AltWeeklies Wire
Refining Noisenew
Turmoil and sadness intertwine in a meticulous, human way on Mogwai's latest.
Cleveland Scene |
Annie Zaleski |
03-06-2006 |
Reviews
Dear Cleveland ...new
You're so uncool -- just ask the local media.
Cleveland Scene |
Ron Rajecki |
03-06-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Better Off Tednew
Ted Strickland said he wouldn't run for governor, but now Ohio needs him to.
Cleveland Scene |
Josh Mound |
03-06-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Something to Talk About
The Gossip has finally made music distinctive enough to match Beth Ditto's vocals.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Kanin |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Trail Mix
I'm a Mountain travels a decidedly dustier path than Harmer's previous record: Out are the drums, synths, and ambient guitars; in are the banjos, mandolins, and fiddles.
Washington City Paper |
Mario Correa |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm a Mountain, Sarah Harmer
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Scott Herren has distanced himself even further from the hip-hop of his early work, diving headlong into glitchy bleeps, bloops and splats.
Washington City Paper |
Anne Marson |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Prefuse 73, Security Screenings
All the Rage
BORIS' new disc, which gets a domestic release in a matter of weeks, sports its share of 70s-centric, stonerific hard rock.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: PINK
I Am Irony Man
There's little that's progressive or expansive an album that owes most of its prerelease buzz to hair-metal aficionado Chuck Klosterman.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Sword, Age of Winters
Early to Bedlam, Early to Rise
By the time you've finished this review, Arctic Monkeys will have broken up.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Communication: Breakdown
As much as it extols pandemonium, this album always feels tightly controlled, its disarray always a little too contrived.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
So Much for Girl Powernew
Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins were the only pro-choice women in the Senate to vote for Alito.
Portland Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
03-03-2006 |
Sex
Davey From the Block
Though the festivities can get distractingly self-congratulatory on screen, it's hard to begrudge Chappelle the success of what he calls the greatest day of his career.
Washington City Paper |
Josh Levin |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Lady of the Housecoat
Madea may be a big momma, but she's no Big Momma.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Beach Slap
Affable, synthetic and 100 percent girly, this beach-blanket renovation of The Little Mermaid boasts a virtually unknown cast and a plot so flimsy that merely to recount it is to kill it.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Aquamarine, Elizabeth Allen
Dakota Bluesnew
A longtime columnist talks about why she's pro-choice -- and her own experience with abortion.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
03-03-2006 |
Sex
