AltWeeklies Wire
Darondo, Out of Cognitonew
The old-school Oakland soul legend finally gets his day in the sun.
East Bay Express |
Ronnie Reese |
07-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Darondo
Smashing Pumpkins Preach to the Choirnew
Eleven-night set in San Francisco satisfies the faithful, if not the fickle.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
07-25-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: Smashing Pumpkins, concerts
Joan Osborne is Building Her Canonnew
The singer-songwriter gets back to work with two albums in six months.
East Bay Express |
Dave Gil de Rubio |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joan Osborne
David Murray's Sacred Squealsnew
The freeform saxophonist looked homeward for his latest disc, which includes a collaboration with poet Ishmael Reed.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Murray
The Original Funky Divanew
Betty Davis hung with Jimi, married Miles, made some of the rawest funk ever. Oliver Wang says two reissued albums make her ripe for rediscovery.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
07-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Betty Davis
Joan Armatrading: Blues Mamanew
With her hot new album, the Brit singer-songwriter puts a fresh stamp on a classic American genre.
East Bay Express |
Dave Gil de Rubio |
06-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joan Armatrading
Hyphy 4 Christnew
Co-opting the hip-hop genre for evangelical purposes, Rodney Washington is using hyphy's lingering street popularity in an attempt to lure kids away from the very things its songs espouse: drugs, crime, and premarital sex.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
06-20-2007 |
Music
Soundtrack for Summernew
Fourteen songs to party, love, and road-trip by.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
06-20-2007 |
Music
Think Your Record Collection is Worth $20,000?new
Ask Stephen Braitman, the guru of nostalgia.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
06-06-2007 |
Music
The Clientele's Melancholy Sentimentsnew
God Save the Clientele borrows the highly literate and deeply sad sensibility of 2005's Strange Geometry and kicks it up a notch, particularly with Louis Philippe's classical-sounding string sections, and the addition of multi-instrumentalist Mel Draisey.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
05-30-2007 |
Reviews
Modest Mouse Dissected, Labelednew
A live performance verifies singer Isaac Brock's new commitment to everything in moderation.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
05-24-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: Modest Mouse
Female MCs Battle 'Hos'new
Female MCs respond to Don Imus and Russell Simmons. "Blame the market," one says.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-16-2007 |
Music
More Classic than Datednew
On Over Time, Hieroglyphics open their vaults for some rare B-sides, remixes, and obscure album cuts, giving the average consumer a chance to peep what their cultlike following has long been gurping over.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hieroglyphics, Over Time
Top Hats and IEDSnew
Damon Albarn and Paul Simonon talk fashion, the Clash, Katrina, and the blessed routine of the Good, the Bad, and the Queen.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
05-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kronos Teen Hunger Forcenew
Death and chaos unite the Aqua Teens' cartoon film and acclaimed string ensemble the Kronos Quartet.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-26-2007 |
Music
