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Dandy Mannew
Chief Dandy Courtney Taylor-Taylor wonders how many records The Dandy Warhols will have to put out before idiot reviewers realize they aren't trying to do the same thing as everyone else.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
12-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chris Whitley 1960 - 2005new
On November 20, lung cancer claimed singer-songwriter Chris Whitley, whose most recent albums seemed like stream-of-consciousness excursions through his brain and heart, albeit cloaked in tales of lost souls.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
12-08-2005 |
Music
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John Lennon 1940-1980new
The cover of the Dec. 16, 1980, issue of the Boston Phoenix was meant to be the annual holiday supplement. But the assassination of John Lennon sent the staff scrambling for a replacement. The paper marks the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death with an online reprint of its original coverage and tribute.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Gee, Kit Rachlis and the Phoenix staff |
12-02-2005 |
Music
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Age Before Beauty
Fiery Furnaces' new Rehearsing My Choir begins to grow on a critic after she listens to it roughly 23 times. Of course, spending nearly a day of your life with someone else's art-rock quasi-oral history won't appeal to just anybody.
Washington City Paper |
Anne Marson |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
A Year in the Lifenew
Xiu Xiu's percussion-heavy compositions are dramatic and strange. The band's music is a sign of the times.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Broken Bonenew
As a member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Bizzy Bone sold 15 million albums and won a Grammy, but his next goal is proving he's not crazy.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Day Risingnew
Indie-rocker, acoustic guitarist and electronic deejay Bob Mould encapsulates his wide-ranging writing career with his tour for "Body of Song."
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Orleans Weirdoes Safe, Sound and Unsoundnew
Despite having been ousted from their hometown by a rather unfriendly natural disaster named Katrina, Quintron and Miss Pussycat continue to play around with their music...and puppets.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Ask Why?new
Musician Yoni Wolf is moving in a new direction, replacing laptops and turntables with guitar-picking, piano chords, mournful lyrics, and big choruses. Is indie the new hip-hop?
SF Weekly |
David Downs |
11-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Railing Against Rolling Stonenew
Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with Rockrgrl magazine founder Carla DeSantis.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
11-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hard to Label This Applenew
Dissatisfied with the first version of her CD, Fiona Apple went back to the studio with a new producer: The result is opium instead of ecstasy.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-21-2005 |
Reviews
Special Deliverynew
Hip-hop is all about representing where you're from and making it cool, even if, like Columbus, Ohio's witty and wily Envelope, you're from the aging hippie residential part of town.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sip and Spinnew
Here's a rough guide to the candy-painted, syrup-soaked sound of Houston hip-hop
Baltimore City Paper |
Kye Stephenson |
10-06-2005 |
Music
Promising Noisemakers
Five Brown University students get all indie-rocky in their debut album.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
What It Means to Miss New Orleansnew
Musicians in the city of blues and jazz have always played as if each day was its last.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
John Nova Lomax |
09-13-2005 |
Music
