AltWeeklies Wire
Sound and the Furynew
The Rosebuds invoke '80s Manchester and ancient Rome.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rosebuds, Night of the Furies
Peaceful Brand of Modern Rocknew
With musical inspirations stretching from the Beatles to the Smashing Pumpkins, Social Distortion to Donovan, this four-piece band of buddies is without musical limitations.
Reno News & Review |
Sarah Cook |
06-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peace Mafia
Montreal Punks Make Daring Debutnew
The debut record from local delinquents CPC Gangbangs is sure to turn punk-rock puritans on their ears.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
06-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: CPC Gangbangs, Mutilation Nation
Proud To Be Classic Rocknew
Earl Greyhound gets deep on each other.
New York Press |
David Callicott |
06-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Earl Greyhound, Soft Targets
Bloc Party Keeps Goingnew
Now that the spotlight has faded, this band is finally at ease.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bloc Party
The Revenge: Three-Chord Wondersnew
Cathartic monkeys bring on the punk.
Phoenix New Times |
Brendan Joel Kelley |
06-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Revenge
Medicine Show No Monew
Breaking the seventh seal at the Sideshow Tramps' CD release party.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sideshow Tramps
Ed Hamell: Trial and Terrornew
For those unfamiliar, Hamell is Bill Hicks, Hunter S. Thompson and Joe Strummer all rolled into one sweaty, snarling, pugnacious pitbull of a man.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Neil Ferguson |
06-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ed Hamell
Squashing Beatlemanianew
Bloc Party avoids the hype and lets its rock do the talking.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Benson |
06-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
What Would Journey Do?new
With its semi-homeless frontman, the 80s cover band cheers up Cleveland one power ballad at a time.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
06-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Breakfast Club
Gang Gang Dance Doesn't Give 'Em What They Wantnew
The band's new CD/DVD Retina Riddim has me thinking hard these days about its contentional music -- more so than if it had released just another pretty pop record.
Cleveland Scene |
Justin F. Farrar |
06-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gang Gang Dance
Akon: Konvict at Largenew
When he's not dry-humping his young fans or body-slamming them onto each others' heads, Akon is a true gentleman, as anyone who has heard him sing "I Wanna Fuck You" will attest.
The Georgia Straight |
Tara Henley |
06-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Akon
El-P Forgets the Facts of His Lifenew
I'll Sleep When You're Dead signals a shift in lyrical approach that's tempered the aim of his laser tongue.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
06-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: El-P
'Idealism' Saves the Daynew
Digitalism's debut rescues e-music by bringing the new.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
06-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Digitalism
Wolfmother: Ahead of the Packnew
Andrew Sockdale, front man of Australian rockers Wolfmother, talks about how his band eschews 70s-era stadium-rock decadence in favor of high-profile anti-global-warming benefits.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ahead of the pack, Wolfmother
