AltWeeklies Wire
Back in the Daynew
Newcomer Urban Mystic lives with a foot in the sacred church and another in worldly soul.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
06-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Confessionals Without Crimesnew
The Mountain Goats venture into the deep waters of the psyche.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
06-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree
Billy Corgan Unleashes His Inner Hendrixnew
The Phoenix talks with Billy Corgan about his solo debut.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
06-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Odes to Billy Joenew
Honky-tonk hero Shaver's life is celebrated with a tribute album and a 60 Minutes story.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Motor Awaynew
Columbus’ X-Rated Cowboys roll on with their third album.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
06-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rick Moodynew
Ice Storm author has at the people's music with the Wingdale Community Singers.
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohone |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Plucky Kentuckiansnew
It's weirdness that makes life great for My Morning Jacket, says lead singer Jim James.
Dig Boston |
Nolan Gawron |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Morning Jacket, Z
Grrrls Gone Wildnew
The new album by riot grrrl renegades Sleater-Kinney is catchy to the point of suspicion, and raw to the point of surprise.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Punk Elegies for the '00snew
The Warrior's Code takes somber subjects -- war and the soldiers who fight it, urban poverty, fallen friends -- and sets them to the bruising but melodic punk that's the Dropkicks' stock-in-trade.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fables With Rhythmnew
The man behind Aesop Rock takes things that he hears people say and creates a patchwork of meaty rhymes in his hip-hop music.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
06-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Inventive Indienew
Spoon: How to reinvent yourself and win new friends.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
06-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spoon, Gimme Fiction
Atlantans Revive Gangster Rapnew
The album's gritty production and even harder lyrics prove a formidable combination. Most of the songs have an ominous feel: menacing, but still thumping in the club.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boyz N Da Hood
Canada's The Dears Are Looking for Lovenew
Though it wasn't released in the U.S. until October of last year, the album had been generating buzz since its Canadian unveiling for its sheer pomposity in arrangement, vocals and lyrics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dears, No Cities Left
King of the Undergroundnew
Mike Rep and the Quotas’ 30 years of lo-fi music-making has included mixing with Guided By Voices and much of Ohio's musical substratum.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Homage to Roguesnew
The easily accessible pop hooks and breezy melodies of Out of the Shadows introduced a host of converts to the fan-world of Rogue Wave. The indie folk-pop revival is now touring the U.S.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rogue Wave, Out of the Shadows
