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Tsunami of Heartsnew

Rhino's new girl groups box set presents 120 chapters from the Book of Love

Baltimore City Paper | Bret McCabe | 10-20-2005 | Reviews

Tags: One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found, Rhino

Krush Velvet Groovesnew

"Future Soul" sings the body electric--and organic

Baltimore City Paper | Tony Ware | 10-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Platinum Pied Pipers, Triple P

Out of the Woodsnew

Animal Collective beats a path from Batimore County to indie fame

Baltimore City Paper | Jess Harvell | 10-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Animal Collective, Various Titles, Sung Tongs, Feels, Here Comes the Indian, Spirit, Waldorf School

Twenty Questionsnew

Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with the Posies.

Seattle Weekly | Kate Silver | 10-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Every Kind of Light, The Posies

In Love What You Do, the six "brothers" mix together all the stylings of country, bluegrass and mountain music with sprinklings of rock, gospel and punk to create something that is held together by sheer enthusiasm.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Al Kaufman | 10-20-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Love What You Do, The Hackensaw Boys

This is Indie Pop Done Rightnew

Bright Ideas, the first Portastatic album to be recorded with a stable band is arguably its best, but certainly its most focused release.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Hal Horowitz | 10-20-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Portastatic, Bright Ideas

Album Loosely Traces Life and Love of Hip-Hopnew

MC Slug's self-deprecating women troubles are as much pose as autobiography, which if missed can be as damaging to your appreciation of his rhymes as taking Morrissey's dour woe at face value.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chris Parker | 10-20-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Atmosphere, You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having

Band Seeks Inspiration in the Backwoodsnew

Like the futuristic novel from which the guys take their name, Bear vs. Shark is an "age-appropriate" spectacle seeking to ramp up entertainment values like gas prices.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chris Parker | 10-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bear vs. Shark, Terrorhawk

Violinist Fiddles With Hip-Hopnew

Conventional wisdom says the last thing a female violinist from Israel would have is a standalone hip-hop career. But not only does Miri Ben-Ari hold the strings, she's pulls some, too.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Ronda Racha Penrice | 10-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Miri Ben-Ari, The Hip-Hop Violinist

He Golfs, Fishes, Makes Musicnew

Tony Joe White has figured out how to mix business with pleasure, and you get the feeling he does pretty much what he pleases.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Alex Rawls | 10-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Heroes, Tony Joe White

Can Julie Dexter Marry Music With Motherhood?new

She's the versatile jack-of-all-trades who's played a legion of roles: from teacher to head of her own Ketch A Vibe record label to promoter to club owner. Oh, and she's pregnant.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Carlton Hargro | 10-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Julie Dexter

He's Sooo Bignew

Carl Cox is one of those names that belongs among the highest ranks of superstar DJs, up there with Sasha, Digweed, Oakenfold and Van Dyk. Read about how he is revered by so many as an entity all his own.

Dig Boston | Andy Barrett | 10-19-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Carl Cox