AltWeeklies Wire
Marty Anderson Is Okaynew
The prolific young songwriter Marty Anderson has been so ill with Crohn's disease he feared he wouldn't live to see the release of his band's first two albums.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
04-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Keepin' It Meannew
Strange as it may seem, given the duo's apparently abundant confidence, Jamie "Hotel" Hince and Alison "VV" Mosshart thrive on tension, and not just the sexual kind.
Cleveland Scene |
Andrew Miller |
04-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Kills
Here Comes The Sun Kingnew
King Sunny Adé talks about war, Nigeria, and good juju.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
04-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: King Sunny Ade
Athens' Of Montreal Makes Whimsical, Retro-Fitted Popnew
It's likely that Of Montreal's sensibilities stem from the fact that the group has navigated the thin line between autonomous control and collaboration for nearly a decade, living and working on top of one another in communal houses and tour vans.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Of Montreal, The Sunlandic Twins
Moby Makes Music to Buy Bynew
As I listened to his new album, a statement on the transient nature of humanity called Hotel, I couldn't help thinking that its songs would be perfect for those most fleeting of cultural forms: TV commercials. Here's what I made of the album and the glossy goods and clinical services I thought the songs would be perfect for
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Messy Structured Brassnew
Tuba, coronet, trombone and percussion come together to form the unique jazz of Brassum.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brassum, Warning Lights
Communication Breakdownnew
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age axes his bass player, enters his cocoon and makes a great rock record.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Keith Harris |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Elf Rocknew
It's no surprise to learn that, as a child in Montana, Decemberists front man Colin Meloy wanted desperately to be an elf.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Man Under the Influencenew
After a near-death experience, Alejandro Escovedo returns, cleaner than ever and just as hungry.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Low Frontnew
After a decade of frigid indie rock, the Duluth band's temperature is rising.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The River's Edgenew
While Okkervil River's Will Sheff ranks among modern music's most literary songwriters, he stops short of turning lyrics into inaccessible, unfeeling academic exercises.
SF Weekly |
Andrew Miller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hip-Hop With Substancenew
The college graduate's latest disc takes an accessible approach to underground hip-hop.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lock Up Your Mother; Duran Duran Is Backnew
Part of Duran Duran's enduring appeal is that the group members still look good; they've aged from boyishly hot to strikingly handsome, meaning that girlhood crushes can advance seamlessly to extramarital fantasies.
Cleveland Scene |
Annie Zaleski |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beat Meatnew
Like most of Cattle Decapitation's material, Humanure's lyrics take vegetarianism to its anti-human extremes.
Riverfront Times |
Andrew Miller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jazz Vocalist Makes the Wall Street Journalnew
The attention is great, but Erin Bode says she hasn't noticed any sex-symbol stuff, now that she's married.
The Pitch |
Jess Minnen |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
