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Indie Rapper Cleans Up and Spits Out New Albumnew
Cage eliminated the misogyny, braggadocio, battle-rap nonsense. He wanted to stay away from all the pretension and just make honest, real music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cage, Hell's Winter
The Mysterious Production of Songs
Everybody knows he can play the fiddle, but where, exactly, do Andrew bird’s trippy lyrics come from?
The Inlander |
Luke Baumgarten |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andrew Bird
Proletariat Bluesnew
With a new EP and a demanding live schedule, Blue Scholars are the hardest-working hip-hop band in Seattle.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blue Scholars
Womanly Worknew
Kate Bush has always made music that could have sprung only from a female psyche. Aerial is a mysterious, meditative work reminiscent of Joni Mitchell.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
11-30-2005 |
Reviews
The Kingnew
Some fans moan that B.B. King — the most influential guitarist of the 20th century — has been coasting for years, but as long as he can work a magic that only the greatest musicians possess, that’s nitpicking.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: B.B. King
Good Sportsnew
Broken Social Scene are the indie-rock Funkadelic.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Broken Social Scene
Pavement, Repurposednew
Pavement always seemed a bit amateurish, childlike, and in constant danger of falling down. But they never did, and now they're deified American rock royalty.
Phoenix New Times |
Rob Harvilla |
11-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: California, jazz, Cyrus Chestnut, blues, Ali Jackson, Gold Sounds, James Carter, Pavement, Reginald Veal, Stockton
Dead Againnew
In April, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the original four members of Bauhaus found themselves back in black for the first time since 1998.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
11-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gritty Girl MC Poised for Grime Timenew
Is this tiny English MC -- recently observed throwing up on stage -- geared to become hip-hop's first credible female rapper?
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
11-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hark, The CD Sales Ringnew
Feeling culturally forced to buy your loved ones crap? Don't fret, Stephen Slaybaugh's annual guide will help you buy music for your taste-challenged Christmas listers -- even the one who likes Coldplay -- guilt-free.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
11-25-2005 |
Reviews
A Year in the Lifenew
Xiu Xiu's percussion-heavy compositions are dramatic and strange. The band's music is a sign of the times.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Window Into Other Peoplenew
As Nickel Creek grows older, their music is starting to evolve.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Inappropriate and Out-of-Datenew
The Warriors suffered the fate of a few other movies that should have had good soundtracks: They fell victim to the Eagles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jason Ferguson |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Music Remains Young, Dumb and Full of Cumnew
The sound is stripped, and Danko wants you stripped, too, you learn from the hyperbole in the forked-tongued, wolf-whistle lyrics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Danko Jones, We Sweat Blood
Something Doesn't Quite Translatenew
Dolly Parton is such an icon in the music business that she can get away with just about anything, but this collection of "classic" '60s and '70s tunes is a bit much.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dolly Parton, Those Were The Days
