AltWeeklies Wire
Seattle Duo IQU Gets its Groove Backnew
Now releasing Sun Q, after a nearly four-year hiatus, Oiwa and Swiggs have created a work of bricolage bop. The album is textured by the duo's keen ear for stitching disparate sounds, a reflection of their finely nuanced collaborative relationship.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Simple Rock Simply Inspirednew
Fu Manchu singer/guitarist Scott Hill is not a man beset with doubts about his purpose in life. He was put on this planet to rock, and rock he does.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fu Manchu
The New Psychedelic Classnew
While Ben Chasny, Joanna Newsom, and folks like Devendra Banhart and the band Sunburned Hand of the Man aren't asking the lyrical question, "Where have all the flowers gone?" there is a palpable spirit of '60s politics in their ethos.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
09-29-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Watt, Me Worry?new
The legendary bassist risks everything by releasing his new album, a sprawling opera that draws on Dante's Divine Comedy and Watt's brush with death, which was caused by an abscess on his perineum.
Riverfront Times |
Paul Friswold |
09-29-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Oakland Band Unveils Offbeat, Devastating Antiwar Crynew
In an increasingly overpoliticized musical environment, it's hard to take a stand without sounding like a piggybacking doofus, but the States pass that litmus test via force of will and effort of innovation.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
09-27-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Heavenly States
They'd Love to Turn You Onnew
Yesterdays Tomorrow, a Beatles tribute band, has landed a three-night stand at Liverpool's legendary Cavern this November.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
09-27-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beats and Piecesnew
One of RJD2's goals when he set out to create his second solo record, this year's Since We Last Spoke, was to pull the building-blocks of his tracks from new and different places.
Cleveland Scene |
Steve Boughton |
09-27-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dave’s Addictionnew
Red-hot rock guitarist Dave Navarro talks about his latest project: a book documenting his road to recovery, among other big changes.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
09-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Deliciously Explosivenew
Japanese instrumental band Mono speaks to their American audience through their music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bulletproof Monksnew
Antibalas spreads the Gospel according to Afrobeat.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
09-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Joe Glickman Makes a Career out of Sixties Musicnew
Joe Glickman is a 26-year-old guy from upstate New York who's obsessed with the era of doo-wop music — specifically Del Shannon. He went $50,000 in debt from making a music video for Shannon's So Long Baby complete with Shannon's original musicians performing on the track.
Metroland |
Erik Hage |
09-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Robert Pollard Disbands an Indie-Rock Institutionnew
To be sure, membership in the Guided by Voices gang has taken its creative toll on Pollard, who's obviously seeking to stretch his artistic muscles. "There's a sense of maturity and even integrity, I think, in continuing as one's own self, instead of as a gang."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kevin Forest Moreau |
09-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Shawnna Tries to Change the Macho Hip-Hop Gamenew
While she watched guys steadily appear on the hip-hop scene and blow up, Shawnna stayed on the shelf. It was a frustrating wait, but it ultimately gave her the time to carefully craft her album and image.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
09-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shawnna, Worth Tha Weight
The Allmans Celebrate 35 Years of Ramblin' and Rockin'new
Every year in March, the Allman Brothers Band -- which marks its 35th anniversary this year -- plays a long string of well-attended shows at the Beacon Theatre in New York. That extended residency has become the venerable rock band's most visible gig.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kevin Forest Moreau |
09-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Allman Brothers
Jeep Macnichol Sets Record Straight on Why He Left Samplesnew
It was that old standby, creative differences, that made drummer Jeep Macnichol split off from Samples seven years ago, and now he has a new album featuring musicians who were his childhood heroes.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
09-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
