AltWeeklies Wire
Beastie Friend Forevernew

Karl Denson pays homage to Adam Yauch and company.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jason Notte |
06-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Head Over Heelsnew

Avicii makes electronic dance music with a difference.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
06-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Death Metal Dubstepnew

Sound guru and Malakai frontman Chris Forsythe brings the noise.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
06-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Just Me and the Boybandsnew

Or... omygod, why One Direction is, like, totally awesome!
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
06-21-2012 |
Music
Key Albums of the Summernew

Hacienda's third album came out June 19 and it's "a perfect lead-off for summer driving in the city.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-21-2012 |
Music
Music streaming revenue is finally an industry reality. So where's all the money?new

How much money does the music industry make when streaming music is the only way anyone is streaming revenue?
Orlando Weekly |
Doug Freeman |
06-19-2012 |
Music
Something Fiction: 'Botany' EPnew

Thanks to their amorphous explorations of genre and musical color, Something Fiction is a difficult group to pin down, placing themselves willfully and delightfully outside the boundaries of convenient classification.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Good Times, Great Oldies
Bonnaroo 2012 brings out a few old friends.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-19-2012 |
Concerts
Tags: Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2012
The Beach Boys: 'That's Why God Made the Radio'new

There's two ways you can look at the Brian Wilson-produced Beach Boys' 50th anniversary reunion, the first in 16 years that finds Wilson joining original surviving members.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Savage Tongues create new electricitynew

Five years ago, Alex Goss was treading water as a guitarist and singer with an alt-rock act called Golden Palace, a riffy garage band with punkish grunge leanings. But these days, as the lead singer and bassist with Savage Tongues, he's far more mature, confident, and professional.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
06-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Savage Tongues
Juanes: 'MTV Unplugged'new

The whole point of MTV's live concert series is to strip down pop songs to a natural, acoustic format that showcases the songwriting itself, rather than studio production.
San Antonio Current |
Agustín Gurza |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Shmu: 'Discipline/Communication'new

He has no mouth and must whisper. This is the impression one might get from hearing Discipline/Communication, the debut LP from Sam Chown, one half of the eccentric Austin rock duo Zorch.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
School’s in: Alice Cooper defiling a new generation
Alice Cooper hates you, he hates your music and he especially hates golf.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alice Cooper, bonaroo
That Outlaw Spiritnew

J.P. Harris stays handy while developing his own brand of traditional country music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Going Organicnew

The Cave Singers keep up their natural progression.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: cave singers