AltWeeklies Wire
Disorderly Conductnew
Northwestern ethnoforgers the Master Musicians of Bukkake bring the folk tradition to its knees.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Will York |
03-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Where the Chords Have No Namesnew
Jon Garelick interviews guitarist Pat Metheny about his group's new magnum opus, The Way Up.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
03-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pat Metheny Group, The Way Up
Waiting for Erykahnew
The highest-debuting female solo artist in the history of the music charts told a packed room at South by Southwest that she started ControlFreaq Records "to free the slaves and the slave masters."
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
03-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Getting Buzzed at SXSW 2005new
Austin's music festival is like The Apprentice for indie rock bands, says one of a gajillion performers.
Dallas Observer |
Sarah Hepola |
03-29-2005 |
Music
Not Quite a Sea Changenew
The consensus on Low’s seventh full-length album and first for Sub Pop, is that it represents a Great Departure. Also reviewed is The Fiery Furnaces'EP.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-25-2005 |
Reviews
Songs About Poseursnew
Underneath the surface mockery of Clem Snide's fifth album is a deep and abiding sympathy, a generosity of spirit that refuses to succumb to despair. Also reviewed is Petra Haden's Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-25-2005 |
Reviews
R&B's Tweet Returns to Bare Her Soulnew
Hopefully her sophomore album, It's Me Again, will help Tweet emerge from the shadows.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
03-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: It's Me Again, Tweet
Like His Dad and Granddad, Hank Williams III Does It the Hard Waynew
Hank Williams III's drawl carries with it the unmistakable echo of his granddaddy, the first Hank Williams. And like his father, and friends such as David Allan Coe, Hank is an iconoclast who bleeds rebel red.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
03-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Homme Sweet Homme: Queens of the Stone Age Interviewnew
Repetition saturates Queens of the Stone Age's new album Lullabies To Paralyze like a recurring nightmare.
Boston Phoenix |
Ken Micallef |
03-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
All Things Must Passnew
Throughout his new album, John Davis sounds like a man freed from bondage. For the first time in a while, he is really singing -- and playing -- from the heart.
Tags: Davis, John Davis
Success Via Bar Flynew
Stefan George is proud that he can make a musical living at home.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Surviving the Gamenew
Thirty years in, the rock 'n' roll institution is still louder and drunker than everybody else.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
03-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Turning Into Punk's Miss Worldnew
Ashlee Simpson suddenly seems aware of her counterculture calling, and her band seems capable of making the move to grimier fare.
Cleveland Scene |
Andrew Miller |
03-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Understanding in a Car Crashnew
A stolen stereo results in an audio archiving project of epic proportions -- and leads to an exploration into the psychology of the mix tape in the MP3 era.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
03-23-2005 |
Music
Tags: High Decibel, Vince Darcangelo
Burning Brightlynew
From the center of the Montreal indie rock firmament, Stars issue a fiery imperative.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jimmy Draper |
03-23-2005 |
Music
Tags: indie rock, The Smiths
