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Serial Chillernew
Bauhaus' Peter Murphy enters his 'Twilight' years
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bauhaus, Peter Murphy
Time Warpednew
Thee Oh Sees drop in, tune out and turn on
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Drake: Take Carenew
Drake raps in a pinched, syrupy drawl, but his music strongly resembles the electronica infiltrating out of Ontario, his home province.
East Bay Express |
M.T. Richards |
11-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Drake
Rob Halford Hammering Away on Well-Tempered Metal
With screaming twin lead guitars, jackhammer rhythm, songs glorifying reckless badassedness and a four-octave-range frontman clad in more leather than Ron Burgundy’s book collection, Judas Priest have been objects of profane idolatry for nearly four decades.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love Songs for Game Boysnew
"Chip music" might sound like a novelty, but The Glowing Stars treat it as a craft and an artform.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Glowing Stars
Trails and Ways and the End of the Worldnew
The Oakland pop quartet is simultaneously temporal and forward-thinking.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dropping out with the Chocolate Dropsnew
It's been an eventful year for the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Around the same time the neo-traditional string band learned of their Grammy Award nomination, co-founder Justin Robinson announced his departure from the band. His decision shadowed nearly everything that happened this year.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Carolina Chocolate Drops
Charanga Carolina's La Familianew
La Familia, a combination studio and live album produced in UNC's Kenan Music Building studio, celebrates a mature moment in Charanga Carolina's history.
Tags: Charanga Carolina
Dual Identitiesnew
The versatile Will Johnson finds himself in a hard-driving, Centro-Matic phase these days.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
11-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: will johnson
Run Dan Run are Mad Pop Scientistsnew
Run Dan Run's Normal is a dynamic, moody collection with a solid full-band sound. Songwriter Dan McCurry and his troupe reach far beyond their initial efforts in the early days.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nine Fingered Thug's Women Are Magicnew
Nine Fingered Thug's debut cassette isn't just rough around the edges; it's rough to the core. (Hollow Bunny)
Tags: Nine Fingered Thug
Rory Block: The Headlinernew
"In 1964 I first heard Robert Johnson," Rory Block told the Current. "I was 14 in 1964, and I immediately felt that he was the greatest blues genius I had ever heard."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Only Solid Fact About Robert Johnson is his Music — Everything Else is up for Grabsnew
Robert Johnson might the be the most effective musician in history. He died at 27 and only had 29 known recordings (16 of them produced in San Antonio); his music wasn’t widely played during his lifetime, and few facts are known about his life.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robert Johnson
Rich DelGrosso/Jonn Del Toro Richardson: The Opening Actnew
Houston musicians Rich DelGrosso (mandolin, pictured at left) and John Del Toro Richardson (guitar) teamed up on the recent Time Slips On By, a collaboration of original Delta blues songs, and they bring the product of their partnership to San Antonio this weekend.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Archival Record Label Numero Group Excavates Hidden Artistic Historiesnew
Chicago's Numero Group gives forgotten and unknown artists a strange second chance; this weekend, their Eccentric Soul Revue comes to Duke Performances.
Tags: Numero Group
