AltWeeklies Wire
More Music, Less Mathnew
The language of music composition is a math-based dialect. So when exploring the link between music and personality, why not talk to a numerologist?
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
10-04-2005 |
Music
Fortunate Sonsnew
Franz Ferdinand are this year's Franz Ferdinand.
Boston Phoenix |
Scott Frampton |
10-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Give a Damnnew
Hip-hop personas of pimps, drug dealers and thugs have become the modern-day blackface, MC Big Pooh says.
Orlando Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Review of Work: Portrait-Robotnew
There are moments on Portrait-Robot – near the end of "Ma Boîte à Musique," for example – that find French electronicist Bertrand Burgalat locking into a beat-centric Euro-funk that could have been nicked from Fatboy Slim or Beck.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-30-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bertrand Burgalat, Portrait-Robot
No Fixed Parametersnew
Like 45-minute-long songs? Then go check out Acid Mothers Temple.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Literary Rootsnew
Two boys from San Francisco make music inspired by the South.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Two Gallants, The Throes
The Sun Risesnew
Almost three years after signing to a major label, the indie rockers' debut full-length finally sees the light of day.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fans Will Be Disappointednew
Fans have been waiting almost 10 years for the influential hip-hop trio known as Digable Planets to drop a new album. Sadly, those same fans will probably be disappointed with Digable's latest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Songs Are Essential in Understanding the Artistnew
Covering the first nine years of Dylan's body of work, the 28 tracks (only two previously released) comprise a fascinating behind-the-scenes palette of rare and timeless jewels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Singer Projects Naive Enthusiasmnew
Singing in a quivering, helium-inflected voice that sounds electronically altered even though it's not, Gabby La La weaves candy-colored, dreamlike vignettes accompanied by her own sitar, ukulele, accordion, toy piano and Theremine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Jason Molina Casts Off the Darknessnew
What Comes After is the sound of a reinvigorated Jason Molina delivering some of the most direct songs of his career.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Band Rolls Onnew
The members of the band find themselves in a familiar place: out on their own following a muse of their own design. This time, however, it's not such a bad place to be.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Garrett |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl
Guitar God Finally Plays Some Fucking Skynyrd!new
Doug Martsch is not afraid of cover songs -- not even the kind of kitschy selections that incite the wrath of record shop clerks and Pitchfork snots. He is not afraid of their criticisms. He is not afraid of their catcalls.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
09-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Built to Spill, Now You Know
Spiritual Unitynew
Wayne Shorter reconsiders the power of give and take.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
09-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Street Strifenew
Conscious reggae catches fire again, in part thanks to Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's "Welcome to Jamrock"
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
09-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
