AltWeeklies Wire
Touchdown, Jesusnew
Who says you can't worship God in between wings and a beer on a Sunday?
Willamette Week |
Paul Gerlad |
08-29-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Tarred & Weatherednew
Inaction on 281-N put SA on freeway to double taxation.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
08-29-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Inside the Texas House Speaker's Counterinsurgencynew
Newly released docs reveal some of Republican Tom Craddick's plan to retain Speakership.
San Antonio Current |
Vince Leibowitz |
08-29-2007 |
Politics
Dead C Still Roars and Shrieksnew
The five-song disc's hourlong listen sounds like one colossal field recording, as if the band flipped on the studio mics and went to town without a thought of composition or substance in mind.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Sabbath |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dead C, Future Artists
'Love is the Song We Sing': All San Fran Includednew
The four-disc box features just about every musician around for the Summer of Love, plus pieces by Rock Scully, Ben Fong-Torres, and others.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J. H. Tomkins |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Oakland Art and Soul Festival is Labor Day Weekendnew
Three days with nearly 100 musical acts from all over the sonic spectrum, like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Against Me, Lucinda Williams, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the Zydeco Flames, Jeffrey Osborne, the Lovemakers, and Fillmore Slim.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Aaron Sankin |
08-29-2007 |
Music
The Chromatics: Between Post-Punk and Italo Disconew
Italians Do It Better, a Troubleman Unlimited subimprint, and lo-fi producer extraordinaire and Chromatics and Glass Candy keyboardist Johnny Jewel are responsible for exposing disco's newest incarnation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Fred Miketa |
08-29-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: The Chromatics, concerts
Texas' Law of Parties Remains Controversialnew
The law is responsible for Kenneth Foster, the driver but not the shooter in a murder, who is scheduled for execution on Aug. 30.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
08-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Recipe: The (Unofficial) Ivy Gimletnew
As its lean moniker suggests, this cocktail can be a simple affair that gets straight to the point (drinking).
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
08-29-2007 |
Food+Drink
The Soda Pop Kids Prep for Upcoming Debutnew
Heavily mulleted in skintight denim, the Kids look like a cross between Motley Crue and the Ramones, but this is no hair band.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
08-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Teen Bop Dream, The Soda Pop Kids
Joe McMurrian Quartet Finds Its Own Smoky Voicenew
The bluesman McMurrian has shown impressive growth as a songwriter; his words have become as musical as his guitar playing is lyrical.
Willamette Week |
Jeff Rosenberg |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Sweet 'Rocket Science'new
This is a funny, touching movie I would recommend to anyone.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeffrey Blitz, rocket science
Hank III Schools Portland's Power of Countrynew
Guitarist-vocalist David Rives Curtright of twang-rock outfit Power of County shares what it's like to be "on a real tour" with Hank Williams III and alt-country writer Jim Goad.
Willamette Week |
Jay Horton |
08-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Power of Country
Chris Eska's Atavistic Visionnew
The filmmaker takes indies back to their roots.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
08-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: August Evening, Chris Eska
Deer or the Doe Find Tension But No Releasenew
The Portland indie rockers create a solid debut with definite repeat-button-ready songs despite its often frustrating stricture.
Willamette Week |
Anika Sabin |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
