AltWeeklies Wire
Another Reason to Love Canadanew
Toronto's The Sadies continue to collaborate with an impressively diverse array of other musicians and performers. This time it's Neko Case.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
12-03-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Sadies, Favourite Colours
Nirvana-Shaped Boxnew
With the Lights Out gets at the music behind the myth. Not merely a greatest-hits package or retrospective, the new box set is a revealing look inside the musical mess that was Nirvana.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-03-2004 |
Music
Tags: Nirvana, With the Lights Out
Album Infiltrates and Imbues Pop with Dimensionalitynew
Across 12 tracks, Le Tigre makes like Chicks on Speed to Blondie to J.J. Fad; screechy and preachy to hopscotch hip-hop. However, the buffing of the chaotic lo-fi hiccups makes Le Tigre's staunch missives seem less urgent.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
12-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Le Tigre, This Island
The Merits of Magnetic Fields' Frontman Stephin Merrittnew
Merritt is the modern definition of consummate tunesmith, writing in a myriad of musical styles (rock, show tune, new wave, country, punk). He calls this eclectic mix "the variety show," and his albums consist of strapping the variously styled songs together with a loosely themed binding.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
12-02-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Magnetic Fields
Strength in Differencesnew
And now, music fans, relax and welcome to the "Sound of Strange America." We don't have a particular sound in the Bay Area – we've got dozens of them.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J. H. Tompkins |
12-01-2004 |
Music
Everybody Say 'Yeah'new
What is the San Francisco Sound?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-01-2004 |
Music
Sunrise on a Green Daynew
San Francisco may have the most thriving underground music scene in the country, but very few mainstream acts emerge out of it, at least few that we can be proud of. Green Day is a rare exception.
Warming Trendnew
At long last, Edith Frost is done chilling out. She has scheduled her first extended tour in ages and has developed new material for a CD that should reach stores by the first half of 2005.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
11-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Soul-Scorching Redemption in 48 Minutesnew
One of those rare groups that conjures up a host of impossibly disparate influences (Pavement, the Velvet Underground, the Talking Heads, Neutral Milk Hotel) without relinquishing its originality, the Arcade Fire contains multitudes. Also reviewed is Smoosh's She Like Electric.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: funeral, Arcade Fire
Boxing the Rocknew
A music reviewer names six of the year’s best multi-disc sets, and one of the worst.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
After Elevation, Vertigonew
Even after 25 years, there's still no rock band like U2.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
11-29-2004 |
Reviews
Black is Backnew
The Pixies' leader talks about the break-up, the reunion, and the band's return to Boston.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
11-29-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Red Bull Music Academy Breaks Boundariesnew
Atlanta-based DJ/producer Rasta Root participates in Red Bull Music Academy, where up-and-coming artists get to study with some much-sought-after, behind-the-scenes music makers. The goal is to expand traditional musical boundaries.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rasta Root
Williams Dissects Hip-Hop in Search of Its Heartnew
Saul Williams's witty, humorous, gut-wrenching rhymes cut straight to the heart, begging heads and artists alike to reconsider hip-hop culture--and re-envision both its direction and its place in the world.
The Georgia Straight |
Tara Henley |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Saul Williams
So Long, Mr. Jonesnew
When he emerged from prison last year, rapper Russell Jones was by most accounts a subdued shell of his former manic self. His insanity had been the root of his appeal.
The Pitch |
Nathan Dinsdale |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
