AltWeeklies Wire
Farm Aid’s Changing Crusadenew
 
    
    The benefit concert celebrates its 25th anniversary in Milwaukee.
  
    Shepherd Express  |  
    Evan Rytlewski  |  
    10-01-2010  | 
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    Tags: Farm Aid
  Lost in the Trees: All Alone in an Empty Housenew
 
    
    The sweeping 'All Alone in an Empty House,' by Chapel Hill's Lost in the Trees, is one of the year's most pleasant surprises.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Michael Petitti  |  
    10-01-2010  | 
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    Tags: Lost in the Trees
  Alien Jane: Evolvenew
 
    
    When the women-led Tucson band Alien Jane blends alternative, grunge, punk and proto-metal in the ol' concrete mixer, the back-to-basics rock sound it produces is aggressive but catchy.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Gene Armstrong  |  
    10-01-2010  | 
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    Tags: Alien Jane
  Palpable Funnew
 
    
    Indie collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros rise 'Up From Below.'
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Michael Petitti  |  
    09-30-2010  | 
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  Blonde Redheadnew
 
    
    Blonde Redhead is always sad. But Penny Sparkle relies too much on that one emotion.
  
    The Inlander  |  
    Leah Sottile  |  
    09-30-2010  | 
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    Tags: Blonde Redhead, Penny Sparkle
  Jenny and Johnny: I'm Having Fun Nownew
 
    
    If indie-music tastemakers make you queasy, you won't have the stomach for Jenny and Johnny.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Kristine Peashock  |  
    09-29-2010  | 
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    Tags: Jenny and Johnny
  Gangster Choirboynew
 
    
    Active Child's Pat Grossi talks choral music, harps and hard-core rap.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Jarret Keene  |  
    09-29-2010  | 
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    Tags: Pat Grossi
  Big Boi Goes Solonew
 
    
    OutKast emcee enhances larger-than-life persona, headlining the Regency Ballroom.
  
    East Bay Express  |  
    Rachel Swan  |  
    09-29-2010  | 
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    Tags: Big Boi
  Color Me Badd: On the Recordnew
 
    
    The former Color Me Badd members have never told their whole story in one place, until now.
  
    Oklahoma Gazette  |  
    Rob Collins  |  
    09-29-2010  | 
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    Tags: Color Me Badd
  A Little More Leewaynew
 
    
    Having run a tight ship, Sea Wolf's Alex Church loosens up.
  
    Colorado Springs Independent  |  
    L. Kent Wolgamott  |  
    09-29-2010  | 
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    Tags: Sea Wolf
  Doug Walters Unveils Vagabondnew
 
    
    Walters recorded the off-beat musical odyssey over the last three years, playing all the instruments and recorded it at his home lab.
  
    Charleston City Paper  |  
    Jared Booth  |  
    09-27-2010  | 
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    Tags: Doug Walters,
  Beyond the Fish Marketnew
 
    
    Chali 2na continues to swim upstream.
  
    Monday Magazine  |  
    Amanda Farrell-Low  |  
    09-27-2010  | 
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  Queen of the Dap-Kingsnew
 
    
    Sharon Jones loves the past, but she refuses to live in it.
  
    Colorado Springs Independent  |  
    L. Kent Wolgamott  |  
    09-27-2010  | 
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  OK Go Ready Themselves For a Big Tournew
 
    
    Known for their meticulous choreography OK Go's videos have become YouTube sensations, most notably the mind-blowing, treadmill video for "Here it Goes Again."
  
    Charleston City Paper  |  
    Dustin J. Pitts  |  
    09-24-2010  | 
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    Tags: Music Farm, Ok Go
  Kevin Pakulis Band: Shadesvillenew
 
    
    "Harder Faster Louder" opens this collection of 10 somewhat rowdy, occasionally bluesy and almost always introspective rockers.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Jim Lipson  |  
    09-23-2010  | 
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    Tags: KEvin Pakulis Band