AltWeeklies Wire
The Go! Team's New Album is a Gonew
The Go! Team have learned a lot since forming seven years ago -- like get clearance for samples before releasing a record.
NOW Magazine |
Bryan Borzykowski |
11-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Proof of Youth, The Go! Team
The Misfits Are for Every Nobody Anywherenew
The Misfits stirred something deep inside me. I knew I was pissed off about something, but never knew what exactly.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
11-05-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
Tori Amos on the Characters Who Sang Her Songsnew
On American Doll Posse, Amos assumes the roles of a quartet of disparate women. Together, they sing the album's 23 songs. They also join Amos onstage.
Cleveland Scene |
D. X. Ferris |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Tori Amos, American Doll Posse
The National Parcs: Grooves From the Great Outdoorsnew
The Montreal band breaks new ground with Timbervision, an audio-visual album of hinterland harmonies and beats from the bush.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The National Parcs, Timbervision
The Joy of Rediscovering Buell Kazeenew
Kazee was a complex and influential folk musician in "the old weird America" who gave it all up to preach. Recently, Appalshop re-released a memorial album that showcases the broad and nuanced context of hiss music and life.
LEO Weekly |
Nathan Salsburg |
11-02-2007 |
Music
Tags: Buell Kazee
The Complications of Women's Music Festivalsnew
Is there room for Siren Nation Festival in the era of big-ticket events like Coachella, SXSW, Bonnaroo, and Sasquatch, to say nothing of Ladyfest?
The Portland Mercury |
Lizzie Ehrenhalt |
11-01-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: Siren Nation Festival, concerts
Hip-Hop's On Trial, and Everybody's Snitchingnew
Though the first chapter in T.I.'s federal firearms case drew to a close with his $3 million bond release last Friday, Oct. 26, the rap industry continues to dodge bullets in a year that has been full of nonstop drama.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
11-01-2007 |
Music
Other People's Propertynew
The world may never run out of songs, but you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise. How else do you explain the approximately eleventy-bajillion covers albums released in 2007 -- including ones from Shawn Lee, Ann Wilson, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michaelangelo Matos |
10-30-2007 |
Music
Ian Nagoski Brings Us Obscure World-Music 78snew
That elusive journey to another time and place purely via ephemeral music is what Nagoski aims for with The Black Mirror. It's a 24-track tour through obscure Syrian, Thai, Balinese, Indian, and various Eastern European folk music, with liner notes providing the best information Nagoski could uncover about the recordings, the music, and the artists.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lance (Big Mouth) Bassnew
The former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio.
Dallas Observer |
Ben Westhoff |
10-29-2007 |
Music
Slideshow: Halloween Costumes Inspired By Dylan Lyricsnew
Napoleon in rags, man in a long black coat, the Persian drunkard, and more.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
10-29-2007 |
Music
Artists Giving Away Their Music for Free: A Prehistorynew
Radiohead wasn't the first, folks.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
10-26-2007 |
Music
Buy It, Use It, Break It, Fix Itnew
On the eve of its final American performance of 2007, Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter discusses the duo's banner year, the future of the music industry and the current state of electronic music.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daft Punk
Ebony and Ecstasynew
After nearly two decades in separate corners, hip-hop and electronic music are back together on the dance floor.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
10-26-2007 |
Music
Excellent Italian Interview: Steve Albini Speaksnew
Albini is a pretty nerdy guy -- it didn't take long in a conversation with him until we were talking about poker chat room culture, CuteOverload.com, and Rick Astley.
Boston Phoenix |
Daniel Brockman |
10-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
