AltWeeklies Wire
These Are Powers' 'All About Future'new
Drummer Bill Salas is the new guy in These Are Powers, but the fascist cadences of his hallucinogenic beats give direction to the ghost-punk traipse at the center of All Aboard Future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
Grandmaster Flash's 'The Bridge'new
Hip-hop has changed dramatically since "The Message," but many believe not for the better. Flash would do well to follow his own vision instead of attempting to keep up with the inferior producers and DJs whose careers he made possible.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
Black Lips' '200 Million Thousand'new
Garage-rock Nazis can revel in the muffled hue that envelops the album from beginning to end. What sets 2MT apart are the smooth melodies that guide each song.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
Thank You Rides Far-Out Waves of Ambiguitynew
Terrible Two's best quality is precisely that we don't know what to make of it. That's the point of the album and what makes the band a close fit with post-rock's steez.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Brandon Bussolini |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
Baltimore Hip-Hop Vets Offer a Way Forward For The Scene--Looking Backnew
If you follow hip-hop journalism, you've heard this story before: Once there was a grassroots movement that established criteria for what made hip-hop matter. Now it's just people repeating the same old nonsense about big-screen TVs, money, and bitches.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
02-24-2009 |
Music
On His Latest Album, Morrissey Lets Us Know 'I'm OK By Myself'new
Years of Refusal is Morrissey's ninth solo album and the most compelling argument for fans to finally move on from his former life.
Is The Game Over?new
In a phone interview, he insists his latest album, L.A.X., will be his final one, and he sounds as if he's fishing for praise when he explains why: "'Cause, see, you guys don't need me anymore. You got all these other wack rappers that you love so much."
Phoenix New Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Born Liars Set Sailnew
Some of the stories circulating about the glammy garage-rockers make even noted wild men like the Who's Keith Moon or anyone in Motley Crue almost seem like amateurs.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
02-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Together, Live Nation and Ticketmaster Could Exert a Dangerous Amount of Powernew
When news of the proposed Live Nation and Ticketmaster merger flashed across the internet, it was accompanied by the same mix of panic and dread you'd expect in response to an announcement that great white sharks were carrying the Ebola virus and could now fly.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
02-23-2009 |
Music
The Early Republic Is Dallas' Latest Retreadnew
As the electro-dance pop-rock outfit took to the stage at the House of Blues' Pontiac Garage to celebrate the official release of its new, self-titled LP, it was tough to fully get behind what the band was trying to do. Mostly because it's all been done before.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
02-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dallas, The Early Republic
Is Hip-Hop in Seattle Being White-Washed?new
Just like electric blues, hip-hop reaches a vastly broader, and whiter, audience than ever before. The difference in Seattle is that some of the most recognizable figures are by and large non-black, a fact that makes rappers like Silas Blak concerned.
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Cunningham |
02-23-2009 |
Music
J. Mascis Takes Off His Guitar and Sits Behind the Drums in Witchnew
Once you get Mascis talking about drumming, he grows (comparatively) animated. As renowned a guitarist as he's become, drums are his first and truest love.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
02-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Perennial Outsider: 'Years of Refusal'new
Morrissey is back to form with this, by far his best album since 1994's Vauxhall and I.
Tucson Weekly |
James Hudson |
02-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bruce Springsteen's 'Working on a Dream'new
Springsteen accurately captures the catchy simplicity of '60s pop on his latest record.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
02-20-2009 |
Reviews
Tommy Keene's 'In the Late Bright'new
With In the Late Bright, Tommy Keene once again unveils 11 expertly crafted, guitar-powered pop songs.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
02-20-2009 |
Reviews
