AltWeeklies Wire
Little Brother Has Something to Provenew
On Getback, Big Pooh and Phonte hint at apology, balancing newly nuanced social- and self-criticism.
Tags: Getback, Little Brother
MV & EE Brings Rock Back Homenew
For more than a decade, Matt Valentine and Erika Elder have concocted a loose, sprawling amalgam of folk, country and avant-garde rock.
INDY Week |
Marc Masters |
10-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gettin' Gone, MV & EE
The Coathangers Plays Fierce or Fun Garage Popnew
The band writes about what it knows, ostensibly a mix of getting pissed off (by men or otherwise) and having fun.
INDY Week |
Jon Ross |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Coathangers
Rebuilding the Soul of the Carolinasnew
Jason Perlmutter has curated collections of obscuring Carolina soul and funk music. In short, he's making it possible for people to take music that was all but lost back home.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
10-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Carolina Funk
Rey Norteño Makes Theme Song for N.C. Immigrantsnew
"Raleigh," the title track from Rey Norteño's 2006 debut, earned the band national airplay on Mexican regional radio stations such as the local 96.9 FM La Ley.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rey Norteño
Animal Collective: The Gateway Drug to Experimental Musicnew
Over five albums, they've developed a strident sonic approach, using noise, sustained tones, short, iterative samples, delirious tribal drumming and sing-to-the-sky harmonies to make points of skewing pop on a slow-burn pyre.
Tags: Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones Meet at the Beginningnew
In 1995, after long careers, they gathered in the studio as a duet, recording Steal Away. Jones was pushing 80 and Haden nearing 60.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
DJ JD Sampson Puts Her Spin on Pridenew
A member of Le Tigre, a DJ called JD, a multi-media artist and a pin-up model, Samson is constantly in some mix.
INDY Week |
Rebekah Meek |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: JD Sampson
John Lee Hooker Jr. Walks His Own Pathnew
According to junior, if he tried to fill his father's shoes, he'd get cramps trying to take one step.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cold as Ice, John Lee Hooker Jr.
Dirty Projectors Cover Black Flag's Debutnew
The Projectors strip away the menace, offering lounge-ish musical beds that brightly color the misanthropic hue.
Tags: Rise Above, The Dirty Projectors
Kronos Quartet Injects Politics Into 'Monk/Mavericks: Kronos on Innovators'new
Anton Webern, Terry Riley, Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, Harry Partch, John Zorn: Harrington had held these composers in equal admiration for decades. Last night, he finally let those giants stand together, and it felt good.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
09-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nomadic Alina Simone Debuts 'Placelessness'new
The Ukrainian-born singer-songwriter explores the fluid nature of geography and identity.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
09-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alina Simone, Placelessness
Regina Hexaphone Flexs Its Percussionnew
After the gentle, hazy drift of its debut, The Beautiful World, it's strange and thrilling to hear Regina Hexaphone exchange its exquisiteness for greater muscularity.
A Wisconsin Band Divides to Become Two North Carolina Bandsnew
After DeYarmond Edison broke up, the members returned to the Triangle to form Bon Iver and Megafaun. Both have new albums in the works and couldn't be more opposite.
The Meat Puppets Rely on New Drummer for New Albumnew
The group returns to its '80s sound with Rise to Your Knees, the first new Pups release with both Kirkwoods since 1995's No Joke!
INDY Week |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
