AltWeeklies Wire
Two Glimpses Into the Often Overlooked Musical Diversity of Durham, N.C.new
Two music scenes thrived under (most of) our noses in 2011 -- a vivid belly dance picture and accompanying Middle Eastern and Arab live music both sacred and secular, and a young, eclectic jazz scene that increasingly makes its digs in downtown Durham.
Tags: Durham Music
Hall & Oates: Guilt, Pleasurenew
In a more reasonable world, no one would ever have to closet their love of Hall & Oates.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-14-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Hall & Oates, Guilty Pleasures
Mic Checks and Protestnew
Exclusive interview with political activist and revolutionary hip hop artists Immortal Technique.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuñiga-West |
12-09-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pay As You Choose: Why the eclectic Beehive label mattersnew
Since its founding in 2007 by Steve Nawara, Beehive has digitally released a consistent — and consistently eclectic — selection of sounds, a bona fide representation of Detroit’s fertile music scene, from funk to noisy-electro, country and folk to space rock. And it’s all available for download on a pay-as-you-choose basis.
Metro Times |
Chris Handyside |
12-02-2011 |
Music
The Prince Vortexnew
Ever watch three hours of Prince videos straight? I did the other night, and I ended up locked within a vortex from which I could not escape.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Alison Lang |
11-29-2011 |
Music
The Only Solid Fact About Robert Johnson is his Music — Everything Else is up for Grabsnew
Robert Johnson might the be the most effective musician in history. He died at 27 and only had 29 known recordings (16 of them produced in San Antonio); his music wasn’t widely played during his lifetime, and few facts are known about his life.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robert Johnson
Public Enemy’s Chuck D — Still Angry After 24 Yearsnew
Anytime I receive a second-rate demo by a third-rate rapper, my first reaction is to grab him by the throat and ask, “Have you heard about Mandela? Have you read Malcolm X? Have you ever listened to Public Enemy?”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-02-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Public Enemy, Chuck D
Wandering Starsnew
Downtempo visionaries Portishead slip back into focus.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
10-27-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mickey Avalon Brings the Partynew
The party rapper with a shady past embarks on a California tour.
Chico News & Review |
Meredith J. Graham |
10-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mickey Avalon
The Fall and Rise of Machine Gun Kellynew
From sex to booze to homelessness ... and now salvation and stardom.
Cleveland Scene |
Jordan Zirm |
10-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cleveland Rap, Machine Gun Kelly
The Dust Brothernew
Archivist Nathan Salsburg goes on the record about efforts to preserve a rare musical find.
LEO Weekly |
Damien McPherson |
10-19-2011 |
Music
Pimpadelic ... Seriouslynew
Like last night's Whataburger, Pimpadelic is back, though the band never really went away, only changed styles. Based on Drink! Drugs! Sex!, the Fort Worth quartet's 650th album, the style du jour is Motley Crue and Hank III.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
10-17-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Pimpadelic
Gastro Physicistsnew
A look at Das Racist's meteoric rise in the rap world.
Orlando Weekly |
Philip Mlynar and Justin Strout |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cursed Bloodnew
The long, strange trip of Richard Buckner’s Our Blood, including multiple setbacks, odd jobs record-destroying equipment failures and a bizarre encounter with rural New York police involving a headless corpse.
Columbia Free Times |
Patrick Wall |
10-05-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Phish Storynew
A fight on Shakedown Street leaves one man in stitches and another fearing for his family.
