AltWeeklies Wire
Well Rednew
Red Sparowes' debut full-length is a pounding, trance-inducing epic akin to a communion of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the Swans and Sister-era Sonic Youth.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
08-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Red Sparowes
Under the Influencenew
Under the Drone shreds stoner-rock conventions.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
08-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shred, Under the Drone
Time Machinenew
Songwriting and willful idiocy are two of the strengths of the Omens' debut album.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
07-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chemical Reactionnew
The Romancers' repertoire usually sticks to the modern-punk template, but the quintet's theatricality sets it apart.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Catching Rayznew
C-Rayz Walz says he's got more love for humanity than to think that people who buy hip-hop are stupid. He wants his music to appeal to the intelligent.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Porcupine Tree's Roots Are Spreadingnew
"In a sense, artists have a duty to be as selfish and arrogant about the way they make their music as they can," declares Porcupine Tree vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson. "I don't believe Picasso made his paintings for anybody else, and that's the way I think a true artist should be."
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Porcupine Tree
Call of the Wildnew
Tweaked and irreverent, Caribou's digital psychedelia refuses to be tamed.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Maas Appealnew
DJ Timo Maas promotes dance culture with his latest "maasterpiece."
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Grime Paysnew
Few musicians in England have risen from obscurity to celebrity more dramatically than Dizzee Rascal.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rock Ethicnew
Local 33's debut CD is a reminder of all that is pure, simple and honest about country and rock, a pep talk for anyone who's ever stared down misery, mortality and the void of the open road and lived to tell the tale.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Against the Grainnew
A heckler who demanded that folk group d.biddle play faster might have been surprised to learn that singer/guitarist Duncan Barlow is a punk-rock veteran.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Low Frontnew
After a decade of frigid indie rock, the Duluth band's temperature is rising.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Americans Are Divided in Opinion on British Musiciannew
One camp of dance scenesters see Fatboy Slim as an entertaining personality who has introduced them to a vibrant type of music, while others think he's sold out the genre via pop-oriented electro-smashes that steal attention from the form's true innovators.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
03-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ghost Writer Returns to His Old Haunt: the Stagenew
Garland Jeffreys' last album, Wildlife Dictionary, was released only in Europe, but the 60-year-old singer-songwriter is performing on stage again, and Universal Records has agreed to put out his next disc.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
01-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Westword's Favorite National CDs for 2004new
After sifting through more crap than a Roto-Rooter guy, Westword's music staff submits these suck-free national releases as reason not to stick a shank in your speakers.
