AltWeeklies Wire
Of Petals and Pedalsnew

We journey into the hive mind of Espers.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Espers
Fish Onnew
Les Claypool stays alive by swimming through subcultures.
Phoenix New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Les Claypool
Trae Coolnew
An underground legend teams up with Rap-A-Lot in a bid to break nationwide.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Trae
Country Casualtynew
Gretchen Wilson is cracking up.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gretchen Wilson
Group Cexnew
Rjyan Kidwell and friends burn the sheets with Actual Fucking.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
06-26-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cex
Sonic Boomsnew
Sound Team hit the road in support of their fantastic new album.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
06-26-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sound Team
What Burns Never Returnsnew

Calexico champion environmental causes on a hot new album.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doree Shafrir |
06-26-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Calexico
Returning from Funk Rock, Ga.new
In truth, the greatest strength of Mother's Finest also turned out to be its greatest enemy -- it was a predominately black band that had a rock sound in an era when black groups were not played on rock radio unless their name was Jimi Hendrix.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sidestepping Sophomore Slump?new
Sometimes needlessly complicated, other times ingeniously quirky, News and Tributes requires repeated listening.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: News and Tributes, The Futureheads
Polymorphously Perversenew

The self-made sexual revolutionary dirties up the old boys' arena sound.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peaches
Have Fun, F*ck Sh*t Upnew
Youth is not wasted on teen punks Be Your Own Pet.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott T. Sterling |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet
Music Is an Expressionnew
AWOL One bemoans hypocrisy, competition in the music business.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: AWOL One, The War of Art
Better Late Than Nevernew
Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell will never have to make pizzas again.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Sweet Snarl of Successnew
Even the most imaginative hip-hop geek out there couldn't theoretically morph enough artists to paint Mike Skinner.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Streets
What Does Boston Sound Like?new
It sounds something like We're All Gonna Die.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: We're All Gonna Die