AltWeeklies Wire
Hey Mr. DJnew
New Order's Peter Hook likes to deejay because "it’s nice to please people" and "it's better than being dead."
OC Weekly |
Eyad Karkoutly |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Hook
Kinda Kinksnew
The 88 doesn't seem to mind the constant comparison to the Kinks.
OC Weekly |
Sean O'Connell |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kind of Light, The 88
Basement Tapesnew
A box set from Fonotone Records captures the sounds of an era gone by.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Goodbye, Babylon
Masses Love Taste of 'Laffy Taffy'new
D4L set a new sales record during the last week of 2005 when more than 175,000 digital downloads of the song sold.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: D4L, Down For Life
Toon Tunesnew

Puffy AmiYumi, the Japanese pop group that Japanese punk-rockers are allowed to like, want to be taken seriously as rock musicians.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Edgy Piano?new
George Winston arrives to give two shows -- and help out some good causes.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brothers in Transitionnew
The Architects hone their sound on their sophomore album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Architects, Revenge
A Case of Funknew
Reno's Space Case mixes a unique formula of funk, jazz and solid improvisational style that should play out well in the studio.
Reno News & Review |
Cheron Taylor |
01-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Space Case
Catch Them If You Cannew
Skaters let the music speak for itself -- literally.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
George Chen |
01-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Rye Bread, skaters
Manifest Destinynew
The power-pop pretty boys in the Click Five storm the mainstream by any means necessary.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mikael Wood |
01-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Good Repnew

Elizabeth Elmore discusses changes in indie rock, her budding law career and how she ended up on punk stalwart Lookout! Records.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
01-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sarge, The Reputation
Ari Upnew
Indiana's Ari Ari starts 2006 on a spazzy high note.
Riverfront Times |
Andrew Miller |
01-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Music to Cover Your Eyes Tonew

Houston's Nick DiFonzo has one of the world's finest collections of bad album covers.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
01-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Learning to Be Patientnew
Goapele's major label debut arrives six months late and right on time.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Change It All, Goapele
Sugar in the Rawnew
This Oakland blues diva specializes in bawdy, bombastic and ebullient showmanship.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sugar Pie DeSanto