AltWeeklies Wire
New Releases Celebrate Bryan and Briannew
Within glam, Roxy Music succeeded thanks to a dynamic tension established between principal players Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-15-2004 |
Reviews
What to Expect From New Reissues by Music Trailblazersnew
Inaccurately lumped into the punk genre because of their affiliation with CBGB, New York City's Talking Heads proved much more resilient, eclectic and arguably more creative than their thrashing contemporaries.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-15-2004 |
Reviews
Mixmasters Signify and Sixtoo Like Their Hip-Hop Weirdnew
Somebody spiked the punch and hip-hop is mingling and tingling. With similarly informed albums and a jointly headlined tour, producers Signify and Sixtoo are chaperones working overtime to keep hip-hop -- as they see it -- from slipping from its experimental roots.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Signify and Sixtoo
Mono's Music Sounds Like Hell. (That's a Good Thing.)new
Mono's music is not without precedent. In the mode of Chicago post-rock, Mono explores loud-soft dynamics shrouded in bristling musings and melancholic orchestration.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Can Wilco Ever Live Up To -- or Live Down -- its Myth?new
Wilco has gone from a small band with a cultish following to a heavily hyped, critically loved behemoth. And rock critics are heaping praise -- a little more than is warranted -- on the band's latest album, A Ghost Is Born.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kevin Forest Moreau |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wilco, A Ghost Is Born
Burnt Sugar Create An Aural Melting Potnew
"Black Sex Yall" is hit-or-miss, which you'd expect from a double CD that wears its indulgence on its sleeve.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
09-15-2004 |
Reviews
Move Over, iTunesnew
Two Seattle companies—behemoth Microsoft and startup Chondo—provide an alternative for online music lovers.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
09-15-2004 |
Music
Eddie Vedder's African Connectionnew
The rocker helps a South African youth choir sing the songs of Pearl Jam.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: eddie vedder
Ray LaMontagne's RCA debut, Trouble, came out Sept. 14new
Ray LaMontagne is the next big thing in singer/songerwriters: Not only does he have a big voice and great songs, but he's got a great back story about living off the grid and being inspired by Stephen Still. The Phoenix interviewed him in his home town of Wilton, Maine.
Portland Phoenix |
Sam Pfeifle |
09-15-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Trouble, Ray LaMontagne
Label Cools on Nordic-Themed Rappersnew
Valhalla Ice had big plans for his rap/rock group, Norse Law. But things have gone downhill, and it sounds like the fat lady might be singing.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
09-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Norse Law
A Star Is Rebornnew
Mike Haaga may no longer be the metal merchant he was in dead horse, one of Houston's most beloved bands of the 1990s, but he's still every bit the genius he was then.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rolling Freenew
Having been through divorce, rehab and the death of her father since the demise of Royal Trux, Jennifer Herrema could be forgiven if she indulged in some self-pity, but her first first record with the boys of RTX is a furious heavy metal celebration of freedom and renewal.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Chamberlin |
09-13-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blues Clues: Gettin' Down-and-Dirty With the Black Keysnew
The blues-rock duo recorded their third release in a studio inside a toxic old rubber factory in an Akron, Ohio, slum. They nearly managed to sneak into a nearby Lockheed Martin plant that builds battle blimps to take photos for their new album.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
09-13-2004 |
Reviews
Moving Unitsnew
Dealership's third album presents largely writ tales of good versus evil, love gone wrong, hostages and spies, all played with a simple, almost childlike pop feel. This is fabulous music, with the emphasis on fable.
SF Weekly |
Dan Strachota |
09-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Freq Outnew
Flamboyance comes naturally to DJ Darin McFadyen, better known as Freq Nasty, whose hairstyle seems to feature half the dreadlocks in Jamaica. His new CD offers compulsively danceable songs.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
