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Not A Bad First Draftnew

Editors play instantly familiar hand-wringing, doomsday dance-rock with pants-off disco beats, throat-slashing ninja guitars and a bass archer firing off sexy groove darts like Gay Cupid in too much eyeliner.

Dig Boston | Luke O'Neil | 01-19-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Editors

Song Remains the Samenew

Though talk of Buddhist philosophy sneaks into this musician's debut recording, it comes less from his personal faith than it does from planting his secular tongue firmly in his cheek.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chad Radford | 01-19-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Andy Ditzler, Songs from Yes and No

La Vida Escovedonew

For someone who has put so much of his heart and soul into his music, it's good to see the fruits of Alejandro Escovedo's labor when the community gives something back.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | James Kelly | 01-19-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Alejandro Escovedo, Room of Songs

In Her Own Eyesnew

Brandi Carlile leaves behind her cabin for a tour that's making her a rising star.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 01-19-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Brandi Carlile

Church and Statenew

Mute Math fights the machine at Warner Bros.

Tucson Weekly | Annie Holub | 01-19-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mute Math

True Gritsnew

The Gossip's Beth Ditto is cooking with meat -- and mixing riot grrrl gospel with punk rock panache.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Kimberly Chun | 01-18-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Standing in the Way of Control, The Gossip

This Is Pop?new

The Click Five create harmonic bliss.

Riverfront Times | Kristyn Pomranz | 01-18-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Click Five

Into the Mysticnew

Skaters make totally out there, vocal-dominated psychedelia, based on the open-ended drone heard in industrial music, minimalism, experimental electronics, folk, world music and free jazz.

SF Weekly | Justin F. Farrar | 01-18-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: skaters