AltWeeklies Wire
The Race Questionnew
What's the real reason an Apopka development can't get city water?
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
09-06-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Paradise Lostnew
Squabbling, bad management and development threaten to destroy Cassadaga, the one place in Central Florida that doesn't look like every other place.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
09-06-2007 |
Economy
Odd Nodsam Brings the Diverse Sonicsnew
Level Live Wires could almost pass for a grimier Boards of Canada release.
Orlando Weekly |
Dominic Umile |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Level Live Wires, Odd Nodsam
No Age's Noise Pop Truly Delivers the Noisenew
The shoegaze haze on Weirdo Rippers can float for minutes before a salient rhythm or melody punches through to shake off the gauze.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: No Age, Weirdo Rippers
K-G and the Band Brings Globalism Homenew
Headed by first-generation East African immigrant K-G and his own U.N. of a backing group, the band takes its musical cues from the Platonist's view of migration.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: K-G and the Band
Orlando's Condo Boom Quickly Goes Bustnew
Investors fueled the condo market for its short boom cycle, and when the profits stopped coming in, it became obvious that the market for the condos wasn't there in the first place.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
09-04-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Floridanew
Pirates, savages, Capri Sun -- how to thumb a ride in the Sunshine State and survive.
Orlando Weekly |
Alex Pickett |
09-04-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Monte Negro Creates the Blueprint for Rock Radionew
Tight, melodic and absolutely unafraid to meld multiple guitar-driven styles into the creation of a unique sound, the bilingual Monte Negro pushes beyond the soft expectations of both rock en Espanol and mainstream rock.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Cicatrix, Monte Negro
Aesop Rock Releases Best Album in Yearsnew
Rock demands an attentive ear for his inspired canvas and bountiful wit.
Orlando Weekly |
Dominic Umile |
08-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass
Pseudosix Elicits Surprising Empathynew
This Portland-based group radiates an organic reclusivity that suggests Built to Spill if it was bingeing on '70s country and soft rock in a dank cavern.
Orlando Weekly |
Raymond Cummings |
08-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Pseudosix
Airiel Edges Away From Swooning Showgazenew
A gleaming mark of clarity, and the noisy washes of guitar surrounding it, serve as an unapologetic announcement that The Battle of Sealand is going to owe a lot to the Scene That Celebrated Itself.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Airiel, The Battle of Sealand
The Fames (And Shames) of Kanye Westnew
Next month sees the release of his third album in as many years, Graduation, and as the music world awaits the next attention-getting twist in the West saga, let's take a look back at some highlights and lowlights from Hurricane Kanyeezee.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
08-28-2007 |
Music
Tags: Kanye West
Fog is Almost Beyond Genrenew
Seldom does a trip to the edge feel as intuitive and natural as in this stirring and forward-thinking work.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
08-21-2007 |
Reviews
Jason Molina Gives Himself the Box-set Treatmentnew
It's an overwhelming batch of material, not nearly as striking as Songs: Ohia's best work, but anyone enamored with Molina's high-lonesome drawl will find plenty of room to stretch out and wait.
Orlando Weekly |
Rob O'Connor |
08-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Magnolia Electric Co., Sojourner
The Wonderful World of 'Madden'new
The impact this game has in shaping Central Florida's future can't be overstated -- its success, both past and future, is very much tied to the region's hopes of reinventing itself.
Orlando Weekly |
Aaron R. Conklin |
08-21-2007 |
Video Games
