AltWeeklies Wire
The Price Is Variablenew
Would you pay as much for a good record as you would for a fine bottle of vino?
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Dahlen |
01-23-2006 |
Music
Let Them Eat Cakenew
John McCrea's band is the most underrated of the alt-rock era.
Cleveland Scene |
Rob Harvilla |
01-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: cake
Contort Yourselfnew
They have a new label and a new album, but they're the same old Conformists.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
01-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Conformists, Three Hundred
Mrs. Smith Goes to Moshingtonnew
Yes, that is Jada Pinkett Smith rocking out with Wicked Wisdom.
Montreal Mirror |
Lateef Martin |
01-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wicked Wisdom
The Sun Never Setsnew
From emergency stand-in to emerging standout, Sunny Duval does it all.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
01-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Think Globally, Act Yokelly
Dog Days positions BR549 as a group of new traditionalists well versed in, but not mesmerized by, country form.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
‘Ghost’ is Rebornnew
Kicking Television is the rare live album that feels like more than a pricey tour souvenir.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
His Hands Are Cleannew
Authorized or illicit, Morgan Page’s remixes lovingly transform pop tracks.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
01-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Morgan Page
A Stone-cold Hit Machinenew
Judging by the critical consensus on Coldplay, a person might reasonably conclude that they are consciously repressing some vital artistic streak for the sake of sales, but a person might also be wrong.
The Georgia Straight |
Martin Turenne |
01-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Coldplay
A Prodigy’s Odysseynew
After more than two decades, James "Blood" Ulmer’s Odyssey trio is back.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Back in Time, Odyssey the Band
He Bends Genre Bordersnew
There's nothing particularly mad about Manx's smooth, bluesy, singer/songwriter fare, and the mantras are rarely more than bubbling under the surface.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Harry Manx, Mantras for Madmen
Bonkers Chorus Will Fuck You Upnew
Boston's Cantana Singers will perform Stravinsky's "perfect piece," Les Noces, while people sit with their jaws dropped as the 44-member chorus battles with six percussionists and four grand pianos.
Dig Boston |
Matt Parish |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Another Major Statement?new
For MF Doom, this box set is potentially revealing, since he is known more as a sly and sarcastic MC, not a beat-maker.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Cows, Roses, Geese and Speechnew
Armed with microphones, patches and processors, M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel, the two halves of the odd brain that is Matmos, have repeatedly demonstrated they can pull music from pretty much anything.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Matmos
Not A Bad First Draftnew
Editors play instantly familiar hand-wringing, doomsday dance-rock with pants-off disco beats, throat-slashing ninja guitars and a bass archer firing off sexy groove darts like Gay Cupid in too much eyeliner.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Editors
