AltWeeklies Wire
Soul Survivorsnew
The Gossip's fireball dance-punk reaches out and blows up.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-30-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Gossip
Eisenhower Princessnew
Cari Lee and the Saddle-ites evoke the past without mercilessly pimping it.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-30-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rethinking Arena Rocknew
Basketball games need less Kanye, more Mark E. Smith, and no Gary Glitter whatsoever.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-30-2006 |
Music
Prophets, Not Profitsnew
The Watts Prophets' often harsh message still resonates for hip-hop heads nearly forty years later.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-23-2006 |
Music
Singin' Like Thievesnew
It's not easy to steal the spotlight from late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Mixed Marriagenew
RobLo's nonsensical pairing of grimy turf raps with frighteningly smooth-jazz-ish backing tracks find favor with a lot of hardcore hip-hop fans.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Movement Union, RobLo
Eight-Bit Symphoniesnew
Musicians are finally discovering the best music of the 1980s -- Nintendo songs.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Learning to Be Patientnew
Goapele's major label debut arrives six months late and right on time.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Change It All, Goapele
Live After Deathnew
The posthumous projects that keep on coming out beg the question: Is Tupac overrated?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Music
Tags: Tupac Shakur
Sugar in the Rawnew
This Oakland blues diva specializes in bawdy, bombastic and ebullient showmanship.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sugar Pie DeSanto
Rap It Upnew
The Black Eyed Peas, Cowboy Troy and Hot Karl represent the year's worst in urban music.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
A Fistful of Geniusnew
A new two-disc set from the crazed film composer is more evocative than the movies themselves. Morricone's iconic scores for spaghetti Westerns made him famous, but set those aside and he would still be one of the modern era's most intriguing composers.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Home, Sweet Venuenew
Calvin Johnson and other troubadors rock, yes, a three-bedroom apartment in Oakland, Calif.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
12-22-2005 |
Concerts
The Son Also Risesnew
Damian Marley emulates his deified dad without aping him.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Paxil Revoltnew
John Vanderslice battles his demons (and his meds), emerging victorious with a killer new record.
East Bay Express |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
10-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Vanderslice, Pixel Revolt
