AltWeeklies Wire
Blood on the Wall Isn't As Dark As You Thinknew
Brother and sister team Brad and Courtney Shanks -- two of the three points that support the Blood on the Wall triangle -- know all about complementary genes and nostalgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood on the Wall, Awesomer
Indie Rapper Cleans Up and Spits Out New Albumnew
Cage eliminated the misogyny, braggadocio, battle-rap nonsense. He wanted to stay away from all the pretension and just make honest, real music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cage, Hell's Winter
The Mysterious Production of Songs
Everybody knows he can play the fiddle, but where, exactly, do Andrew bird’s trippy lyrics come from?
The Inlander |
Luke Baumgarten |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andrew Bird
Proletariat Bluesnew
With a new EP and a demanding live schedule, Blue Scholars are the hardest-working hip-hop band in Seattle.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blue Scholars
The Kingnew
Some fans moan that B.B. King — the most influential guitarist of the 20th century — has been coasting for years, but as long as he can work a magic that only the greatest musicians possess, that’s nitpicking.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: B.B. King
Good Sportsnew
Broken Social Scene are the indie-rock Funkadelic.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Broken Social Scene
Dead Againnew
In April, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the original four members of Bauhaus found themselves back in black for the first time since 1998.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
11-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gritty Girl MC Poised for Grime Timenew
Is this tiny English MC -- recently observed throwing up on stage -- geared to become hip-hop's first credible female rapper?
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
11-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Year in the Lifenew
Xiu Xiu's percussion-heavy compositions are dramatic and strange. The band's music is a sign of the times.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Window Into Other Peoplenew
As Nickel Creek grows older, their music is starting to evolve.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Band Passes Through Valley of Shadowsnew
The rusty cogs are turning and a new Bauhaus full-length is lurking on the horizon, but it's still a ways off.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bauhaus
Reflections on a Legacynew
My earliest recollections of Deacon were from the crazy nights at Tortilla's on Ponce de Leon, where at midnight the eatery was called "the Mudd Shack," a coffeehouse for underground performance artists who just didn't fit into the local rock clubs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deacon Lunchbox
They Still Sound Streetnew
This better, stronger, faster version of Slick & Rose goes forward into a big, bad music industry with a new sense of self-confidence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Slick & Rose, The Winter Spells
Cheers for Veirsnew
Songwriting cheerleader Laura Veirs distinguishes herself from the pack with her lyrics, all vivid imagery and the music of language tumbling together in stunning bits of poetry.
SF Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Broken Bonenew
As a member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Bizzy Bone sold 15 million albums and won a Grammy, but his next goal is proving he's not crazy.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
