AltWeeklies Wire
A Throwback Riddimnew
This dancehall don dada sounds most sincere in a song calling for marijuana legalization, but the pimp juice in other tracks runs a bit low.
Seattle Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
11-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sean Paul, The Trinity
Canadian Clublandnew
Brooklyn DJ duo Caps & Jones, who have a reverence for good music that a lot of mash-up DJs lack, tour Canada.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
11-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJs Caps & Jones
Road Tripnew
A mid-list glam-trash rock band spent six weeks in an RV, fueled by chili.
Houston Press |
Brian McManus |
11-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Oregon, California, New York, Detroit, Houston, Washington, Chicago, Portland, D.C., Michigan, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, MySpace.com
Screwed and Chopped, Not Stirrednew
Screwed and chopped music proves that slow motion is better than no motion.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Brentin Mock |
11-12-2005 |
Reviews
Gimme Trouble
Adult. is consciously trying to escape the dance floor.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Give Blood
The quartet does a few cool things and does them as well as anybody with a U.K. address.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
On the Movenew
Laura Veirs tours to promote her new "road record."
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: laura veirs, Year of Meteors
Crammed With Ideasnew
Yoni Wolf's Why? offers funky, folky pop--with just a touch of surrealism.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elephant Eyelash, Why?
Men in Blacknew
Bauhaus is back, and whether or not they actually invented goth doesn't really matter.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
11-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bauhaus
Resurrectionnew
A new, single-disc compilation from Dead Can Dance is not exactly a stop-the-presses moment, but Memento is nonetheless an interesting document.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dead Can Dance, Memento
Opening Doorsnew
Mr. Lif says the music and concepts on his group's first album are significantly toned down from the fiery politics of his solo LPs.
Orlando Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
11-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Slump So Sublimenew
Love Kraft is a good album by Super Furry Animals' standards and a great one by the standards
of most other rock bands.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Rec-Room Rambler
Hobart Smith knew that these sessions proved one thing: He shouldn't have waited so long to commit that banjo to tape.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
His Take on Swing Is Contemporary and Retronew
Traditional covers from Ellington, Gershwin and "Fats" Waller swing freshly, and Ray Noble's "Cherokee" features a breakneck virtuosity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Band Discusses Image With Black Dialoguenew
Akrobatik says his band turned being from Boston to their benefit, taking the time to grow their sound rather than waiting to be discovered by Jay-Z or Russell Simmons.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris parker |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Perceptionists
