AltWeeklies Wire
Breakfast With Tiffanynew
Singer-songwriter Tiffany Anders, the 34-year-old daughter of independent filmmaker Allison Anders, says most writers imply that her mother’s media-darling status is responsible for her own folk-music career, a point she insists is not correct.
L.A. Weekly |
Seven McDonald |
09-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Goodbye, Voicesnew
After decades of producing catchy indie music, Guided by Voices are calling it quits. Rockoff sends them on their way with a farewell article.
Jackson Free Press |
Stuart Rockoff |
09-16-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Guided By Voices
Mixmasters Signify and Sixtoo Like Their Hip-Hop Weirdnew
Somebody spiked the punch and hip-hop is mingling and tingling. With similarly informed albums and a jointly headlined tour, producers Signify and Sixtoo are chaperones working overtime to keep hip-hop -- as they see it -- from slipping from its experimental roots.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Signify and Sixtoo
Mono's Music Sounds Like Hell. (That's a Good Thing.)new
Mono's music is not without precedent. In the mode of Chicago post-rock, Mono explores loud-soft dynamics shrouded in bristling musings and melancholic orchestration.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Can Wilco Ever Live Up To -- or Live Down -- its Myth?new
Wilco has gone from a small band with a cultish following to a heavily hyped, critically loved behemoth. And rock critics are heaping praise -- a little more than is warranted -- on the band's latest album, A Ghost Is Born.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kevin Forest Moreau |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wilco, A Ghost Is Born
Eddie Vedder's African Connectionnew
The rocker helps a South African youth choir sing the songs of Pearl Jam.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: eddie vedder
Label Cools on Nordic-Themed Rappersnew
Valhalla Ice had big plans for his rap/rock group, Norse Law. But things have gone downhill, and it sounds like the fat lady might be singing.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
09-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Norse Law
A Star Is Rebornnew
Mike Haaga may no longer be the metal merchant he was in dead horse, one of Houston's most beloved bands of the 1990s, but he's still every bit the genius he was then.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rolling Freenew
Having been through divorce, rehab and the death of her father since the demise of Royal Trux, Jennifer Herrema could be forgiven if she indulged in some self-pity, but her first first record with the boys of RTX is a furious heavy metal celebration of freedom and renewal.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Chamberlin |
09-13-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Moving Unitsnew
Dealership's third album presents largely writ tales of good versus evil, love gone wrong, hostages and spies, all played with a simple, almost childlike pop feel. This is fabulous music, with the emphasis on fable.
SF Weekly |
Dan Strachota |
09-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Freq Outnew
Flamboyance comes naturally to DJ Darin McFadyen, better known as Freq Nasty, whose hairstyle seems to feature half the dreadlocks in Jamaica. His new CD offers compulsively danceable songs.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
João Gilberto’s Daughter Becomes a Star in Her Own Rightnew
The artist from a famous Brazilian musical family is hotter than São Paulo in the summertime.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
09-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Out of Africanew
Referencing the works of Marcus Garvey, Gil Scott Heron, and Carter G. Wilson, the Ghana-born rapper doesn't speak of black power so much as unleash it, venting on everything from blue-collar students dealing with bad credit to Third World strife.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
09-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Refugees, hip-hop, Ohio, New York City, Cincinnati, Blitz, Kent State, Scribblejam, Soul Rebel
Will to Powernew
Ken Will Norton's new album is a far cry from his work with the spirited punk-pop combo Wonderlust, and a bit more sincere and straightforward than his last outfit, scruffy Atlanta roots-rockers the Indicators. His newer, more intimate approach is a better fit with his restless spirit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kevin Forest Moreau |
09-02-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Change Is Imminent for Post-Punk Extremistsnew
Over the years Electrosleep Int'l has maintained a following with its live shows, but aside from one 7-inch released on Ex-Space 6 Records in '99, no documentation of the group's sound exists. But this will soon change.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-02-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Electrosleep Int'l
