AltWeeklies Wire
Band Discusses Image With Black Dialoguenew
Akrobatik says his band turned being from Boston to their benefit, taking the time to grow their sound rather than waiting to be discovered by Jay-Z or Russell Simmons.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris parker |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Perceptionists
Performance Artist Takes Lunar Adventurenew
Space and NASA provide The End of the Moon its ostensible subject matter, but as is the case with Anderson's other performances, the album ultimately explores life in America.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alex Rawls |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Less Is Morenew
Broadcast is adept at combining aspects of retro pop with futuristic pops, which makes the comparison of Tender Buttons' static-basted machine beats and scuffed synth melodies with Alphaville -- featuring a mecho-organic computer at its heart -- all the more appropriate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: broadcast, Tender Buttons
A Punk-Only Doctrine Morphs into the Electronic Dancenew
There's nothing on Juan Maclean's album Less Than Human to suggest a once-doctrinaire punk is behind it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alex Rawls |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juan Maclean, Less Than Human
This Ain't No Partynew
Grumpy old men LCD Soundsystem and the Juan MacLean get on the good foot.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tony Ware |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
All Setnew
After 10 softly played years, the slow-drone pros of American Analog Set have just begun their kinda-sorta definitive farewell tour, but they're avoiding the "everyone-get-into-a-fight-and-break up" cliche.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Analog Set, Set Free
New Orleans Weirdoes Safe, Sound and Unsoundnew
Despite having been ousted from their hometown by a rather unfriendly natural disaster named Katrina, Quintron and Miss Pussycat continue to play around with their music...and puppets.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rockin' the Boatzznew
Boatzz's urbane art-pop has alternately been described as "trippy elevator music," "the Zombies meet Blur," and "Joe Jackson rolling in an Escalade listening to Supergrass and doing some serious party favors."
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sweet Revengenew
Ringworm is one of the bands that helped smelt heavy metal and hardcore into one lethal weapon. But the band is as well known for its long periods of downtime as its albums.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Song to Pass the Timenew
Emo's one-time wonder boy grows up to be an indie-folk superstar.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
11-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Ask Why?new
Musician Yoni Wolf is moving in a new direction, replacing laptops and turntables with guitar-picking, piano chords, mournful lyrics, and big choruses. Is indie the new hip-hop?
SF Weekly |
David Downs |
11-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Son Also Risesnew
Damian Marley emulates his deified dad without aping him.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
More Than Meets the Eyenew
Like many a musical epiphany, the Benevento-Russo Duo came together through a fortunate convergence of raw talent and abject poverty.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
This Quiz is B-A-N-A-N-A-Snew
Gwen Stefani ain’t this reviewer's hollaback girl so here's a quiz instead of an interview.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jamie Allen |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Folk Musician Looks at Past, Present and Dylannew
Now 64 and a new grandma, Joan Baez appeared recently in No Direction Home, the Martin Scorsese documentary about Bob Dylan, with whom Baez had a romantic and artistic collaboration in the early '60s.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jeff Kaliss |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bowery Songs, Joan Baez
