AltWeeklies Wire
Rick Moodynew
Ice Storm author has at the people's music with the Wingdale Community Singers.
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohone |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Plucky Kentuckiansnew
It's weirdness that makes life great for My Morning Jacket, says lead singer Jim James.
Dig Boston |
Nolan Gawron |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Morning Jacket, Z
Grrrls Gone Wildnew
The new album by riot grrrl renegades Sleater-Kinney is catchy to the point of suspicion, and raw to the point of surprise.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Musicians Learn to Bendnew
When rockers perform at a Dallas yoga studio, they discover an audience that is connected, serene and engaged.
Dallas Observer |
Sarah Hepola |
06-22-2005 |
Music
A Risky Band's Radical Departurenew
Although any one of the 10 tracks would have been a highlight on any other album, the overall quality is so consistent, the sequencing so inevitable, the juxtapositions so compelling, that singling out a particular track does a disservice to the others.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Two Great Tastes Taste Great Togethernew
This album is a study in bleak romanticism, 10 stunning tracks in which luminous harmonies materialize from moody maelstroms and dark dirges give way to ravishing lullabies. Also reviewed is Jim White Presents Music From Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-21-2005 |
Reviews
Punk Elegies for the '00snew
The Warrior's Code takes somber subjects -- war and the soldiers who fight it, urban poverty, fallen friends -- and sets them to the bruising but melodic punk that's the Dropkicks' stock-in-trade.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fables With Rhythmnew
The man behind Aesop Rock takes things that he hears people say and creates a patchwork of meaty rhymes in his hip-hop music.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
06-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Inventive Indienew
Spoon: How to reinvent yourself and win new friends.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
06-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spoon, Gimme Fiction
Band Gives You Something to Hold Ontonew
To handle noise and form it into composition is not easily done, and despite the many groups making the effort these days - Wolf Eyes, Black Dice, etc. - few do it as pleasurably as the Brooklyn quartet Gang Gang Dance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gang Gang Dance, God's Money
Atlantans Revive Gangster Rapnew
The album's gritty production and even harder lyrics prove a formidable combination. Most of the songs have an ominous feel: menacing, but still thumping in the club.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boyz N Da Hood
Canada's The Dears Are Looking for Lovenew
Though it wasn't released in the U.S. until October of last year, the album had been generating buzz since its Canadian unveiling for its sheer pomposity in arrangement, vocals and lyrics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dears, No Cities Left
Duo Does Great Job of Keeping it Countrynew
What works best for the duo is the edgy "Two Different Things," which exposes the gap between dreams and reality, and the two-stepping "Party Time," capturing the dichotomy of commitment and freedom.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
King of the Undergroundnew
Mike Rep and the Quotas’ 30 years of lo-fi music-making has included mixing with Guided By Voices and much of Ohio's musical substratum.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Homage to Roguesnew
The easily accessible pop hooks and breezy melodies of Out of the Shadows introduced a host of converts to the fan-world of Rogue Wave. The indie folk-pop revival is now touring the U.S.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rogue Wave, Out of the Shadows
