AltWeeklies Wire
The Hold Steady Do Exactly That on 'Stay Positive'
The Brooklyn rockers do what they do best on their latest album.
Grammy Got Run Over ...
Oh my gawd, did you guys see the Grammy nominations show last Wednesday? What a spectacle! So many stars, and so much great music! I'm so excited for the Grammys now! The music industry is saved, I tell ya! But seriously, yuck. What a mess.
Tags: Kanye West, awards, CBS, Lil Wayne, Al Green, Coldplay, Grammys, Mariah Carey, Foo Fighters, Recording Academy, Robert Plant
Q-Tip Goes Back to (Old) School
Former Tribe Called Quest leader is is classic form on his first solo album in eight years.
Kanye West Flips the Script with a Bold Attempt at a Pop Record
On 808s and Heartbreak, his fourth album in five years, West has made something close to an anti-hip-hop record.
Spring Forwardnew
Critic John Brodeur does some spring cleaning and writes a round-up review of discs that have been collecting dust on his desk.
Tags: Decemberists, Picaresque
All Things Must Passnew
Throughout his new album, John Davis sounds like a man freed from bondage. For the first time in a while, he is really singing -- and playing -- from the heart.
Tags: Davis, John Davis
Joe Glickman Makes a Career out of Sixties Musicnew
Joe Glickman is a 26-year-old guy from upstate New York who's obsessed with the era of doo-wop music — specifically Del Shannon. He went $50,000 in debt from making a music video for Shannon's So Long Baby complete with Shannon's original musicians performing on the track.
Metroland |
Erik Hage |
09-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Song's the Thing for Today's Folkiesnew
In the world of today's folk music, the barriers between audience and performer are awfully thin -- but that actually means the quality of the music is higher
Shooting Blanksnew
Imagine the rock world’s version of The Real World (or, more appropriately, The Surreal Life). Take one estranged-and- palpably-frustrated backup band; add one charismatic (and often socially troubled) lead singer -- preferably one who hasn’t had a hit in a while; stir in a liberal dose of media hype; and, voila! Instant million-seller.
Tags: Velvet Revolver, Contraband
Hiphop Hooeynew
So we’re told that Eminem is “just another group member” when he’s rapping with D-12. That’s not necessarily incorrect, but every group has an overachiever, and let’s be honest: D-12 wouldn’t be anywhere without their old buddy Marshall.
