AltWeeklies Wire
How Garage Rock Enduresnew
The irony is that while simple four-chord garage rock is now celebrated as an underground, community-driven punk-like movement, in its heyday it birthed more mainstream rock standards than soft-rock or synth-pop ever could.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
02-26-2008 |
Music
The New Sound of Old Garage Rocknew
Newly unearthed recordings prove that Connecticut rocked in the late 1960s.
New Haven Advocate |
Alan Bisbort |
02-26-2008 |
Music
Bettye LaVette's Aching Heartnew
Forty-six years after her recording debut, the soul singer is finally getting the attention she deserves.
New Haven Advocate |
Art Tipaldi |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bettye LaVette
Connecticut Hip-Hoppers Get Noticed on the 'Netnew
With over 8,000 online friends on his MySpace page, A-1 Aficial has built anticipation for his forthcoming independent release The Never Ending Paper Chase.
New Haven Advocate |
Adam Bulger |
01-08-2008 |
Music
Weiss Upnew
Another talented musician emerges from Athens' lush music scene.
New Haven Advocate |
Mark Rowan |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Allison Weiss
Hot Rod Circuit Drives into the Sunsetnew
Rumors of the band's demise have popped up every so often for ages, squashed by one more album, one more tour, one more giant homecoming show. This time, it's for real.
New Haven Advocate |
Brian LaRue |
12-11-2007 |
Music
Ogle The Wogglesnew
Georgia's gift to garage bands also packs a few surprises.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Woggles
Dweezil Zappa is Validating Dadnew
"Zappa Plays Zappa" pays tribute to the myriad dimensions of a master.
New Haven Advocate |
Bill Carbone |
11-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dweezil Zappa
Gogol Bordello's Gypsy Punk is Intoxicating and Invitingnew
The band is the living link between our past -- when mankind roamed the earth in bands and extended tribes, wild, hungry and free -- and our ever-uncertain future, the globalized polyglot network in which everyone knows everything about anything except who they are and how to live in the world.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
10-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gogol Bordello
Jus Rhyme Tells the History of White Rapnew
The third-place finisher on VH-1's The (White) Rapper Show passed through New Haven to do his thing for a crowd of prospective Yalies.
New Haven Advocate |
Hugh Elton |
08-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jus Rhyme
Ben + Vesper Grows on You As They Grow With Each Othernew
The two band members are a married couple, but on their first full-length they don't sound all that thrilled about it.
New Haven Advocate |
Brian LaRue |
06-26-2007 |
Reviews
The Passion of Video Game Musicnew
Video Games Live proves game music isn't just a game to composers, rock musicians and remixers.
New Haven Advocate |
Michael Levy |
04-03-2007 |
Music
Promised Bandnew
The Dark Star Orchestra's back with another historic Grateful Dead revival.
New Haven Advocate |
Bill Carbone |
12-13-2006 |
Music
Tags: Dark Star Orchestra
MacKaye's the Limitnew
The influential Fugazi frontman and Dischord Records founder talks about The Evens and his life today.
New Haven Advocate |
Brian LaRue |
12-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Evens
Son of Inventionnew
Dweezil Zappa brings Zappa into the 21st Century.
New Haven Advocate |
Bill Carbone |
10-31-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Zappa Plays Zappa
