AltWeeklies Wire
Album Perfect Accompaniment to Mountain Drivingnew
The songs are fragile, earthy and melancholic -- drawing comparisons to early/mid-'70s Neil Young, Yo La Tengo and Red House Painters (especially "Late Blues" and "Sundown"), but with a far more celestial chorale.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Heart Like a River, Ida
Reissue puts avant-rock into contextnew
With Bastro's two albums onto one CD, a powerful pre-post-rock punch is packed.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-02-2005 |
Reviews
Babylon Rapnew
Canadian hip-hop collective Euphrates displays its Iraqi roots on new album.
Orlando Weekly |
J.J. Marley |
03-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Euphrates, Stereotypes, Inc.
Kristin Hersh Rides Into a Golden Oceannew
Kristin Hersh scratches her rock & roll itch with her new band 50 Foot Wave's new album, Golden Ocean.
Orlando Weekly |
Christopher John Treacy |
03-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: 50 Foot Wave, Golden Ocean
Great Rock Writ Welshnew
Every track on Songbook -- the Super Furries' singles compilation -- is rife with tiny surprises. The big surprise is that they're not the biggest rock band in the world. Also reviewed is Shivaree's Who's Got Trouble?
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-28-2005 |
Reviews
Brooding Euro-style Electropopnew
The Amsterdam-based group's Attagirl is more obviously experimental than its predecessor, Log 22, but it represents an evolution in the band’s sound rather than an entirely new direction.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-21-2005 |
Reviews
Collaboration Possesses Qualities of Deranged Filmnew
When former Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton teams up with Norwegian film score composer John Kaada, the two unleash a sonic panorama that brings to mind a twinkling and surreal snow-dusted landscape.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kaada/Patton, Romances
All 14 Tracks Demand the Extra Punctuationnew
With production help from kindred spirit Southern Culture on the Skids' frontman Rick Miller, Dexter Romweber finds cracked yet honest soul in his Elvis-on-amphetamines, Sun-styled rockabilly rumbles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
02-17-2005 |
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New Album Will Resonate With Fans of Mutable Downtemponew
With quivery dub as the hub, the duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton has crafted 15 billowing reams of hand-loomed textures on their fourth full-length, The Cosmic Game.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
02-17-2005 |
Reviews
Old-School R&B with a Flourishnew
Sounding like a raspier Stevie Wonder or a less tormented David Ruffin, Legend resists the temptation to indulge in flashy vocal acrobatics and over-the-top emoting, preferring instead to serve the songs. Also reviewed is Destroyer's Notorious Lightning and Other Works.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Legend, Get Lifted
American Gothicnew
Country singer-songwriter Allison Moorer picks herself up and grows grittier.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jimmy Draper |
02-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Allison Moorer, The Duel
Larger Than Lifenew
Her voice, her beautiful wreck of a voice, transforms her songs into
something greater than the sum of their parts. Marianne Faithfull has found
her final Frankenstein, and it's perfect.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
02-05-2005 |
Reviews
Independent Spiritsnew
Getting to the roots of Ani DiFranco's Knuckle Down: the strong-willed singer-songwriter talks about relinquishing a bit of independence.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
02-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Knuckle Down
Remembering Junior Kimbroughnew
An independent label founded by blues maniac Matthew Johnson takes the timeworn "tribute to a bluesman" concept and turn it into something that seems not only sincere but also necessary.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
01-28-2005 |
Reviews
The Chicks Dig Itnew
Buckner's sex appeal makes perfect sense when you listen to his voice, a reedy baritone that keens and moans and subsides in a flourish of bright curlicues. He's seldom content to sing one note where three or four might do.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Buckner, Dents and Shells
