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Basement Tapesnew
A box set from Fonotone Records captures the sounds of an era gone by.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Goodbye, Babylon
Masses Love Taste of 'Laffy Taffy'new
D4L set a new sales record during the last week of 2005 when more than 175,000 digital downloads of the song sold.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: D4L, Down For Life
Toon Tunesnew

Puffy AmiYumi, the Japanese pop group that Japanese punk-rockers are allowed to like, want to be taken seriously as rock musicians.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Edgy Piano?new
George Winston arrives to give two shows -- and help out some good causes.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brothers in Transitionnew
The Architects hone their sound on their sophomore album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Architects, Revenge
A Case of Funknew
Reno's Space Case mixes a unique formula of funk, jazz and solid improvisational style that should play out well in the studio.
Reno News & Review |
Cheron Taylor |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Space Case
Dazed and Confuzednew

Jim James's alienated roots maneuvers murmur mistily at the world beyond the Bonnarooskis.
The Village Voice |
Jon Dolan |
01-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: My Morning Jacket, Z
Meet the Transparentsnew
Russian lesbians get surly while burlesquers keep giving.
The Village Voice |
Allison Stewart |
01-11-2006 |
Reviews
Let It Bleednew
The new Strokes record gets darker, deeper and louder than previous efforts.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
01-11-2006 |
Reviews
Catch Them If You Cannew
Skaters let the music speak for itself -- literally.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
George Chen |
01-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Rye Bread, skaters
Manifest Destinynew
The power-pop pretty boys in the Click Five storm the mainstream by any means necessary.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mikael Wood |
01-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Good Repnew

Elizabeth Elmore discusses changes in indie rock, her budding law career and how she ended up on punk stalwart Lookout! Records.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
01-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sarge, The Reputation
Ari Upnew
Indiana's Ari Ari starts 2006 on a spazzy high note.
Riverfront Times |
Andrew Miller |
01-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Live To Tellnew
Traditional thinking goes that young artists are supposed to forget the past while older ones such as Madonna are seemingly bound by it, and once they venture outside of their fans' comfort zones, they plummet into obscurity.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
01-10-2006 |
Music
Primordial Beatsnew
OG Ron C's remix of 8 Ball's Almost Famous enhances its forebear by deepening the artist's voice and making it possible to hear all the individual percussion sounds.
Miami New Times |
Rachel Swan |
01-10-2006 |
Reviews