AltWeeklies Wire
Thug Lifenew
Houston rapper Slim Thug has paid the cost to be the Dirty South boss, and he's on the verge of stardom.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
07-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Metal Has a Big Headnew
A cable show that worshipped the metal gods even when grunge chased them off the big stage is now being shunned by those same bands.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
07-18-2005 |
Music
Kids Against Combs Nail Sean Hannitynew
Brooklyn indie-politicos Kids Against Combs have fallen into possession of Fox News blowhard Sean Hannity’s home phone number. And they’ve made it the title of their forthcoming album.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-18-2005 |
Music
Maximo Parknew
"Apply Some Pressure" is how you've heard of Maximo Park, if you've heard of Maximo Park at all. The song is that odd confection known as "the perfect single"; it's as catchy and uniquely memorable as it's perfectly representative of today's sonic-zeitgeist.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Maximo Park, A Certain Trigger
Shukar Collectivenew
A collision of deeply historical-sounding Romanian music and dubby, glitchy electronics, Urban Gypsy is a record that takes a while to wrap your head around.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Shukar Collective, Urban Gypsy
Javier Garcíanew
Javier García's second album abandons pop polish for a much more substantial and adventurous palette.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: 13, Javier García
Seven Outnew
When it comes to Las Vegas, here's something to remember: Elvis Presley ruined everything by making youth culture the defining barometer of popular music.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
L'Arc-en-Cielnew
For almost 15 years, this arena-rock band has been one of the 800-pound gorillas of the Japanese music scene, selling out huge venues across the country. Ever heard of 'em? Unless you're an anime fan or some unreconstructed Nipponophile, probably not.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: L'Arc-en-Ciel, Live in USA
SV Mach-IInew
The first new Son Volt full-length in seven years boasts exactly one original member: Jay Farrar, the band’s founder, frontman, and songwriter. Still, the album rocks like a rock band, sounding more like vintage Son Volt than solo Farrar.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Flying High Againnew
It would be both inaccurate and unfair to describe the sensation engendered by this new Hawke record as "nostalgia," but one can't help but be overwhelmed by past glories.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hawke, Love Won Another
Touched by the Crimson Kingnew
Jon Schaffer and Hansi Kürsch are two guys who take their shit way seriously, so it's not surprising that this collaboration is far from your typical haphazard supergroup trainwreck.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Hope A Little Hardernew
Hitting most of the right notes in mostly the right order, there's no reason for this new album from Hopewell to be as anemic and disappointing as it is.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
City Calls Revolutionnew
As "psychedelic" music in the United States and Europe gets more and more nostalgic, leave it to a Japanese trio – with grindcore roots, no less – to poke a lysergic stick in the genre's third eye and make it run around the room screaming.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Back From Extinctionnew
It's difficult to imagine a group that more perfectly represents the zeitgeist of the post-hardcore/pre-grunge slacker underground of '80s noise-rock than Dinosaur Jr.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dinosaur Jr.
Third Album is a Musical Blendnew
Stacey Earle and husband Mark Stuart create the kind of smart, intimate, lived-in version of Americana that's an endangered pleasure these days.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
