AltWeeklies Wire
Mighty Oceansnew
Well-read and back from the dead, the Go-Betweens opt for the lush life.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart
Festival of Beatsnew
America's most respected drum and bass producers headline the Ignition Festival in Cambridge, Mass., hauling more beats than a medival farm wench.
Dig Boston |
Andy Barrett |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Indie Bands
Lone Wolf Still Howlsnew
Werewolf-like singer Michael Hurley shows patience is a virtue. The sense of suspense, of waiting for an answer, is what pulls you through the stark, beautifully irregular little cycles of Hurley's songs.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Hurley, Blueberry Wine
A New Beginning for Oasis and a Brave New World for Coldplaynew
Perpetual Britpop hopefuls Oasis have found inspiration in bashing Tony Blair while Coldplay have gone off the deep end in pursuit of U2.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
06-14-2005 |
Reviews
Elevating Your Sleaze-Rock Quotientnew
Sunset Strip throwbacks Tsar pass the Nikki Sixx Standardized Test with their trash-glam opus, Band Girls Money.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
06-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Band Girls Money, Tsar
When Wild Musicians Attacknew
Ryan Adams' current tour is disaster one night, sublime wonder the next. Where does he fit in among the great meltdown artists of yore?
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-13-2005 |
Music
Cheersnew
Manchester trio Doves set out to prove they don't deserve the über-moper tag well-meaning fans and critics have pasted on them.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
06-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aimee Mann Creates Concept Cyclenew
Aimee Mann sings the blues, or rather, depression with her "luxuriant but coolly aloof vocals".
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Aimee Mann, The Forgotten Arm
Playing Our Songnew
Al Green's immortal work is the stuff memories are made of.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Al Green, Everything's OK
Seattle's Band Trots Forward, Led by Friendshipsnew
A quartet of late '90s/early 2000s Seattle scene veterans, Band of Horses plays an engaging blend of high, lonesome indie rock informed by insurgent country.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Band of Horses
Such Great Heightsnew
Speaking with Sam Beam is a bit disarming: He sounds like other people, he talks like other people, though he is notably friendly and laid back. He asks a reporter to call back because his daughters are washing up before bedtime. But he's a rock star!
Jackson Free Press |
Walker Sampson |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Iron & Wine, Woman King
Twisting The Knifenew
There's more to the perpetually misunderstood Robbie Fulks than what the alt-country press would have you believe.
Mountain Xpress |
Steve Shanafelt |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Putting the Nasty Back in Dynastynew
Dru Ha, co-owner of East Coast indie label Duck Down, which produces some of hip-hop's best kept secrets, gives the Dig the lowdown on putting out raw beats alongside industry giants.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Catching Rayznew
C-Rayz Walz says he's got more love for humanity than to think that people who buy hip-hop are stupid. He wants his music to appeal to the intelligent.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love, Frustration, Mystery and Bullshitnew
The Weekly Dig finds out why James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem doesn't give a damn about the post-punk revival or the New York City scene.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
