the stark, beautifully irregular little cycles of Hurley's songs.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Hurley, Blueberry Wine
Putting the Nasty Back in Dynastynew
Dru Ha, co-owner of East Coast indie label Duck Down, which produces some of hip-hop's best kept secrets, gives the Dig the lowdown on putting out raw beats alongside industry giants.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love, Frustration, Mystery and Bullshitnew
The Weekly Dig finds out why James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem doesn't give a damn about the post-punk revival or the New York City scene.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
Sea and Cake Singer Goes Solo, Gets Soulfulnew
Sam Prekop, frontman of Sea and Cake, defies the grey skies of Chicago with sun-laced songs from his latest solo album.
Dig Boston |
Nolan Gawron |
06-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
How the Fellas Got Their Groove Backnew
The Texas-based songsmiths of Spoon have delivered the groove again with their latest album, proving that a band with a terrible name can make great music.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Spoon, Gimme Fiction
Battle Rhymes Primed for the Big Timenew
Copy has “a way with words like alphabet soup on a triple beam.” His quiver is bloated with hedonistic darts for anyone who likes to unscramble wordplay.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Copywrite
Stereophonics: Not Taming Any Unicorns Just Yetnew
The Stereophonics equally pride themselves on writing hits and hemorrhaging fans.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
05-13-2005 |
Music
Everything But the Girl Vet Goes Deepnew
Ben Watt -- the "everything but" half of Everything But the Girl -- goes house on the Dig.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
05-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Watt, Buzzin' Fly, Volume 2
The Burn Unit: My Beef With P.M. Dawnnew
50 Cent's feeble capping cop-out shows just how low the state of rap rivalry has sunk lately. David Thorpe takes us back to the early '90s, to the height of his bitter beef with P.M. Dawn’s Prince Be.
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
05-05-2005 |
Music
Tags: P.M. Dawn, Various Albums
Beans: We Like the Cut of His Gibberishnew
This former AntiPop Consortium member tosses a mighty tasty word salad. On his new album, Shock City Maverick, Beans spills the gibberish yet again.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
05-05-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beans, Shock City Maverick
CD Reviewsnew
Love As Laughter's Laughter's Fifth has all the twangy, thoughtful, summer pop songs you’d expect from Northwest rockers. Also reviewed are DJ Spooky vs. Dave Lombardo's Drums of Death and Nouvelle Vague's S/T.
Dig Boston |
Staff |
04-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Various Titles
