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Mission Complete!: 'Emotionally Strong Enough to Be Your Man'new

In a scene where every musician seems to constantly rotate through at least five other bands, Mission Complete! frontman Ryan Teter has long followed form...
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
06-01-2012 |
Reviews
Tenacious D: 'Rize of the Fenix'new

Jables and Kage are back after a six-year album gap that last left us with cult favorite The Pick of Destiny.
San Antonio Current |
James Bosquez |
06-01-2012 |
Reviews
CD Review: Whatever Brainsnew

Sorry State; Release date: April 26, 2012
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jordan Lawrence |
05-31-2012 |
Reviews
Album Reviewsnew

The Bombay, Rec Center, Royal Thunder.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson, Justin Strout and Jared Oates |
05-31-2012 |
Reviews
River City Extensionnew

River City Extension's present sound takes a swim in the past.
Orlando Weekly |
Reyan Ali |
05-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: River City Extension
Ceremonynew

Review: Hardcore band Ceremony's Zoo.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-31-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Ceremony
May the Circle Be Unbrokennew

A tribute to Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs, two Carolina legends.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
05-30-2012 |
Music
Tags: Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs
Greg Laswell: Landlinenew

San Diego singer-songwriter Greg Laswell left for rural Maine to record his latest album, and he found some moody depths that make Landline an edgier work. Oddly, though, in the songs that come from the isolation of recording in an old church turned house, it's Laswell's collaborations with other singers that stand out...
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
05-29-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: greg laswell
The drumming universe of Oneida's Kid Millionsnew

Man Forever isn't a band, a jam, or even a solo project. It's a piece of music, the kind of composition that can be taught to other musicians, a clockwork set to be wound and released in an exactly assembled way.
INDY Week |
Jesse Jarnow |
05-29-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kid Millions
Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown now winds it up on highnew

The loss cannot be measured, especially by Chocolate City natives-in-exile.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Kandia Crazy Horse |
05-29-2012 |
Music
Tags: Chuck Brown, godfather of go-go
'Occupy This Album'new

Occupy This Album is composed of 78 tracks on four disks (99 plus one hidden track on the digital download) and benefits those who are participating in the partyless, leaderless movement up on Wall Street and around the world.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Anne Salinas |
05-28-2012 |
Reviews
Campo: 'Campo'new

Although it’s billed as his solo debut, Uruguayan producer Juan Campodónico is far from alone on Campo, the latest chapter in the cinematic world of Bajofondo...
San Antonio Current |
Bryan Rindfuss |
05-28-2012 |
Reviews
Paul & Linda McCartney: 'RAM'new

More Pet Sounds than Sgt. Pepper's, RAM was unjustly panned by critics upon its original release in 1971.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-28-2012 |
Reviews
Maps and Atlasesnew

Chicago's spazz-math band charts a new course
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
05-25-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Laternew

Currently touched up for 20th-anniversary reissue treatment, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde was a rap gateway drug, a powerfully psychedelic expansion.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeff Weiss |
05-24-2012 |
Music