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Salvation Armynew
Depeche Mode's Playing the Angel finds singer Dave Gahan dragging out his troubles.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Depeche Mode, Playing the Angel
The Son Also Risesnew
Damian Marley emulates his deified dad without aping him.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
More Than Meets the Eyenew
Like many a musical epiphany, the Benevento-Russo Duo came together through a fortunate convergence of raw talent and abject poverty.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Global Villagenew
The delicious irony of this wonderful compilation of anti-globalism music and texts is that, without the acceleration of globalization over the past decade, the very logistics of uniting artists and writers from first- and third-world countries would have been nearly insurmountable.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-05-2005 |
Reviews
A Middle Pathnew
You haven't heard Isaac Hayes until you've heard Isaac Hayes sing "Baby I'm-A Want You."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Modest Gains Are Hardly Worth Praisenew
While a definite improvement over their poisonous introductory EP, Lions' modest gains are hardly worthy of praise, let alone the absurd hyperbole that inevitably attaches to any band that suffers a Wilco-esque major-label wipeout.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Garrett |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Duo Puts Out Strong, Promising Debutnew
Fronted by the coed duo of Flora Reed and Philip Price, Massachusetts' Winterpills play melancholy indie-pop in the vein of Elliot Smith on their 10-track, self-titled debut.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cory Byrom |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Winterpills
Band Pushes Unique Style of Bizarro Metal to Logical Endnew
Catch Thirty-Three outdoes all of the band's recent efforts, even topping last year's stellar I EP, which, with its one 20-minute song, hinted at where the band was heading.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cory Byrom |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Meshuggah, Catch Thirty-Three
This Quiz is B-A-N-A-N-A-Snew
Gwen Stefani ain’t this reviewer's hollaback girl so here's a quiz instead of an interview.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jamie Allen |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Folk Musician Looks at Past, Present and Dylannew
Now 64 and a new grandma, Joan Baez appeared recently in No Direction Home, the Martin Scorsese documentary about Bob Dylan, with whom Baez had a romantic and artistic collaboration in the early '60s.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jeff Kaliss |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bowery Songs, Joan Baez
Hasidic Reggae Artist Doesn't Playnew
Hailing from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Matisyahu is a Hasidic reggae artist who rocks a mic the way he rocks a yarmulke: tight and straight from the dome.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Matisyahu, Live at Stubb's
You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Sincerity is Atmosphere's strong point, so it makes sense that the Minnesota hip-hop duo named its fifth disc You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having. And, uh, no we can't.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Reno's Women of Rocknew
Being told you're a female Jello Biafra or a Nick Drake sound-alike, enjoying fan flirtation and impressing your grandma are some of the perks of being a woman rocker.
Reno News & Review |
Stephanie Perry |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Subtle, the Sublimenew
Three indie acts on the same label go on tour -- call it MergeFest.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Clientele, Strange Geometry
Looking for Troublenew
Electronic band Adult. has no agenda -- and they admit the period is a bit pretentious.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adult., Gimmie Trouble
