AltWeeklies Wire
Going Blank Againnew
An indie-rock trio out of Los Angeles, with a strong fan base on the West Coast, is trying to build up a genuine grassroots following.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
05-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Just Put Your Lips Together ...new
Pro whistler Steve Herbst takes an age-old pastime into prime time.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
05-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rebel With Applause: The Belated Return of Billy Idolnew
The Phoenix talks with Billy Idol about his hits, his misses, and his new album.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Bregman |
05-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Best of Highbrow Musicnew
Mugam Sayagi, Kronos’s first album since 2002’s Nuevo, consists of four pieces by the Azerbaijani pianist/composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, three of which were commissioned by the quartet.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-23-2005 |
Reviews
Coveting Cuomonew
On Make Believe, celebrated frontman Rivers Cuomo reaches out beyond Weezer's core audience.
Boston Phoenix |
Nick Sylvester |
05-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Crime Pays!new
Caribou, aka Dan Snaith, takes his mind-bending music around the country.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Battle Rhymes Primed for the Big Timenew
Copy has “a way with words like alphabet soup on a triple beam.” His quiver is bloated with hedonistic darts for anyone who likes to unscramble wordplay.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Copywrite
Band Traded its D.C. Art-Punk Roots for Brooklyn Stylingsnew
Formerly the three-piece musical deconstructors El Guapo, Supersystem takes the minimalist rhythms of the former band, adds a new member and festoons its sound with ample clamor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Always Never Again, Supersystem
Nifty Noirnew
Perhaps sensing they were boxing themselves in as Jesus and Mary Chain clones, Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, aka the Raveonettes, strip away the squealing reverb and punk influences of their debut on this sophomore release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Raveonettes, Pretty in Black
Band Rides to Underground Fame on the Back of Two Co-Talesnew
Andy Herod's repeated viewings of the movie Dark City following a break-up eventually provided The Comas' collection of songs with a sci-fi storyline -- the death of love perpetrated by intergalactic robots.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Call of the Wildnew
Tweaked and irreverent, Caribou's digital psychedelia refuses to be tamed.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Maas Appealnew
DJ Timo Maas promotes dance culture with his latest "maasterpiece."
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doing It to Deathnew
Give it up for funk classicists Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Band Names: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Columbia Free Times looks at noteworthy band names, pondering the meaning of everything from "...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead" to "Widespread Panic."
Columbia Free Times |
Dan Cook and Kevin Langston |
05-18-2005 |
Music
Painting Outside the Linesnew
Jazz pianist Jason Moran talks about Milestone, a piece commissioned by the Walker Art Center and inspired by works by Adrian Piper, Louise Nevelson, Ellsworth Kelly, and others, that he performs this weekend.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Dylan Hicks |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jason Moran
