AltWeeklies Wire
Hater Baitersnew
How does Sacramento really feel about its hip-hop scene?
Sacramento News & Review |
Josh Fernandez |
06-28-2007 |
Music
Joe Reyes' One-man Bandwagonnew
Reyes finds time between his multiple musical commitments to make an excellent solo EP.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
06-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Reyes
Morrissey Remains Messiah to Millionsnew
The last of the international playboys still torments his rabid fans around the world.
New York Press |
Joe Pompeo |
06-28-2007 |
Music
Where the Ladies At?new
The battles and breaks behind the first female hip-hop festival.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
06-27-2007 |
Music
Fred Mangan's Eccentric Guitarsnew
For the past few decades, Mangan has been converting found, esoteric objects into functioning works of art.
Chicago Newcity |
Libby Ramer |
06-27-2007 |
Music
Peacekeeping Armynew
Polyphonic Spree's up to 28 members have shed their cultlike robes for a unifying military look, and its latest record, The Fragile Army, still has the sunny sound the group is known for but takes on more serious subject matter lyrically and sartorically.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
06-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Polyphonic Spree, The Fragile Army
Putting the 'Mock' in Democracynew
Asylum Street Spankers' Christina Marrs talks about political satire.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Robinson |
06-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Asylum Street Spankers
In Praise of Selling Outnew
More corporate involvement might be just what the music industry needs.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-25-2007 |
Music
Rock the Votenew
Who should -- and shouldn't -- be in the Rock Hall of Fame? We pick a fight.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
06-22-2007 |
Music
Everyone's Talking About Girl Talknew
A year ago, Pittsburgh's don of desktop dementia was metastasizing mash-ups in dirty little nightclubs; today, he's partying with Paris Hilton, posing for Playgirl and conspiring with congressmen -- while a Montreal filmmaker catches it all.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
06-22-2007 |
Music
Songs of Faith and Devotionnew
Reconciling with the Christians in indie rock.
New York Press |
Maggie Serota |
06-22-2007 |
Music
Screen Shotsnew
While MTV withers, Portland's music-video directors are making the genre sing again.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
06-21-2007 |
Music
Alaska to Portland: The Great Music Migration?new
Since 1996 (when 36 Crazyfists moved to PDX after a fruitless year in Seattle), Portland has become the primary destination for young Alaskan musicians.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
06-21-2007 |
Music
Buskers Busted in Philadelphianew
Musicians fight for their right to play in Rittenhouse Square.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
06-20-2007 |
Music
Hyphy 4 Christnew
Co-opting the hip-hop genre for evangelical purposes, Rodney Washington is using hyphy's lingering street popularity in an attempt to lure kids away from the very things its songs espouse: drugs, crime, and premarital sex.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
06-20-2007 |
Music
