AltWeeklies Wire
Afro-Funknew
From the vintage-looking, low-budget album art to the vintage-sounding, low-budget grooves within, Daptone's modus operandi has been to evoke the thrill of finding ancient, obscure funk, without the messy waiting-around-for-30-years that the real thing requires.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Budos Band
Psychedelia Revivednew
The fine folks at Shadoks once again shine a light on a group that was obscure in the late '60s psych scene and is completely unknown today.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Time, Before There Was...
Feminine and Hostilenew
Libby Schaub is the type of girl who can drink everyone under the table while intentionally saying just the wrong things to the redneck at the bar, and her band is So I Had to Shoot Him.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
A Cultural Stewnew
Algerian singer/songwriter Souad Massi -- with her soft-focus beauty and acoustic guitar-based songs -- may, at first impression, seem like a sort of Middle Eastern Sarah McLachlan.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Another Kind of Dissatisfactionnew
If there's such a thing as laissez-faire funk, this reissue of Hot Chip's 2004 album proves that these London electro-weirdos excel at it.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hot Chip, Coming On Strong
Turkish Undergroundnew
If you've heard of Turkey's psychedelic rock scene, you might think that Erkin Koray was its alpha and omega.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Unafraid of Getting Greasynew
Hot Buttered Rum runs on bluegrass fusion and recycled vegetable oil.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Taking on John Adams at the Gardnernew
If there was ever any badass in the contemporary classical music scene, Alarm Will Sound is your ensemble.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alarm Will Sound, Classical Blast
Dancing for Deliverancenew
"Holy Divine," the second song on Protokoll's new self-titled CD, is likely to make you dance and sing your troubles away.
Dig Boston |
Devin King |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Protokoll
Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Togethernew
The time-honored musical tradition of one-off duets has produced some notoriously shitty collaborations, yet Calexico and Iron & Wine is not one of them.
Dig Boston |
J. Bennett |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
She Should Be Played on Phonographnew
Listening to this album is like going to your grandmother's country home, sitting on her front porch swing and staring up at her in awe as she and a few friends recount tales of their lives with the use of fiddles, piano, banjo and guitar.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Al Kaufman |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Blurring the Linesnew
Call Bishop Don a band of dilettantes. The guys dip their toes into a variety of forms to cadge together a sound reminiscent of an old bar band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bishop Don, Flowers from the Devil
Light and Airynew
While not designed for all climates and moods, American Analog Set forges music of subtle, unassuming beauty.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: American Analog Set, Set Free
New DVD Showcases More Music-Video Auteursnew
Despite the varying qualities of its new editions, the Directors Label series remains an essential guide to charting the ambitions -- both failed and realized -- of the music video industry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Blood on the Wall Isn't As Dark As You Thinknew
Brother and sister team Brad and Courtney Shanks -- two of the three points that support the Blood on the Wall triangle -- know all about complementary genes and nostalgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood on the Wall, Awesomer
