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Second Album Mix of Bubblegum Pop and Post-Punknew
Brooklyn's the Rogers Sisters could just as well be from Athens circa 1982. The group's latest release has you wondering if you've run across a perfectly preserved artifact from over two decades ago.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Rogers Sisters, Three Fingers
Album Pays Tribute to a Pioneer of American Musicnew
In a market flooded with tribute albums varying in quality from terrible to tremendous, Bloodshot Records manages to hit the higher end of the scale with a fairly well-balanced tribute to the first lady of rockabilly, Wanda Jackson.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Helmet Regroups and Changes Its Sound with Mixed Resultsnew
Founder/vocalist/guitarist Page Hamilton has revived Helmet for Size Matters, the group's sixth full-length album. The result is a dated and artistically questionable new record.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Helmet, Size Matters
Gospel's Donnie McClurkin Takes On His Gay Criticsnew
McClurkin's autobiography, Eternal Victim, Eternal Victor, recounts how, from age 8 to 13, he was repeatedly molested by an uncle -- and offers such abuse as a cause of his later homosexuality. He's been criticized for his claim that religion "delivered" him from being gay.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
11-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Song Lyrics Attest to Superman's Enduring Appealnew
Superman is mentioned in over 280 songs. The Man of Steel has become easy shorthand for the American dream or the Purveyor of Your Wildest Sexual Fantasies.
Houston Press |
Rob Harvilla |
11-16-2004 |
Music
Down with the Pixies, Up with Chick Flicksnew
Death Metal Douglas' band, Radar O'Reilly, is seen either as an AC/DC rehasher repelling audiences from local bars and clubs or a talent burning too brightly among the blind.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
11-16-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Death Metal Douglas
Dance-Punk Gods Try Fame on Their Own Termsnew
The Faint's typical live audience is comprised of "goth kids and hardcore kids and regular adults that look like they just got off work," says keyboardist Jacob Thiele. "It's like this melting pot of weirdoes."
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
11-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Faint
A Family Affairnew
Alejandro Escovedo's music provides the backdrop for the stage work By the Hand of the Father, which blends oral histories, video and live music in a tale about men who immigrated to the United States from Mexico.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-11-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Here & Queernew
Rufus Wainwright has released the gayest album this side of Turbonegro's "Ass Cobra," and it couldn't come at a better time.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
11-11-2004 |
Reviews
Four Musicians Have a Hell of a Way with Soundsnew
Sung Tongs is a baptism of blissful squalls threaded with melodic wisps, fuzzy pop ritualistically sifted from droning sediment. It reflects the group's varied influences, which include the Beach Boys, Syd Barrett, Captain Beefheart and the Incredible String Band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-11-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective, Sung Tongs
This is Popnew
A new Trojan Records box set reframes the history of reggae.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jeff Chang |
11-10-2004 |
Reviews
Ladies Firstnew
Culling from the history of dyke music, electro-punk band Lesbians on Ecstasy are talkin' 'bout a dance-floor revolution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jimmy Draper |
11-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Method Rocking: Juliette Lewis and Minnie Driver Have Started Bandsnew
Musicians do a better job of switch-hitting as actors than vice versa. Two actresses, Juliette Lewis and Minnie Driver, have launched their own bands with conflicting results.
Happy Endingsnew
With its cohesive flow and strong hooks, The Necronauts' new self-titled CD is a better representation of the band than any earlier release.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
11-09-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Five Steps to Achieving Metal Health, the Metallica Waynew
Two years ago, members of Metallica paid a sports therapist to help them deal with one another. He wasn't qualified so New Times offers a better prescription.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jason Bracelin |
11-08-2004 |
Music
