AltWeeklies Wire
The Godfathernew
James Brown is the godfather of many things, including, but not limited, to soul.
Tags: James Brown
Into the Mysticnew
Skaters make totally out there, vocal-dominated psychedelia, based on the open-ended drone heard in industrial music, minimalism, experimental electronics, folk, world music and free jazz.
SF Weekly |
Justin F. Farrar |
01-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: skaters
Top Brassnew
The Big Easy lives on in the music of the transplanted Treme Brass Band.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
01-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Simple Plannew
Spanning audiences and genres, the Rescue Plan keeps plenty busy.
Phoenix New Times |
Brendan Joel Kelley |
01-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rescue Plan
Nostalgic Like Datnew
Doodlebug of Digable Planets discusses the band's reemergence after 10 years of silence.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
01-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Digable Planets
Evil, Done Doggy-Stylenew
What could Fidel Castro and Pol Pot have learned from Snoop Dogg?
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Tags: Snoop Dogg
Wayward Sonnew
The Black Diamond Heavies and the Immortal Lee County Killers play the blues hard, fast and dirty -- as if punk came before the blues.
Tags: John Wesley Myers
Bunnyface Killahsnew
A veteran Liverpudlian rock band and a kung-fu-obsessed Staten Island MC have more in common than you think.
Houston Press |
Brian McManus |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Well Balancednew
Like truants and delinquents at military school, 31Knots roars with frustration, but never loses its discipline.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Chris Dahlen |
01-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: 31Knots, Talk Like Blood
Generation Gapnew
If you're over the age of 22, have a mortgage, don't have a MySpace profile or enjoy standard "singing" in your music, Mason isn't for you.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-17-2006 |
Reviews
A Mixed Marriagenew
RobLo's nonsensical pairing of grimy turf raps with frighteningly smooth-jazz-ish backing tracks find favor with a lot of hardcore hip-hop fans.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Movement Union, RobLo
Eight-Bit Symphoniesnew
Musicians are finally discovering the best music of the 1980s -- Nintendo songs.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Zup's Onnew
Armando Zuppa serves up a steaming bowl of alphabet newgrass.
Westword |
John La Briola |
01-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Soup Kitchen, Armando Zuppa
Two Woodiesnew
Medeski, Martin & Wood bassist Chris Wood member branches out with a rootsy, bluesy project.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
01-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
