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Bruce Egnater, Amp Fiddlernew
He's the tube guru who plugs musicians in.
Metro Times |
Nancy Kaffer |
10-23-2007 |
Music
Federico Aubele Pleases with 'Panamerica'new
On his sophomore album, Argentine singer-songwriter Aubele revisits the dubby beats and tango rhythms, the melancholic bandoneon and folkloric guitar lines that made his debut popular with hipsters everywhere.
Metro Times |
Celeste Moure |
10-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Federico Aubele, Panamerica
Al Hates Georgenew
Al Jourgensen hates the Bush administration so much that he's devoted not one but three full-length Ministry albums to shredding Dubya and his minions. The Last Sucker is the final entry in this trilogy.
Metro Times |
Janiss Garza |
10-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: ministry, The Last Sucker
James Hyman's Quentin Tarantino Mashup Never Drops the Beatnew
Clocking in at an extensively exhaustive 78 minutes, this gargantuan 55 track epic not only features music and dialogue from QT's first four movies, it also includes vital spoken word passages from rarely heard promo-only albums like Truth and Fiction.
Metro Times |
Jeffrey Morgan |
10-16-2007 |
Reviews
Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins on Doxy Recordsnew
At 77, Rollins is busy establishing his own record label and website, and, most importantly, taking stages to defend his title as one of the greatest improvisers alive.
Metro Times |
Charles L. Latimer |
10-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sonny Rollins
Two New Detroit Labels Have a Taste for the Bizarrenew
Enter Ponk Media's Tiny Tim and GG Allin releases and Elevation Records' ex-Dirtbomb and pro hockey player albums.
Metro Times |
Mike Ross |
10-16-2007 |
Music
Why Hasn't The Go Taken Over the World?new
Detroit's preeminent rock 'n' roll band waits for its turn.
Metro Times |
Bill Holdship |
10-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Go
Don Cherry Quintet Asserts Its Skills on Live Albumnew
Ornette Coleman may have started the free jazz thing, circa 1960, but trumpeter Don Cherry was the Johnny Appleseed of Ornetteology, sharing and extending his boss's ideas on both sides of the Atlantic.
Metro Times |
W. Kim Heron |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Nikki Sixx's Memoir has a Soundtracknew
The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack is a companion to Sixx's memoir, due out in September, but the music and the book each stands on its own.
Metro Times |
Janiss Garza |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Akron/Family Just Wants to Have Funnew
The Brooklyn-based psych-folk quartet can't help it if sometimes it seems like the inmates are running the asylum when they play. After all, they get bored easily.
Metro Times |
Chris Parker |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Akron/Family, Love is Simple
Stevie Wonder Hits the Roadnew
The Motown icon explains why he's heading out on his first scheduled tour since 1995.
Metro Times |
Dave Schulps |
09-11-2007 |
Music
Tags: Stevie Wonder
Pharoahe Monch's Deep 'Desire'new
He returns rejuvenated with a new album fortified by some hot Detroit producers.
Metro Times |
Chris Parker |
08-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Desire, Pharoahe Monch
All the Young Dudesnew
We Are the Fury leave lipstick traces and retro glam -- screamo be damned.
Metro Times |
Hobey Echlin |
08-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: We Are the Fury
Juliette Lewis Licks it Upnew
Why the screen star is the hottest rock 'n' roll chick on wheels.
Metro Times |
Cole Haddon |
07-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juliette and the Licks
Harry Potter and the Wacky World of 'Wizard Rock'new
No, it has nothing to do with Uriah Heep -- the idea behind wizard rock is bands performing "original" songs based solely on the Harry Potter series, often from the viewpoint of a particular character.
Metro Times |
Dustin P. Walsh |
07-17-2007 |
Music
