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Mates of State: Mountaintopsnew
Mates of State's new album rushes off like a child at play. "Palomino" is concentrated sweetness, an album and perhaps career highlight for Mates of State, a band that peddles bottled joy and sunshine.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
11-08-2011 |
Reviews
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The Away Team's Scars & Stripesnew
The relationship between beatmaker Khrysis and lead emcee Sean Boog has persevered, a fact that's more impressive than the music they continue to make.
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Keller Williams Makes a Two-Night, One-Man Standnew
At this week's two-night stint at the Pour House, acclaimed singer/guitarist Keller Williams will play a little bit of everything.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Everybody Loves Our Town Goes Behind the Grimenew
With all of the buzz surrounding the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's breakthrough album Nevermind and Pearl Jam's chart-topping debut Ten, it's cool to have an additional perspective to balance the story of the two bands' rise. Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, released this fall via Crown/Archetype, provides a hefty companion to those re-releases.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New Terrordome: Why Public Enemy Still Mattersnew
Things have cooled somewhat for Public Enemy, the self-proclaimed “Prophets of Rage.” They made five albums post-2000, all of which failed to match the impact of their first turn-of-the-’90s dynasty.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Gospel According to Kirk Franklinnew
I know, I know. The Christian music scene has made great advancements in the area of production, the religious albums sound great and now go toe-to-toe with the seculars, and blah blah blah.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
White Denim: Takes Places in Your Work Space EPnew
Standard EP recipe: Add album rejects, studio scraps, perhaps one or two über-experimental tracks, stir for 15-30 minutes, and serve quickly to fans impatient for the next full-length.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Tom Waits: Bad As Menew
On his latest release, Tom Waits channels both prison junkies and disabled vets bitterly spouting out their frustrations and temptations.
San Antonio Current |
Jay Whitecotton |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Justice: Audio, Video, Disconew
Like the Strokes in 2001, Justice's 2007 arrival signified a paradigm shift in their genre.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Paul Simon: Songwriternew
Paul Simon is America's greatest living pop songwriter. There, I said it. I can already hear my editor shouting "What about Dylan?!" but I'm sticking to my guns on this one.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Rapper Big Pooh's Dirty Pretty Thingsnew
With Dirty Pretty Things, Pooh doesn't party as much as he used to, but Durham vocalist Darien Brockington returns from his spiritual hiatus on the penetrating "Soul Music."
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The Swiss Bluegrass of North Carolina's Kruger Brothersnew
The Kruger Brothers perform progressively minded, classically conscious folk that's rooted in American tradition but flairs wildly with disparate influences.
INDY Week |
Spencer Griffith |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Oulipo's That Is What I Said (And I Dove Into the Water)new
On the rich and enveloping That Is What I Said, Raleigh five-piece Oulipo crams an LP's worth of ideas onto a five-song cassette. (Diggup Tapes)
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Occupy Hip-Hopnew
Murs on police, politics and the culture of greed
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
