AltWeeklies Wire
The Panic Division: 'Eternalism'new
The Panic Division's first album since the Sleepwalker EP (2009) feels like a second Colton Holliday solo album in its continuation of a mix he's grown comfortable with: synth-rock, layers and layers of guitars, strong hooks and melodies, and that type of sweet darkness Interpol is — or used to be — good at.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-27-2012 |
Reviews
Sleigh Bells: 'Reign of Terror'new
Several of the bands that grabbed critical attention with the sugary-pop-through-blown-speakers aesthetic popular a few years back (Wavves, Dum Dum Girls) managed to remain relevant by totally not doing that shit anymore.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
02-27-2012 |
Reviews
Ana Tijoux: 'La Bala'new
French-Chilean MC Ana Tijoux's second solo album (and third overall) isn't an album, it's a Molotov cocktail assembled by a girl who doesn't rap, but spits fire.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-27-2012 |
Reviews
No Grammy, but Eric Church is still our ‘Homeboy’new
You could say that Eric Church's North Carolina homecoming went a lot like the lyrics to his recent No. 1 country single "Drink In My Hand." He filled it up, he threw down and, judging from the careful attention he paid to the red Solo cup full of whiskey on his mic stand, he likely got a little hungover.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-27-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Eric Church
Feel His T-Painnew
Hip-hop's best-known Auto-Tunesmith makes his pitch for respect.
Colorado Springs Independent |
L. Kent Wolgamott |
02-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: T-Pain
War and Peacenew
Ani DiFranco lets go of her inner conflicts.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
02-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ani DiFranco
Pay to Playnew
It's nothing new, but music licensing fees still plague local businesses.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
02-24-2012 |
Music
Nothing Mattersnew
Nika Danilova is liberated by nihilstic rhetoric on meaninglessness to create meaningful music.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Austen Diamond |
02-24-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Saturday Night Satellites: 'Drop City'new
This local trio explores similar territory as Austin’s Black Angels, mining sweltering neo-psych with raw garage presence.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
02-23-2012 |
Reviews
Onward, Soldiers' Monstersnew
On Monsters, Onward, Soldiers' talent is clear, but their focus is not.
Tags: Onward, Soldiers
Move Over, Tool — Secret Secure is Herenew
Before taking over the world and the BBC's Top of the Pops, the early Beatles leaned on John Lennon to cheer them out of depressed bouts in shitty dressing rooms.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Mrs. Howl: 'Lovie & a Yellow Lamp'new
It’s not difficult to see why Girl in a Coma’s Nina Díaz might take an interest in producing Dallas-to-SA transplants Mrs. Howl.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Jeff Mangum Thrills Chapel Hill Crowd
It took some coaxing from the unassuming Jeff Mangum before the murmur of voices was mildly audible, and it wasn’t until nearly the end of his set that his hundreds of new back-up vocalists actually raised their voices to meet him.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Mangum
Paying Respect to the Queen of Soul
She sang at Obama’s inauguration. She sang at King Curtis’s funeral. She even sang at Wrestlemania in its golden years, but after a lengthy wait and serial cancellations, Aretha Franklin finally came back to sing for North Carolina.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Aretha Franklin
Get to know this guy A$AP
By about 12:10 a.m. early Saturday morning at Greene Street Club, the scene on stage had essentially crumbled. What was at one time a sold-out hip-hop show by one of the brightest up-and-coming rappers out there had become an unidentifiable onstage cluster of iPhone documentarians, dumbfounded security, a few random dudes smoking kush, and the show’s headliner hovering in the mix. Dirty South hip-hop is legendary for shows like this, but that it was Harlemite A$AP Rocky is what makes it all the more curious.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: A$AP
