AltWeeklies Wire
Keepin' It Meannew
Strange as it may seem, given the duo's apparently abundant confidence, Jamie "Hotel" Hince and Alison "VV" Mosshart thrive on tension, and not just the sexual kind.
Cleveland Scene |
Andrew Miller |
04-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Kills
Here Comes The Sun Kingnew
King Sunny Adé talks about war, Nigeria, and good juju.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
04-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: King Sunny Ade
One Spin Shows Band Has Something Specialnew
The delightful concoction starts with a pinch of Celtic guitar, uilleann pipes and pennywhistles, then a little Afro-beat percussion, gorgeous traditional fiddle and old-timey banjo.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Duhks
Strum and Jangle Isn't Easily Forgottennew
A collection of singles and non-album tracks that encapsulate the group's most essential and obscure material released throughout the '90s, this link in Panoply's evolutionary chain harvests bleak rhythms and searing sonic scuffs in one definitive document of disjointed parallels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Looney Tunes Gone Wildnew
The fifth offering from Mike Patton and Co. pays homage to both the month of April and the soundtracks from the golden era of Warner Bros. cartoons. It sounds simple but when executed, it's Looney Tunes gone wild.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Fantomas, Suspended Animation
Athens' Of Montreal Makes Whimsical, Retro-Fitted Popnew
It's likely that Of Montreal's sensibilities stem from the fact that the group has navigated the thin line between autonomous control and collaboration for nearly a decade, living and working on top of one another in communal houses and tour vans.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Of Montreal, The Sunlandic Twins
Moby Makes Music to Buy Bynew
As I listened to his new album, a statement on the transient nature of humanity called Hotel, I couldn't help thinking that its songs would be perfect for those most fleeting of cultural forms: TV commercials. Here's what I made of the album and the glossy goods and clinical services I thought the songs would be perfect for
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Messy Structured Brassnew
Tuba, coronet, trombone and percussion come together to form the unique jazz of Brassum.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brassum, Warning Lights
Communication Breakdownnew
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age axes his bass player, enters his cocoon and makes a great rock record.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Keith Harris |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Elf Rocknew
It's no surprise to learn that, as a child in Montana, Decemberists front man Colin Meloy wanted desperately to be an elf.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Man Under the Influencenew
After a near-death experience, Alejandro Escovedo returns, cleaner than ever and just as hungry.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Internet Spawns Wave of Roboscalpingnew
While rubes are waiting in line for tickets to U2 and other hot concerts, scalpers' robots are buying up all the best seats from Ticketmaster online.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-06-2005 |
Music
From Muse to Non-Lolitanew
Keren Ann Zeidel's lyrics are both commonplace and enigmatic, a series of ordinary observations that accumulate meaning obliquely, transparent layer by transparent layer, like a Rembrandt painting or a Raymond Carver story.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
04-05-2005 |
Reviews
Am I Emo?new
An identity crisis involving post-neo-punk withdrawal.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-04-2005 |
Music
Tags: High Decibel, Vince Darcangelo
Low Frontnew
After a decade of frigid indie rock, the Duluth band's temperature is rising.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
