AltWeeklies Wire
Dropping the F-Bombnew
Women make and take the noise.
SF Weekly |
Frances Reade |
12-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Things Can Only Get Betternew
Tussle raises the creativity quotient.
SF Weekly |
Jonathan Zwickel |
12-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tussle
Dawn of Dubstepnew
Will this bass-heavy dance phenomenon blow out only your speakers or will it really blow up?
Tags: concerts
Boss S-O-Vnew
British rapper Lady Sovereign conquers America.
SF Weekly |
Eric K. Arnold |
11-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lady Sovereign
So Rich, So Prettynew
Mickey Avalon scores with hipsters, hustlers, and MySpace suits.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
10-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mickey Avalon
A Zen-Masternew
Aficionados of way out-there dub music, IDM, and broken beat will likely note some similarities in Krush's abstract style, which has made him one of the true masters of trip hop, or whatever they're calling it these days.
Tags: DJ Krush, Stepping Stones
Out of the Shadownew
DJ Shadow has crafted both exquisite beats and a carefully cultivated mystique -- find out from him why the lush trip hop is being replaced by the hyphy sound.
SF Weekly |
Eric K. Arnold |
09-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Shadow
Beat Thisnew
RJD2 has an instinctive production style.
SF Weekly |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: RJD2
Luminously Melodicnew
Scheinman's world-class septet performs her spare arrangements with a note-perfect reserve that makes it seem as if the music is playing itself.
Tags: 12 Songs, Jenny Scheinman
Movin' On Up?new
Frontman Colin Meloy discusses his solo tour and the band's upcoming major label debut.
SF Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
01-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Decemberists
Talking With Ghostsnew
What does the ghost of INXS's Michael Hutchence think of his band's reunion?
Tags: INXS
A Who's Who of Prog-Rocknew
This live CD combines acid-laced sonic experimentation, conservatory-bred musicianship and a will to smash pop-music convention.
A Limited Scopenew
Pearls and Brass only seems capable of creating a bombastic, one-dimensional fusion of Grand Funk boogie and Black Sabbath fuzz, in which deafening volume replaces crafty chops.
Tags: Pearls and Brass, The Indian Tower
Wretched Rocknew
This Australian quartet slowly drags you through a long night of drink, gore and weighing whether to end it all.
The Godfathernew
James Brown is the godfather of many things, including, but not limited, to soul.
Tags: James Brown
