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Hot Alien Ammunitionnew
Bay area selectas confront dancehall's gray-market economy.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-25-2007 |
Music
Metal's Hard. Get a Helmet.new
Oakland's Totimoshi scores a record deal and a tour with Helmet.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
01-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Totimoshi
Orinda's Noise Vomitoriumnew
Ipecac -- the sickening empire founded by Faith No More's Mike Patton and Alternative Tentacles' Greg Werckman -- resides in a sleepy, small-town cottage.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
01-18-2007 |
Music
Major Labels' Hyphy 2.0new
Is the upstart youth movement finally growing up?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-11-2007 |
Music
Riottt's Girl Is Back in SFnew
Armed with little more than a laptop, Girl Talk provokes crowd raucousness.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
01-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Girl Talk
Ungrateful Living Deadnew
In a case that makes Clear Channel look decent, aging rockers go after the late Bill Graham's memorabilia vault.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
01-11-2007 |
Music
Turning the Turntablesnew
Two years on, after selling 300,000 CDs, Oakland rap group Flipsyde seeks local credentials and airplay with a new album.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flipsyde
Public Enemy 2.0new
Chuck D's stunning live show with Flavor Flav is just another element of his ever-growing portfolio.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Public Enemy
Dodging Gnarls Berkeleynew
Both Honeycut and Gnarls Barkley make experimental pop that spans numerous genres, but in the end, Cee-Lo is a huge black Southern gangsta, and Bart Davenport is a skinny white East Bay folker.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Honeycut
BARS Ruckus Blame Gamenew
One has to wonder: Is the hyphy movement too hyphy for its own good?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
12-14-2006 |
Music
Oakland's Merry Prankstersnew
What if Jim Henson and Ween spawned quadruplets? Meet Zoopy, the puppet-faced Oakland quartet.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Zoopy
World Wide Headachenew
Halou's Albatross EP goes all-digital in a frustratingly analog world.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Halou
Revenge of a 'King Dork'new
Veteran Oakland punker Frank Portman "overwhelmed" at news of Hollywood option for his sleeper hit novel.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-08-2006 |
Music
Tags: dr. frank, Mr. T Experience
'Something About God'new
Who would want to pass on the first competent female rapper to blow up without dropping her pants?
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
The Player and the Pilgrimnew
From an emcee past to an Islamic future -- what caused the transition of rapper Saafir?
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Good Game: The Transition, Saafir