AltWeeklies Wire
Mighty Oceansnew
Well-read and back from the dead, the Go-Betweens opt for the lush life.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart
Festival of Beatsnew
America's most respected drum and bass producers headline the Ignition Festival in Cambridge, Mass., hauling more beats than a medival farm wench.
Dig Boston |
Andy Barrett |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Indie Bands
Lone Wolf Still Howlsnew
Werewolf-like singer Michael Hurley shows patience is a virtue. The sense of suspense, of waiting for an answer, is what pulls you through the stark, beautifully irregular little cycles of Hurley's songs.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Hurley, Blueberry Wine
Cheersnew
Manchester trio Doves set out to prove they don't deserve the über-moper tag well-meaning fans and critics have pasted on them.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
06-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Playing Our Songnew
Al Green's immortal work is the stuff memories are made of.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Al Green, Everything's OK
Seattle's Band Trots Forward, Led by Friendshipsnew
A quartet of late '90s/early 2000s Seattle scene veterans, Band of Horses plays an engaging blend of high, lonesome indie rock informed by insurgent country.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Band of Horses
Such Great Heightsnew
Speaking with Sam Beam is a bit disarming: He sounds like other people, he talks like other people, though he is notably friendly and laid back. He asks a reporter to call back because his daughters are washing up before bedtime. But he's a rock star!
Jackson Free Press |
Walker Sampson |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Iron & Wine, Woman King
Twisting The Knifenew
There's more to the perpetually misunderstood Robbie Fulks than what the alt-country press would have you believe.
Mountain Xpress |
Steve Shanafelt |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Putting the Nasty Back in Dynastynew
Dru Ha, co-owner of East Coast indie label Duck Down, which produces some of hip-hop's best kept secrets, gives the Dig the lowdown on putting out raw beats alongside industry giants.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Catching Rayznew
C-Rayz Walz says he's got more love for humanity than to think that people who buy hip-hop are stupid. He wants his music to appeal to the intelligent.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love, Frustration, Mystery and Bullshitnew
The Weekly Dig finds out why James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem doesn't give a damn about the post-punk revival or the New York City scene.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
Reindeer Gamesnew
After being sued for trademark infringement by former Dictators frontman Handsome Dick Manitoba, Dan Snaith has carried on as Caribou.
Cleveland Scene |
Andrew Miller |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Upward Momentumnew
With its ear-bleeding guitars, Roue delivers a great nervous breakdown.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Solar Powernew
Rock critics call Of Montreal's work "sunny," but they're missing the dark side to some of its songs.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
06-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Soul Sistersnew
The two artists who make up neo-soul duo Floetry met on the basketball court in their native England.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
06-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
