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Punk Like Menew
Though now on slightly different tracks, Archer Prewitt and Mott-Ly were two of a kind back in their Kansas City Art Institute days.
Shake Upnew
The Liar's Handshake proves that we can all just get along.
Phoenix New Times |
Brendan Joel Kelley |
02-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Liar's Handshake
Head of the Classnew
Although it possesses a stubbornly optimistic core, The Weight is a Gift more often rumbles with varying degrees of betrayal, deception and heartache that sound like rather painful therapy sessions.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
02-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nada Surf
Screaming Diplomatsnew
Omissa's violent mix of races, styles and emotions beguiles even as it confounds.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Omissa
A Drunken Android Eulogynew
Grandaddy's legacy will be as the band that playfully examined the way technology demystifies and destroys nature.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
02-13-2006 |
Music
Tags: Grandaddy
Man in Black Imitators Clubnew
BRMC's "just folks" makeover goes down in flames.
Cleveland Scene |
Rob Harvilla |
02-13-2006 |
Music
Ciao, Mannew
Edie Sedgwick throws superstardom back at you and questions the the morality of dressing in drag.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
02-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Edie Sedgwick
Guided By Pollardnew
In a parallel reality, the former Guided by Voices frontman is a rock god. Also reviewed: Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3's Tick ... Tick ... Tick.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Salller |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
Needs Short, Pleasing Burstsnew
Mendes' songs and their polarizing qualities are part and parcel of the album's patchwork.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sergio Mendes, Timeless
Consistency Comes Throughnew
Made in tandem with acclaimed sound auteur RJD2, this is Aceyalone's most consistent work since 1998's A Book of Human Language.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Aceyalone, Magnificent City
Music and Fatherhoodnew
"If I was a better father, I would probably quit music," says Of Montreal frontman and main songwriter Kevin Barnes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Of Montreal, The Sunlandic Twins
Fighting to Make His Mark in Hip-Hopnew
Since Mike Shinoda is a member of "nu-metal" band Linkin Park, hip-hop fans haven't taken him seriously.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fort Minor, The Rising Tied
Is New York Hip-Hop Dead?new
It's widely believed that the Southern rap industry has supplanted New York in public favor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Cure for VDnew
Here are a few love- and lust-themed playlists -- as well as some post-relationship comfort mixes -- to jump-start the process.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
02-09-2006 |
Music
Oh, You Brut!new
In a world of blog hysteria and terminal hipsterism, Art Brut kicks ass, takes names and gets naked -- it's about time.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott T. Sterling |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Art Brut
