AltWeeklies Wire
Turning Into Punk's Miss Worldnew
Ashlee Simpson suddenly seems aware of her counterculture calling, and her band seems capable of making the move to grimier fare.
Cleveland Scene |
Andrew Miller |
03-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Legendary Parts: The Slint Legacy Becomes Realitynew
Slint has reunited for a tour. When they called it quits in 1991, that wasn’t headline news. Over the next dozen years, however, they would take on a legendary, almost sacred status.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
03-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hair Metal Hits the Roadnew
When fans see a band that once defined youthful abandon begin to go gray, it underscores their own mortality. But if you gotta go out, it might as well be with a smile, and Mötley Crüe's first tour in five years should provide plenty of dopey grins.
Phoenix New Times |
Jason Bracelin |
03-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Two Muchnew
Canadian twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin have enough delicious guitar hooks and soul-baring, anthemic choruses in their latest album to lead a full-on power pop revival.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
03-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Apocalypse Pretty Soonnew
No one band illustrates with bolder clarity the weaknesses of Pitchfork, the most influential Web site in indie rock.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Americans Are Divided in Opinion on British Musiciannew
One camp of dance scenesters see Fatboy Slim as an entertaining personality who has introduced them to a vibrant type of music, while others think he's sold out the genre via pop-oriented electro-smashes that steal attention from the form's true innovators.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
03-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
What the Hella?new
Indie-rock weirdoes Hella return with an ambitious double album.
Columbus Alive |
Kevin Elliot |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Capitol Ideanew
The Capitol Years put Philly on the map.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Let Them Drink, The Capitol Years
Meet Idanew
Over the years, this quiet New York ensemble has sustained its tone.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Heart Like a River, Ida
Maroon 5 Hits Big With Songs About Love Gone Badnew
Thanks to Jane -- the ex-girlfriend of cutie-pie frontman Adam Levine -- Maroon 5 is burning up the charts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jaiye Andrews |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maroon 5
Phoenix Rises Again With New Soundnew
Released last year, the new album is not as giddy as United, but proves more cohesive with its prime Steely Dan-era lite rock and stylish, airbrushed sheen. The overall vibe is mid-tempo, taut-yet-breezy blue-eyed funk-in-a-funk.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Phoenix, Alphabetical
Crooked Fingers Explores Matters of the Heartnew
Dignity and Shame, the fourth Crooked Fingers album since 2000, and first on Seattle's Sub Pop Records, is an album that features a menagerie of characters in dilemma, and yet it offers more hope and concession than any of Eric Bachmann's previous works.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Crooked Fingers, Dignity and Shame
Performer Crafts an Interesting Rock/Hip-Hop Blendnew
Some of the songs on Citizen Cope's latest record fuse the best of hip-hop -- clever beats, great wordplay, important lyrical content -- with the best of rock, soul, funk, and reggae into a seamless whole.
Cleveland Scene |
John Nova Lomax |
03-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Killing Time: Ike Reilly Assassination is America's Best-Kept Secretnew
Critics have had a hard time deciding whether the Ike Reilly Assassination are the best bar band in America or, more potently, a vehicle for a gifted songwriter to fuse the wise-ass ramblings of Dylan with the lovable underachiever fight songs of the Replacements.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
03-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wrapped in Politicsnew
Charming Hostess' work bridges the realms of the heart and head, as they define their sound as "nerdy sexy commie girly music."
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charming Hostess, Sarajevo Blues
