AltWeeklies Wire
Israel's Monotonix Is Setting America on Fire -- Literallynew
"You hit my girlfriend in the head with a trash can, and as much as I love her, you were still the best fucking band I've seen in ages," one fan wrote on Monotonix's MySpace page. This says a lot about the rock 'n' roll of Monotonix.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Deaf Guitarist Does Not Go Gentlynew
Since the age of 10, Steve DiCesare has slowly been losing his hearing. It is now almost completely gone, but the band plays on.
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Will Oldham Doesn't Just Cross Borders, He Transcends Themnew
Will Oldham, a.k.a. Bonnie "Prince" Billy, is the type of artist who simply doesn't come from any one locale or belong to any one time.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Mark Hamilton |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Obits Serve a Death Notice to Indie-Rock Clichesnew
On the band's debut, I Blame You, myriad shades of punk, post-punk, new wave and even '80s pop begin to materialize from amidst the sheen of guitar reverb.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Weakendsnew
These Franco garage rockers show off breezy but gut-wrenching riffs and melancholy rhythms that embrace the traditions of ramshackle American blues and rock.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-18-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: indie rock, The Weakends
Leela James' 'Let's Do It Again'new
In struts Compton, Calif.'s Leela James to reclaim the respect of American soul with a live-recorded CD of able covers, from Phyllis Hyman to James Brown.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
L. Michael Gipson |
03-18-2009 |
Reviews
Spindrift's 'The West'new
The West is a carnival of mysterious sounds and haunted Spaghetti Western images, dark, dramatic and brimming with old-timey psychedelia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-18-2009 |
Reviews
J Dilla's 'Dillanthology, Volume 1'new
Before he died from cardiac arrest three years ago, J Dilla was the quietest of hip-hop legends. Fortunately, he’s experiencing something of a posthumous renaissance, and some of the most popular cuts from his early career are captured nicely on Dillanthology, Volume 1.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
03-18-2009 |
Reviews
For These Local Magpies, the Music Was Just the Beginningnew
Transfer’s rock ’n’ roll dreams may have not immediately come true, but the company they started may help others realize theirs.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
03-18-2009 |
Music
Nowhere Men Are Going Somewhere Fastnew
Even though their music is getting played on alternative-rock radio, the three members of Nowhere Men aren’t even stars yet in the halls of La Jolla High School. But they’re slowly getting there.
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
03-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indie rock, Nowhere Men
Four Tet Jumps Genres, But Its Meaningful Abstractions Stick Like Gluenew
Four Tet's music is sticky. The word works as a description of Kieran Hebden's gluey way of making precious, melodic samples adhere to languid hip-hop beats. It also conveys that Four Tet's sound not only bears down into your memory, it also becomes a medium for memories in its own right.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Brandon Bussolini |
03-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bishop Allen's 'Grrr...'new
Poor Bishop Allen. They were Vampire Weekend before Vampire Weekend was Vampire Weekend.
Post-Hardcore Titans Thursday Headline the Taste of Chaos Tournew
With Common Existence, Rickly and company have reexamined the essential pieces of post-hardcore, spinning them into a web sticky with British shoegaze guitar textures and a humanities degree's worth of source subject matter.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Arielle Castillo |
03-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Through Being Coolnew
If even McDonald's is making fun of hipsters now, the pretentious shits who live to be in the know about the latest band, boutique or blog — and, more importantly, to make sure everybody else knows they're in the know — are officially just this side of irrelevant.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
03-17-2009 |
Music
Forward-Thinking Pittsburgh Band Drugdealer Releases 'Tits' EPnew
Drugdealer's Tits EP is a tiny masterpiece of art-damaged skree, reminiscent of Hella, Naked City and Ruins and inundated with odd time signatures and lots of twists and turns.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
03-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
