AltWeeklies Wire
Let Us Fraynew
An unknown act -- one that's played fewer than a hundred shows, sold just over a thousand discs and performed out of the state of Colorado only once -- has garnered a major-label deal. It's the music that did it.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
12-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Season's Bleatingsnew
Plenty of celebrities are looking to pad their bank accounts via Christmas recordings, and few appear to have broken a sweat while making them.
Warming Trendnew
At long last, Edith Frost is done chilling out. She has scheduled her first extended tour in ages and has developed new material for a CD that should reach stores by the first half of 2005.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
11-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Killing Timenew
The Killers are taking the best parts of the music they were influenced by, putting them in their songs and making them their own, says drummer Ronnie Vannucci.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Simple Rock Simply Inspirednew
Fu Manchu singer/guitarist Scott Hill is not a man beset with doubts about his purpose in life. He was put on this planet to rock, and rock he does.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fu Manchu
Jeep Macnichol Sets Record Straight on Why He Left Samplesnew
It was that old standby, creative differences, that made drummer Jeep Macnichol split off from Samples seven years ago, and now he has a new album featuring musicians who were his childhood heroes.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
09-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Freq Outnew
Flamboyance comes naturally to DJ Darin McFadyen, better known as Freq Nasty, whose hairstyle seems to feature half the dreadlocks in Jamaica. His new CD offers compulsively danceable songs.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rock Royalty Returns to Formnew
When Prince kicked into "When Doves Cry," adding flourishes of the guitar line from "Kiss" between verses, this reporter knew he was witnessing the most dazzling performance he'd ever seen.
