AltWeeklies Wire
Jim Hightower: A Man for the Peoplenew
Hightower speaks about his faith in the average American, our power to make change and why Barack Obama reminds him of FDR.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
03-31-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Big Dipper: Sunk by Success?new
The Boston band, which dallied with the majors too early, is back with an anthology on Merge.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
03-31-2008 |
Reviews
'Race' a Bad Rip-off of Hollywood Thrillersnew
Race is Bollywood masala (commercial) film at its worst, a concoction of disjointed scenes dressed up as eye candy in the form of pretty boys and beauties in an absurd story that wouldn't even hold up in a fantasy world, let alone the real world it supposedly portrays.
Shepherd Express |
R. Paul Dhillon |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Black 47 Makes War Rocknew
On Iraq, veteran Irish renegade Larry Kirwan and his band of pacifists attempt to conquer the current war with a song cycle of previously released and new material.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Popke |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Stoned in the '60snew
This is a novel about true outsiders who went too far outside and could only come back in after being airlifted out of Altamont, while their creations turned out to be the stuff of fallen angels.
Shepherd Express |
Martin Jack Rosenblum |
03-28-2008 |
Fiction
Nada Surf Has Maturednew
Nada Surf continues to fill its second act with songs that are rarely too clever for their own good and that are never afraid to reach for genuine emotion.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Low: The Notoriously Quiet Band Sharpens Its Teethnew
For more than a decade, snickering naysayers dismissed the Wrath of Low as a novelty: a slowcore group fronted by a harmonizing husband and wife that often perform for cult-like, seated audiences.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Low, Drums and Guns
Ministry Done With Preachingnew
No one ever accused Al Jourgensen of keeping his opinions to himself. Whether the topic is American politics, the soul-sucking vortex that is the music industry, or the NHL, the Ministry founder invariably has something to say.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: ministry
Against Me! Makes Like Modern-Day Clashnew
Against Me!'s Tom Gabel is honest enough to admit that, despite Against Me!'s best intentions, his band probably doesn't matter as much today as it might have 20 years ago.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Against Me!
Ex-'Friend' Takes on Filmnew
David Schwimmer says that it made sense to him to eventually direct films because he had been doing that job for most of his adult life.
The Georgia Straight |
staff |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Schwimmer, Run Fat Boy Run
Renee Zellwegger Poster Girl for Period Piecesnew
Although Renee Zellwegger is perhaps best known for playing modern Brit Bridget Jones, she hasn't portrayed a contemporary American character for six years.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: George Clooney, Leatherheads
Sarah Silverman Comes Cleannew
After 18 years in the business, Sarah Silverman has finally moved beyond her cult status as the wet dream of comedy nerds everywhere, and on to genre-crossing fame.
The Georgia Straight |
Guy MacPherson |
03-28-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
DJ Kazell Helped Put L.A. on House International Mapnew
That DJ Kazell has become one of America's great spinners is no joke: True DJ fans appreciate the extra work and skill that goes into opening and sustaining a big night, including setting the mood, modulating energy, and handing off the baton off to the next spinner with aplomb.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Kazell
Cadence Weapon Raps With Breakneck Flownew
Ordinary rappers rarely try to distance themselves from party funk, and even more rarely try to align themselves with cerebral electronica. But 22-year-old Cadence Weapon is no ordinary rapper.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cadence Weapon
Success Remains the Best Revengenew
Junkie XL remains a music-industry iconoclast, having pushed beyond accepted practices of marketing and distribution well before Internet downloads hobbled the major-label machine.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Matt Diehl |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Booming Back At You, Junkie XL
