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Fabulous Fivenew
A transgender band faces tough challenges on the path to rock stardom.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
London's Burningnew
LaToya London shrugs off an American Idol dis and ascends to full-blown divahood anyway.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Rise and Fall of an Indie-Punk Labelnew
Green Day funded much of the rise of Berkeley's Lookout Records, but the band will no longer keep the troubled firm afloat.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
09-20-2005 |
Music
Fela with More Feelingnew
The AfroFunk Experience bombs dancefloors and kicks Afrobeat up a notch.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
08-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Metal Has a Big Headnew
A cable show that worshipped the metal gods even when grunge chased them off the big stage is now being shunned by those same bands.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
07-18-2005 |
Music
Imperfect From Then Onnew
Built to Spill’s guitar-rock majesty has survived leader Doug Martsch’s self-doubt -- and his basketball fixation.
East Bay Express |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
07-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Built to Spill
Born Identitynew
Tom Shimura, aka Lyrics Born, doesn't look, live, or front like a rapper, and that may just be the key to his crossover success.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
07-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rebirth of Slicknew
The reorbiting Digable Planets are "cool like dat" once again. More than a decade after winning a Grammy, the trio makes its comeback.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
06-27-2005 |
Music
Cheersnew
Manchester trio Doves set out to prove they don't deserve the über-moper tag well-meaning fans and critics have pasted on them.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
06-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
World Cliquenew
DJ Cheb I Sabbah globalizes the dance floor with club-oriented world music that blends modern technology and ancient tradition.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
06-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pride and Pretensionnew
Rock critics overuse the word "pretentious" with the same over-enthusiasm NorCal teens have for "hella." Even so, from the name on down, Austin's ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead freely makes itself a ridiculously easy target.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
06-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
On Lockdownnew
Speaking from a prison phone, C-Bo, aka Shawn Thomas, estimates he's been arrested 40 or 50 times. In some regions, he's regarded as one of the realest, hardest and most authentic pushers of gangsta rap.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
04-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Internet Spawns Wave of Roboscalpingnew
While rubes are waiting in line for tickets to U2 and other hot concerts, scalpers' robots are buying up all the best seats from Ticketmaster online.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-06-2005 |
Music
Wimpy White Guys With Guitarsnew
At a German restaurant in Alameda, Calif., acoustic artists like Bart Davenport attempt to make their music heard above the roar of the crowd.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
03-14-2005 |
Music
Frontline Spearheads a West Coast Rap Renaissancenew
Frontline's recording, "What Is It," became an anthemic call to arms for what the upstart underdogs optimistically called the "New Bay" movement. A year and a half later, that movement is huge, and they're on top of it.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
02-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MTV, Def Jam, East Coast, grunge, Baby Jaymes, Frontline, hip-hop duo, left, Locksmith, Raphael Saadiq, Reignman, Shock G
