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Family Tiesnew
Named after a long-tailed Nicaraguan bird that cannot survive in captivity, the Nicaraguan Brother-sister duo Guardabarranco perform socially conscious Central American folk music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Guardabarranco, Verdadero Pan
Together Againnew
Tears for Fears has reunited after a nearly 10-year period of estrangement. Now seems like a good time for them to get their due.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Thin-Mustached Dude Behind Our Favorite Holiday Albumnew
This oddball collection skips the predictable stuff and instead offers some rare archival recordings that are guaranteed to make you laugh and/or really creep you out.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Craig Seymour |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Highway to Hellnew
Seattle's Himsa unleash their fury on an unsuspecting nation -- just don't call it 'metalcore.'
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Eminem's Worldnew
Eminem's rhymes have the rambling hypersensitivity of diary entries, schizophrenically bouncing between nervous moments of clarity and narcissistic attempts at self-aggrandizement.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
11-23-2004 |
Reviews
Burnednew
Delays in CD deliveries have some Colorado bands screaming mad. Some say it's one more example of the vulnerability of young bands in a cutthroat business, while others say it's just the bad economy. Welcome to the music-industrial complex.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
11-22-2004 |
Music
Big Nothingsnew
If bleakness blankets singer-songwriter Elliott Smith's posthumously released CD, that doesn't mark a major change in tone from his previous albums.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
11-22-2004 |
Music
Soulful and Sweet Enoughnew
The arrival of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb highlights U2's diminishing skills -- both the "diminishing" and the "skills." A complete deconstruction, with help from Mom.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
11-22-2004 |
Reviews
From All Corners of the Globenew
With members from Tucson, Nashville and Germany, Calexico have crossed oceans and cultures to expand their sound.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
11-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Calexico, The Black Light
The Secondmen Comethnew
Bass player and former member of the Minutemen and fIREHOSE, Mike Watt turned a serious illness into an inspiration for an album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Musical Familynew
Music legend Howe Gelb takes his newest incarnation of Giant Sand on the road with a new CD.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Everything You'll Never Havenew
Bruni is not just extravagantly gorgeous, filthy rich, and commercially successful, she's also getting excellent reviews from grouchy critics, who generally don't take kindly to singing supermodels. Despite all these facts, you probably shouldn't hate her.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Carla Bruni, Quelqu'un m'a dit
Become Your Own Saviornew
Johnston's life and body of work speak to the restorative power of hope. A 43-year-old with chronic manic depression, he lives with his parents in Waller, Texas. For the past 25 years, he's written hundreds of songs that plumb the darkest caverns of the soul and suffuse them with sunlight.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
A Restless Hellonew
Bob Dylan revisits the world that made him—in the world he remade.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
11-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan, Chronicles Volume 1
Album Takes an Unconventional Approach to Hip-Hopnew
Williams shows how spoken word can be explosive-tipped and delivered in propulsive patois that puts many a mercurial MC to shame.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Saul Williams
