AltWeeklies Wire
Shoot the Tunenew
From location to record label to actors, the making of a music video for Reno-based Greyscale is a homegrown affair.
Reno News & Review |
Jessica Groach-Santina |
01-04-2006 |
Music
The Year in Picturesnew
From Alice to Gwen and from Devo to Kanye, Cleveland's year in music is remembered with graphic photographs.
Cleveland Scene |
Walter Novak |
01-04-2006 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
A&R Q&Anew
Forget the guys in Wolf Parade, here's an interview with their A&R guy, Stuart.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
01-04-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
In With the Newnew
These St. Louis-area performers helped make 2005 a year of new beginnings for the local music scene, even as there were sad endings.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
01-04-2006 |
Music
So Youngnew
Thanks to a bright invention, Arizona music legend Jerry Riopelle is finally on the verge of becoming cool.
Phoenix New Times |
Jimmy Magahern |
01-04-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Diaspora Jammin'new
In 2005, the global-fusion trend reaped a bountiful harvest of outernational sounds that threatened to overshadow domestic releases in terms of musical innovation, if not pop-cultural magnitude.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Freestyle Fellowshipnew
A variety of bands best known for their live shows also made magic in the studio last year.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Skewering Musical Absurditiesnew
This Los Angeles duo serves up super-geeky and utterly engaging musical parodies of soft rock ballads, cheesy Latin pop and patriotic mainstream country.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
01-03-2006 |
Reviews
Comeback Clipsnew
A music-video renaissance is afoot, but it's online, not on cable.
Houston Press |
Chris Dahlen |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Slanted Enchantmentnew
A jazz quartet's tribute to Pavement is, inexplicably, a roaring success.
Houston Press |
Rob Harvilla |
01-03-2006 |
Reviews
Rap It Upnew
The Black Eyed Peas, Cowboy Troy and Hot Karl represent the year's worst in urban music.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Who Says Long-Distance Relationships Never Work?new
Despite being separated by some 8,000 miles, Isobel Campbell, of Glasgow, and Mark Lanegan, of Los Angeles, have brought us Ramblin' Man, a four-song collaboration that wouldn’t have been possible without the Internet.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-03-2006 |
Reviews
Year-End, Best-Of Music Lists Suck... Except For This Onenew
Tsar, Dropkick Murphys, and Straylight Run garnered top honors in this year-end, best-of music list.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
12-30-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
Going Undergroundnew
Little labels have been reaching heights unheard of since Matador and Sub Pop were at the top of their game. The trend will continue in 2006.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-30-2005 |
Music
Luscious Listsnew
Tucson Weekly music critics join the rest of the universe in recapping their 2005 faves.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong and Annie Holub |
12-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
