AltWeeklies Wire
The Thin-Mustached Dude Behind Our Favorite Holiday Albumnew
This oddball collection skips the predictable stuff and instead offers some rare archival recordings that are guaranteed to make you laugh and/or really creep you out.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Craig Seymour |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Highway to Hellnew
Seattle's Himsa unleash their fury on an unsuspecting nation -- just don't call it 'metalcore.'
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
From All Corners of the Globenew
With members from Tucson, Nashville and Germany, Calexico have crossed oceans and cultures to expand their sound.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
11-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Calexico, The Black Light
The Secondmen Comethnew
Bass player and former member of the Minutemen and fIREHOSE, Mike Watt turned a serious illness into an inspiration for an album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Musical Familynew
Music legend Howe Gelb takes his newest incarnation of Giant Sand on the road with a new CD.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Restless Hellonew
Bob Dylan revisits the world that made him—in the world he remade.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
11-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan, Chronicles Volume 1
Helmet Regroups and Changes Its Sound with Mixed Resultsnew
Founder/vocalist/guitarist Page Hamilton has revived Helmet for Size Matters, the group's sixth full-length album. The result is a dated and artistically questionable new record.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Helmet, Size Matters
Gospel's Donnie McClurkin Takes On His Gay Criticsnew
McClurkin's autobiography, Eternal Victim, Eternal Victor, recounts how, from age 8 to 13, he was repeatedly molested by an uncle -- and offers such abuse as a cause of his later homosexuality. He's been criticized for his claim that religion "delivered" him from being gay.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
11-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Down with the Pixies, Up with Chick Flicksnew
Death Metal Douglas' band, Radar O'Reilly, is seen either as an AC/DC rehasher repelling audiences from local bars and clubs or a talent burning too brightly among the blind.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
11-16-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Death Metal Douglas
Dance-Punk Gods Try Fame on Their Own Termsnew
The Faint's typical live audience is comprised of "goth kids and hardcore kids and regular adults that look like they just got off work," says keyboardist Jacob Thiele. "It's like this melting pot of weirdoes."
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
11-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Faint
A Family Affairnew
Alejandro Escovedo's music provides the backdrop for the stage work By the Hand of the Father, which blends oral histories, video and live music in a tale about men who immigrated to the United States from Mexico.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-11-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Four Musicians Have a Hell of a Way with Soundsnew
Sung Tongs is a baptism of blissful squalls threaded with melodic wisps, fuzzy pop ritualistically sifted from droning sediment. It reflects the group's varied influences, which include the Beach Boys, Syd Barrett, Captain Beefheart and the Incredible String Band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-11-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective, Sung Tongs
Ladies Firstnew
Culling from the history of dyke music, electro-punk band Lesbians on Ecstasy are talkin' 'bout a dance-floor revolution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jimmy Draper |
11-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Happy Endingsnew
With its cohesive flow and strong hooks, The Necronauts' new self-titled CD is a better representation of the band than any earlier release.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
11-09-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Holly's Hobbynew
The elusive Brit who's become a garage-rock cult figure says she went about becoming a musician haphazardly, with no particular strategy. It just happened. She could have been a truck driver.
Houston Press |
Michael Roberts |
11-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
