AltWeeklies Wire
Hey Santa, Download Thisnew
This year, it's all about single songs downloaded digitally and hardwired into the personal music device of your choice. That's right: Santa's making a playlist and checking it twice.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
The Year in Musicnew
Music critics name the best in pop, heavy metal, underground black music, overlooked discs and more in a comprehensive look at 2005.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax, Sam Chennault and Dan Leroy, Frank Soults, Garrett Kamps, Scott Faingold, Tony Ware, Eric K. Arnold and Jason Bracelin |
12-14-2005 |
Music
Boxing Decadesnew
The box is the big kahuna of the nostalgia factory — the rare opportunity for the A&R folks to make a statement about an artist, a style of music, or, best of all, an entire era.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Turkish Undergroundnew
If you've heard of Turkey's psychedelic rock scene, you might think that Erkin Koray was its alpha and omega.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
New DVD Showcases More Music-Video Auteursnew
Despite the varying qualities of its new editions, the Directors Label series remains an essential guide to charting the ambitions -- both failed and realized -- of the music video industry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Hark, The CD Sales Ringnew
Feeling culturally forced to buy your loved ones crap? Don't fret, Stephen Slaybaugh's annual guide will help you buy music for your taste-challenged Christmas listers -- even the one who likes Coldplay -- guilt-free.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
11-25-2005 |
Reviews
Inappropriate and Out-of-Datenew
The Warriors suffered the fate of a few other movies that should have had good soundtracks: They fell victim to the Eagles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jason Ferguson |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Can You Dig It?new
Yes, this disc has just been reissued, to coincide with the recent director's cut DVD and the completely awesome video game. Now, granted, The Warriors was no Fast Times, but it was a fairly dark movie. And, unsurprisingly, this soundtrack -- remastered or not -- still sounds as inappropriate as it sounds out-of-date.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Sonic Window Dressingnew
Don't be unduly burdened with some concern about "authenticity" when it comes to the contemporary electronic lusciousness of the tracks on Putumayo's Lounge series.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Asian Lounge
The Global Villagenew
The delicious irony of this wonderful compilation of anti-globalism music and texts is that, without the acceleration of globalization over the past decade, the very logistics of uniting artists and writers from first- and third-world countries would have been nearly insurmountable.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-05-2005 |
Reviews
Reno's Women of Rocknew
Being told you're a female Jello Biafra or a Nick Drake sound-alike, enjoying fan flirtation and impressing your grandma are some of the perks of being a woman rocker.
Reno News & Review |
Stephanie Perry |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Funky Stewnew
The best thing about Belize City Boil Up isn't the fact that it shines a light on a woefully underdocumented (and equally underappreciated) music scene.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Hot Stuff, Coming Through!new
Boston's Post-Apocalyptic Halloween Iron Pour will feature lots of fire, a courtyard full of art students, a Japanese prog-freak band and 100 pound pots of 3000 degree molten iron.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
10-26-2005 |
Concerts
Crowe's Songsnew
The CD Elizabethtown is only the latest to reveal director Cameron Crowe's love affair with soundtracks.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-17-2005 |
Reviews
Compilations Showcase Talents of Cambodian, Thai Popsters
Western influences abound on these compilations, but the talent of the Southeast Asian singers comes through loud and clear.
LEO Weekly |
Michael Steiger |
10-14-2005 |
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