AltWeeklies Wire
Album is Nothing Too Fancynew
On his fourth release, Tin Lily, Kansas City singer/songwriter Jeff Black churns out a brand of Midwest farmland rock sometimes akin to that which made superstars out of Mellencamp and Springsteen 20 years ago.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mike Andrews |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Black, Tin Lily
CDs Feel As Though They Exist Under Cloud Covernew
Balance 007 is no flatliner, but like an anesthetized patient's electrocardiogram, the pulse is perhaps too pain-free and steady.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Balance 007, Chris Fortier
Solo Release Shares Qualities With Filmnew
Tension and mystery lurk beneath this album's suspiciously calm surface. Alto-saxist David Sanborn adds a tough, slightly skewed quality to his musical love affairs, usually submerged under a lipstick-styled sheen.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Closer, David Sanborn
DJ Language Speaks Universallynew
Language resurrects the approach where a club acts as a polyglot of musical genres that challenge patrons without forgoing the funk.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
07-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wasn't That Just Yesterday?new
Rhino's release of a seven-disc collection of 130 songs from the previous decade makes the young nostalgic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Various |
07-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tell It to the Earsnew
Here's Anders Parker's gimmick: He seems incapable of making bad music.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
07-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Anders Parker, Tell It to the Dust
Beatseria Unonew
Straight out of the Midwest, Chicago's DJ Heather focuses on the beats, not the gimmicks, in her new set from the Fabric series.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Heather
Clap Your Hands, Say 'Oh No'new
Producer/MC Oh No tells the world why his frown won't turn upside down.
Dig Boston |
Jamin Warren |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Oh No, The Disrupt
Rock the Party That Rocks the Bawdynew
Just try and keep doing your cool hipster head nod during a collision with super sexxxy, campy rockers Gravy Train. The Weekly Dig double dares you.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Are You Wigglin?, Gravy Train
Rust-Belt Racketnew
An entanglement of music and manufacturing seeps into the music of this new-wave duo from Akron, Ohio.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
One Lovenew
For Jr. Gong, the son of music legend Bob Marley, reggae is a family legacy.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Harangue the DJnew
Rock 'n' roll and R&B, postpunk and rap: It’s all hip-hop to Sharkey’s ears.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sharkey’s Machine, Shaun Sharkey
Chemical Reactionnew
The Romancers' repertoire usually sticks to the modern-punk template, but the quintet's theatricality sets it apart.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Strange Brewnew
It took four Jackasses, a former gun-wielding clown, a serial prank caller, and the bassist from a disco cover band to complete the Ohio band's latest disc, a surprisingly traditional rock album.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fookin' Anew
Word of the British dance-rock quintet's cockiness has preceded its American tours.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
