AltWeeklies Wire
Quartet Bakes Up Something Funkynew
Out Hud is a band of captivating contradictions. All four members write songs, and producer Justin Vandervolgen helps distill the sprawling parts into a streamlined skip.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
After Beating Cancer, the Songwriting Legend Returns to Formnew
It's been nine years since John Prine released a record of new material. For his fans, who are an impassioned bunch, the wait has been somewhat frustrating, only partially alleviated by Prine's semi-regular touring schedule.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
04-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fair & Square, John Prine
Spring Forwardnew
Critic John Brodeur does some spring cleaning and writes a round-up review of discs that have been collecting dust on his desk.
Tags: Decemberists, Picaresque
Garbage: A Band's Struggle To Reinvent Itselfnew
Garbage return with a renewed sense of purpose. Ken Micallef talks with Butch Vig.
Boston Phoenix |
Ken Micallef |
04-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Queen of Queensnew
The newest member of Queens of the Stone Age, Natasha Shneider, reports from the front.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
04-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Queens of the Stone Age
Playing to Winnew
The Game's Documentary and West Coast Resurrection probe what it means to be a gangsta in a deindustrialized world.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kevin Y. Kim |
04-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Grime Paysnew
Few musicians in England have risen from obscurity to celebrity more dramatically than Dizzee Rascal.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rock Ethicnew
Local 33's debut CD is a reminder of all that is pure, simple and honest about country and rock, a pep talk for anyone who's ever stared down misery, mortality and the void of the open road and lived to tell the tale.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hip-Hop Studio King Gets Into Bodybuildingnew
One of the most innovative and influential record producers of the last decade, Tim Mosely (known as Timbaland) set out to drop 100 pounds and get buck.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
04-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Facing the Musicnew
After seven years of touring the world as indie-rock royalty in Guided by Voices, virtuoso guitarist and songwriter Doug Gillard is back on his own.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
04-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
T.I. and Lil' Flip Rumble in Houstonnew
One of the great rap feuds of recent years came to a head at a joint in Houston.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-11-2005 |
Music
Tags: rappers, Various Rap Artists
High Decibel: The B-sides of Our Livesnew
A listen to the Dropkick Murphys' new collection of B-sides is cause for reflection on mortality, mature decision-making and pop superfluousness.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-11-2005 |
Reviews
Conversation Pieces: Tori Amos in Song and Otherwisenew
The quirky diva discusses her new CD, her new book, her many frames of reference, terrorists and orange knickers.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
04-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Against the Grainnew
A heckler who demanded that folk group d.biddle play faster might have been surprised to learn that singer/guitarist Duncan Barlow is a punk-rock veteran.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Marty Anderson Is Okaynew
The prolific young songwriter Marty Anderson has been so ill with Crohn's disease he feared he wouldn't live to see the release of his band's first two albums.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
04-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
