AltWeeklies Wire
Opening the Floodgatesnew
Craig Wedren of Shudder to Think finally goes solo.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Craig Wedren, Lapland
Attached to Songsnew
Don't ask Margo Timmins the name of the Cowboy Junkies' fill-in drummer.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Twee Outlasts Ladnew
If rock 'n' roll really is just high school with money, longevity is the revenge of the nerds -- that's why Belle and Sebastian is making great pop records while Fred Durst is making porn tapes.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
02-15-2006 |
Music
Jay Dee, 1974 - 2006new
The good news is that the hip-hop community never forgets -- so twist one and spill some for J Dilla.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
02-15-2006 |
Music
Horror Hippiesnew
Animal Collective sounds like someone slipped a sheet of acid into the high school cafeteria's Kool-Aid right before music class.
Dig Boston |
J. Bennett |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective
Get Smartnew
For The Mechanical Walking Robotboy, the third lineup is the charm.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Celebrity Spinnew
Rock stars are not DJs -- but DJs are rock stars.
The Village Voice |
Tricia Romano |
02-15-2006 |
Music
Body of Worknew
It's not quite accurate to say there's no connection between the Bob Mould of the past few years and the one that sparked two great guitar trios, post-hardcore heroes Hüsker Du and alt-rock favorites Sugar.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Mould
Eccentric and Dynamicnew
This disc is an apparent gene-splice of Tom Waits with Lou Reed, as backed up by members of the Band and Lambchop.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Winch, The Lullabadeer
Revisiting a Legendnew
Snooks Eaglin somehow fits an entire jazz band into his guitar.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
02-14-2006 |
Reviews
Drugged and Disorderlynew
The Hold Steady keeps it cinematic.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hold Steady
Fuzzy and Detachednew
Hot Chip's vocalists are so laid-back that they're almost lying down, their bleached-out suburban lilt hypnotizing in its tea-time reserve, like a b-boy Nick Drake.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hot Chip, Coming On Strong
Easy Rankingnew
Does anyone other than music critics care about year-end "best-of" lists?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-14-2006 |
Music
Beat Itnew
Meat Beat Manifesto's Jack Dangers prefers different strokes.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
02-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Meat Beat Manifesto
Going Mobilenew
Drummers are commonly derided as the weakest intellectual links in the rock band hierarchy -- the beloved but dim-witted meathead -- but Glenn Kotche eludes this stereotype.
Boulder Weekly |
Tyler Wilcox |
02-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
