AltWeeklies Wire
The Mars Volta Launches a Fight Against Pop and Orgasmsnew
While the Mars Volta challenges the rules of pop song structure, the band also challenges the listener to stick with them through a vast work that's so cerebral, it can be off-putting.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
04-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: the Mars Volta, Frances the Mute
Freed Willnew
An Imperial Teenster makes the dance pop scene with Hey Willpower.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
04-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Songs Don't All Sound the Samenew
Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with the Supersuckers.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
04-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sympathy for the Dollnew
Devil Doll's Colleen Duffy is trying "to put the sex back into rock & roll." Ashlee Simpson she ain't.
Riverfront Times |
Jordan Harper |
04-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Devil Doll
Redemption Songnew
He has talent. But it took more than a few good songs for Hinson to win back the respect of his family. To accomplish that, he had to make the hardest move of all -- he had to go back home.
The Pitch |
Jason Harper |
04-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Micah P. Hinson
Can Dizzee Rascal And Co. Turn East London's Hip-Hop Into World Music?new
Although grime is still in its infancy, grime MCs kill hip-hop MCs on the mike -- they’re faster, cleverer, and less burdened by tradition. Dizzee Rascal is touring the U.S. as East London's ambassador of grime.
Boston Phoenix |
Nick Sylvester |
04-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Stuff of Legendsnew
Going through some hard times led John Ralston to write more music, and that led to two new albums: the just-released Needlebed and There's Always an Ambulance Around the Bend, to be issued this summer.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
04-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Energetic Attacknew
Gutbucket use rock and jazz sounds to make something that fits neither category.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kiss Without the Makeupnew
After going through a couple of chaotic years, Electric Six has relased an album in the U.K. for lovers of dumbrock who want to dance.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
04-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Electric Six, Señor Smoke
Down for the Countnew
The fight's gone out of Tori Amos' music; what's left is too safe to matter.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
04-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Beekeeper, Tori Amos
Family Businessnew
Matthew Friedberger explains in an interview The Fiery Furnaces' insane productivity and his grandmother's role on an upcoming album.
The Pitch |
Scott Wilson |
04-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
World Leaders Pretendnew
U2 has gone from the band that mattered most to arguably the most irrelevant.
Phoenix New Times |
Joe Watson |
04-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Going Somewherenew
Can a song save your life? Eleven years after escaping tragedy, High Decibel revisits one that came pretty close.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: High Decibel, Therapy?
On Lockdownnew
Speaking from a prison phone, C-Bo, aka Shawn Thomas, estimates he's been arrested 40 or 50 times. In some regions, he's regarded as one of the realest, hardest and most authentic pushers of gangsta rap.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
04-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
An Old Flamenew
The passage of four decades had all but erased the legacy of Dick and Kiz Harp, until Bruce Collier re-released the jazz duo's two albums recorded on 90th Floor Records.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
04-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
