AltWeeklies Wire
I Hear It in the Deep Heart's Core
Phelps kicks assonance on Tunesmith.
Washington City Paper |
Pamela Murray Winters |
09-18-2006 |
Reviews
Signal Strength
TV on the Radio's latest connects art to rock.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
09-18-2006 |
Reviews
Old's Cool
This is exactly the kind of disc that should come from a smart, veteran band that loves hacking up a solid-gold tune, has played with everyone from Ray Davies to the Sun Ra Arkestra, and has found more and more work lately scoring films.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
09-08-2006 |
Reviews
Totally Tubular
The Pipettes' debut doesn't hold water.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Pipettes, We Are the Pipettes
The Hissing of Summer Movies
"I want more mutherfucking songs about motherfucking snakes on this album!"
Washington City Paper |
Chris Shott |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
This Was Made for You and Me
The Klezmatics welcome Woody home.
Washington City Paper |
Pamela Murray Winters |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Klezmatics, Wonder Wheel
Old Romantic
20 years on, Gartside's got a perfect way with love songs.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
One Man's Mash
Gillis makes a junk-culture classic.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Richardson |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Girl Talk, Night Ripper
Arachni-faux-bia
The Pink Spiders spin a web of repeat.
Washington City Paper |
Caryn Ganz |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Pink Spiders, Teenage Graffiti
The Omnivore's Dilemna
Mehldau fills House on Hill with self-written material -- songwriting that, modern vibe aside, is never all that radical.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Mehldau, House on Hill
Dire Straights
The Bad Religion frontman's attempt to make a folk record sounds clinical and calculated.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cold as the Clay, Greg Graffin
Crossroads Scholarship
Graveyard Shift is raw -- nasty, funky, fucked up, and its warped vocals and hardscrabble guitars would appropriately horrify tourists in blues mausoleums like Memphis or New Orleans.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Graveyard Shift, Scott H. Biram
Wild, Wild Guest
I Stand Alone is Ramblin' Jack standing alone, strumming his guitar, groping at melody lines with his gravelly old voice, and giving his distinctive stamp to traditional material while refusing to fix what ain't broke.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
A Long Time Overcoming
Though a collection of folk tunes might not be enough to turn things around, the blueprint for contemporary artists to help revive the labor campaign is all here.
Washington City Paper |
Ryan Grim |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Beats Working
If these dudes have perfected anything over the past 15 years, it's the ability to choose some tip-top, smoked-up backing tracks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
