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Cynical Guynew
The ambivalent resurrection of Marshall Crenshaw.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
02-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Marshall Crenshaw
Sic Alps: Napa Asylumnew
As with labelmates Magik Markers, Oakland, Calif.'s Sic Alps treads such a very fine line between ramshackle, lo-fi scuzz and effortless pop melodies that it's endearing, impressive and fun to guess where things will go next.
Tucson Weekly |
Brian Mock |
02-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Napa Asylum, Sic Alps
Radiohead's 'The King of Limbs'new
Radiohead has made a career out of blowing up their previous album’s sound and exploring whatever (usually obscure) genre they’re into at the moment.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
02-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Radiohead, King of Limbs
Ebsen and the Witch: Violet Criesnew
As a study in atmospherics, Violet Cries works.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Ebsen and the Witch, Violet Cries
Mark Growden: Lose Me in the Sandnew
Inspired by the musical vibe in Tucson, Bay Area musician, composer and singer Mark Growden employed an all-star lineup of country and blues players from the Old Pueblo to record his explosive new album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Growden
El Culto de Ana Tijouxnew
Chile's hottest rapper brings Oakland into her orbit.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wanda Jackson: The Party Ain't Overnew
This album's music is occasionally too misplaced
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
02-24-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Wanda Jackson
The Go! Team: Rolling Blackoutsnew
Brighton, England's The Go! Team makes a propulsive, kinetic music, drawing together indie-pop, dancehall beats, hip-hop and all manner of samples and screeching guitar noise.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
02-24-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The Go! Team
Workingman's Grindnew
Ed E. Ruger's new album is a slice of blue-collar hip-hop life.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hip Hop, Ed E Ruger
Floating Action's Desert Etiquettenew
Desert Etiquette, Seth Kauffman's fourth album and second under the Floating Action moniker, is an adventurous yet comfortably familiar excursion, a colorful musical expanse that's worth more than a few trips.
Tags: Floating Action, Desert Etiquette
Don't Stay in Schoolnew
Young the Giant achieves the dream of high school bands everywhere.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
02-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Young the Giant
Deerhoof: Deerhoof vs. Evilnew
Calling the members of Deerhoof musical dilettantes is disingenuous. The San Francisco group's lengthy career may be cultivated on a healthy musical curiosity, but there is nothing superficial or casual about the band's methods or products.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
02-24-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Deerhoof
311 Stay on Track and Keep It Freshnew
While the flash-in-the-pan acts who topped the charts during the heyday of the alt-rock era dissolved and disappeared after doing their respective things, others carried on and pushed into the 2000s. L.A.-based rock/reggae/hip-hop band 311 may be a prime example.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
02-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 311
Radiohead is Finenew
Not their best, not their worst. On "The King of Limbs," Radiohead is just fine.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
02-24-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Radiohead, King of Limbs
Hercules and Love Affair: Blue Songsnew
Hercules and Love Affair's Blue Songs is the flowering of the word discothèque, the stringing of it across 57 minutes.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-23-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Hercules and Love Affair
