AltWeeklies Wire
Rock the Party That Rocks the Bawdynew
Just try and keep doing your cool hipster head nod during a collision with super sexxxy, campy rockers Gravy Train. The Weekly Dig double dares you.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Are You Wigglin?, Gravy Train
Rust-Belt Racketnew
An entanglement of music and manufacturing seeps into the music of this new-wave duo from Akron, Ohio.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
One Lovenew
For Jr. Gong, the son of music legend Bob Marley, reggae is a family legacy.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Harangue the DJnew
Rock 'n' roll and R&B, postpunk and rap: It’s all hip-hop to Sharkey’s ears.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sharkey’s Machine, Shaun Sharkey
Chemical Reactionnew
The Romancers' repertoire usually sticks to the modern-punk template, but the quintet's theatricality sets it apart.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Strange Brewnew
It took four Jackasses, a former gun-wielding clown, a serial prank caller, and the bassist from a disco cover band to complete the Ohio band's latest disc, a surprisingly traditional rock album.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fookin' Anew
Word of the British dance-rock quintet's cockiness has preceded its American tours.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Thug Lifenew
Houston rapper Slim Thug has paid the cost to be the Dirty South boss, and he's on the verge of stardom.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
07-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Flying High Againnew
It would be both inaccurate and unfair to describe the sensation engendered by this new Hawke record as "nostalgia," but one can't help but be overwhelmed by past glories.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hawke, Love Won Another
Back From Extinctionnew
It's difficult to imagine a group that more perfectly represents the zeitgeist of the post-hardcore/pre-grunge slacker underground of '80s noise-rock than Dinosaur Jr.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dinosaur Jr.
Global Summitnew
There are pop stars who are rich and famous. And then there's Khaled, a Moroccan-born singer who has moved beyond merely being "popular" and into something more along the lines of "omnipresent."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Musical Collagesnew
Kid606 uses all sorts of instruments and noises to create cut-and-paste soundscapes.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Resilience, Kid606
Wild Ride Through Lifenew
Lubbock's Joe Ely started his first band at 14 and has traveled the world ever since. Next year, the University of Texas will publish his journals covering the last 30 years.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Ely, Letter to Laredo
Wonder Twins Activate!new
Just off a European tour with the Killers and elbow-rubbing with Weezer, Tegan and Sara take a break to discuss Phil Collins and the fact that, oh yeah, they're identical twins.
Dig Boston |
Sue Bell |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tegan and Sara, So Jealous
Brit Punks Regroup, Flip Arthritic Bird at Statenew
The Subhumans are back together, on tour, and they're still pissed off about the social and political state of the world.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Subhumans
