AltWeeklies Wire
Maybe 2007 will be Better for Film Schoolnew
Inside the downward-cast glances of Film School's music -- the term "shoegaze" doesn't quite capture the tone -- are a great deal of sidelong resentments and gritted teeth.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: film school, Hideout
Los Lobos Tackles Immigrant Issuesnew
The Town and the City is as close to a theme album as the group has recorded in its 30-plus years together, and possibly its best since 1992's Kiko.
Shepherd Express |
Alan Sculley |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los Lobos, The Town and the City
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Cope Through Songnew
The members of Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars are exiles who have witnessed horrors, but they make vibrant and often downright festive music.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-31-2007 |
Music
Rap Not For Profitnew
Rappers have boasted about spreading knowledge through their music for decades, but few have the bragging rights of The Figureheads, a rap group/non-profit organization that literally uses hip-hop as a teaching device.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-31-2007 |
Music
Tags: The Figureheads
Perry Farrell Heals the Worldnew
And he also gets a little kinky.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chemical Brothers Keep it Piecemealnew
Taken cumulatively, We Are the Night is more a playlist of potential iPod moods than it is an old-fashioned album.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
The Return of The Rentalsnew
When Matt Sharp considered reuniting the band after a half-decade hiatus, he faced an obvious challenge: There wasn't an actual band to reunite.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rentals
Another Side of Chris Cornellnew
The singer distances himself from hard rock.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
07-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chris Cornell
Madison's Beach Boysnew
With a style that seems more commonly found in Southern California or the Florida Keys, Madison's Free Hot Lunch has become a national folk stage favorite.
Shepherd Express |
Brian Barney |
06-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Free Hot Lunch
Mary Timony's Many Hatsnew
The genre-shifting songstress returns to her D.C. roots.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
06-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mary Timony
Mavis Staples' Voice Leads the Way to Redemptionnew
On We'll Never Turn Back, she reinterprets freedom songs of African-American civil rights struggles and sings some new ones too.
Shepherd Express |
Jamie Lee Rake |
05-24-2007 |
Reviews
Why Propagandhi Still Mattersnew
Reflecting on 20 years of political punk.
Shepherd Express |
John Figlesthaler |
05-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Propagandhi
Califone's Road to Rootlessnessnew
Califone can provoke quite a visceral response, since the atmosphere it creates seems both familiar and foreign.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
05-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Califone
Fountains of Wayne's 'Traffic and Weather'new
The latest record increases the quartet’s streak of near-perfect LPs to four.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
05-11-2007 |
Reviews
Not Groundbreaking, but a Reminder of Her Potencynew
Smith the fan and Smith the artist aren't always reconciled, but even when they are, Twelve starts arguments.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
05-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Patti Smith, Twelve
