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ChuCha Santamaria Fevernew
Intelligent dance music for the Caribbean diaspora.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
03-04-2012 |
Reviews
Jenny Owen Youngs: An Unwavering Band of Lightnew
On first listen, this deeply talented singer-songwriter's third full-length album is almost overwhelming, such is its embarrassing wealth of beguiling melodies, effervescent arrangements and endearing almost-love songs. But each time I press "play," it gets better, and now I find myself looking forward to each new track as the previous one fades.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-04-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: jenny owen youngs
School of Seven Bells: 'Ghostory'new
Growing up as a child of the '90s, I think, makes School of Seven Bells.
San Antonio Current |
Nicholas Hall |
03-02-2012 |
Reviews
Earth: 'Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II'new
Tracked at the same recording sessions as its predecessor, Earth's latest retains the more open
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
03-02-2012 |
Reviews
Music Minus Twonew
Sublime With Rome carries on without Nowell or Gaugh.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
03-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Napalm Death: 'Utilitarian'new
Iconic grindcore pioneers Napalm Death's newest foray into the fray takes some brave steps into new musical territories.
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
03-02-2012 |
Reviews
Kaleidoscope Eyesnew
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club artist Jann Haworth updates the icon cover with "SLC Pepper" mural illuminating a more diverse array of 21st century pioneers. She also shares some of her favorite songs from the musicians in the mural.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Austen Diamond |
03-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Beatles
Mississippi Maestronew
Conductor Crafton Beck says the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra is better than ever.
Jackson Free Press |
Hannah Jones |
03-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Keep Us on the Roadnew
Sadly, you won't find Motörhead lifer Lemmy Kilmister on Twitter anytime soon.
Houston Press |
Craig Hlavaty |
02-29-2012 |
Music
Tags: Motorhead, Lemmy Kilmister
Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memorynew
Attack on Memory is exciting for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it's the sound of a band finding its ambition. The group's last album was a solid, if unremarkable, affair—brief, propulsive garage rock with a bedroom-pop sensibility.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-28-2012 |
Reviews
Fresh and Compellingnew
Will Reptar's debut album and first headlining tour lead to a 2012 breakthrough?
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
02-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: reptar
Like Heather Go Psycho's EP? You ain't heard nothing yetnew
It's hard not to compare or think of Girl in a Coma when writing about Heather Go Psycho: they're both all-female trios, GIAC booked them and gave them early advice in their careers, and both bands have amazing singers.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Boast and Bluster of Rapper Big Poohnew
"I adjust to any circumstance/ handle my affairs/ shake the hatred off, show 'em I don't really care/ No we don't compare/ I'm on another stair/ case in point, you ain't fuckin' with my last year."
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
02-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Prepare for Lift-Offnew
Futurebirds follow up their Grace Potter tour with a solo flight.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
02-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cloud Nothings aren't "the new" anythingnew
Comparisons are fucking stupid. The immediate impulse when listening to Cloud Nothings' new post-hardcore (whatever that means) opus (whatever that means) Attack on Memory is to compare young frontman Dylan Baldi to another soft-spoken-though-undeniably-charismatic 20-something songwriter who channeled his love of angry hardcore bands (Wipers, Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, etc.) into inexplicably populist rage, but this isn't then.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
02-27-2012 |
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