AltWeeklies Wire
Pearl Jam Goes to Bat Against Montana Senator Conrad Burnsnew
Jeff Ament tries to help Senate candidate Jon Tester find his voice with a fund-raising concert in Missoula.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
08-26-2005 |
Music
Tags: Pearl Jam
System of a Down: The Problem With Being Politicalnew
System of a Down talk about music, politics, and being misunderstood.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
08-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rescued from Obscuritynew
Instead of fighting hippie excess with speed, volume, and a few choice barre chords, the Groovies embraced melody, economy, and reverb-kissed riffs. Also reviewed is Puerto Muerto's Songs of Muerto County.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
08-26-2005 |
Reviews
Gospel Doesn't Have to be Watered-Downnew
Marty Stuart and his three-piece band the Fabulous Superlatives cook up a spicy Southern brew, and the album shows that the genre-defying Stuart can do much more than is allowed within country's narrow confines.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Debut Album is Instrumental Blissnew
Thunderous washes of melancholy elevate the music from pop to an operatic soundtrack guided by churning and chugging guitars that swell with desolation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Former Shock Rocker Returns to Formnew
Alice Cooper rediscovers his garage roots for such imaginatively titled, pedal-to-the-metal rockers as "Woman of Mass Distraction," "Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies)" and "Your Own Worst Enemy."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alice Cooper, Dirty Diamonds
Unpredictability Still Dominates Musicnew
At 58, Joe Ely figures it's the most involved he's ever been in music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Ely
She's Not Loretta Lynn's Daughter, But She is Johnny Cash's Mothernew
At 36, Lynne is an artist unapologetic in her stubbornness, defensive about her creative process, and reluctant to play the celebrity game with even a well-meaning listener like myself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shelby Lynne
Knit Witsnew
Welcome the first positive example of country music for punk rockers.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sign o' the Timesnew
Trio of art school grads Times New Viking forge a new absurdist rock aesthetic—and revive the cassingle.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
From Soldering Iron to Synthesizer Innovatornew
The death of synthesizer inventor Bob Moog on August 21 marked the passing of one of music's most important innovators, influencing the sounds of such artists as Radiohead, Chick Corea, Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Moog, The Sound Sculptor
Ex-Arsonist MC Puts a Flame to the Fusenew
Q-Unique burns bright on his first solo album, trading in-your-face battle lyrics for more introspective rhymes.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Q-Unique, Vengeance Is Mine
Thunderbirds Are Now!new
Spaz-rockers represent Detroit without being filthy or depressing.
Dig Boston |
Jamin Warren |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Justamustache, Thunderbirds
Determination Powers Jazz Singer Ethel Ennisnew
Ethel Ennis' fame falls far short of that earned by fellow jazz singer Billie Holiday, but Ennis has had a much longer and more contented life than her contemporary. That's a trade-off she's glad to make.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ohio Musicians Celebrate the Weirdness of Devonew
Northeast Ohio has spawned its shared of iconic rock groups, but the world has still never seen or heard anything quite like Devo -- an art-rock group in a bar-band area that used primitive synthesizers and electronic drums of its own design to perform irradiated new wave and mutated rock covers.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
08-23-2005 |
Music
