AltWeeklies Wire
Everyday Sunshine looks at Fishbone's wild ridenew
Fishbone was wildly popular in the alternative rock scene 20 years ago. A new doc tells the tale.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
02-07-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Howlin' She-Wolfnew
Alabama Shakes frontwoman goes from junkyard solitude to buzz-band success.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
02-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard
Frank Turner: The Second Three Yearsnew
British folk-punk singer Frank Turner is gunning for the mantle occupied by the late, revered Joe Strummer, and the restless elder statesman Billy Bragg.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
02-02-2012 |
Reviews
Eagle vs. Sharknew
Grooveshark gets hooked by a $17 billion lawsuit — and brings the national debate over copyright infringement to Central Florida.
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
02-01-2012 |
Music
Genre Bendersnew
For the Electric Blankets, every new song is like a beloved new child.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
02-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: electric blankets
Chuuwee & Sundown's The Millennium Falconnew
Instead of sitting on a pile of Sundown's emailed beats, Chuuwee decided to catch a flight to North Carolina for an 11-day, 12-song recording spree.
Tags: Chuuwee & Sundown
Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes' Bones for Tindernew
Robinson's gothic, chamber-hop formula works tremendously on Bones for Tinder, the first full-length following last year's EP Precious Blood, and proves he can move freely without his more famous band. (Five Head Entertainment)
Jesse Beaman gaining international audience without traditional album-makingnew
In 2009, Sufjan Stevens told Paste Magazine, "I no longer have faith in the album anymore. … Can't an album be eternity, or can't it be five minutes?"
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
02-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Empty Phantom, Jesse Beaman
Victoria Celestine leads tomorrow's music scenenew
When I first saw Marcus Rubio perform, he was a skinny, beardless teen whose one-boy orchestra blew me away at Blue Star in 2004.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopeteguin |
02-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Victoria Celestine
Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memorynew
In Attack on Memory, Dylan Baldi (recording as Cloud Nothings) has made his most refreshing — even prescient — work.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
02-01-2012 |
Reviews
Sleepy Vikings make their Southern fuzz-pop trippynew
Florida band Sleepy Vikings' gothic, neo-psych music received its first widespread airing with They Will Find You There, a nine-track album they released last May. The disc is a keenly textured but propulsive set.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
02-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleepy Vikings
"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Detoursnew
The latest record from this legendary San Antonio expatriate collects four haunting piano pieces that are largely characterized by the dichotomy between space and sound.
San Antonio Current |
Marcus Rubio |
02-01-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Blue Gene Tyranny
Harvey Milk: The Singlesnew
Consisting of tracks compiled from 7-inches, splits, compilations, and live bootlegs, this reissue presents a cross-section of early- to mid-career Harvey Milk
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
02-01-2012 |
Reviews
Ani DiFranco: ¿Which Side Are You On?new
Folk queen (and Queen of the Independents) Ani DiFranco returns with a delectable treatise of protest anthems and feminist discourse. In "Which Side Are You On Now?"
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Anne Salinas |
02-01-2012 |
Reviews
Jozeemo's True Identitynew
East Durham rapper and longtime rabble-rouser Jozeemo claims his latest LP is his last. But he can't quit now; the fun is just getting started.
Tags: Jozeemo
