AltWeeklies Wire
This Little Undergroundnew
In November, local indie rock band Kingsbury will bear-hug modernity and offer their new EP, Lie to Me, for free through their website (www.kingsburymusic.net).
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
10-16-2008 |
Performance
Tags: ELLA music fest, Kingsbury
Trivium Has Quickly Risen to Heavy Metal's Top Tiernew
Trivium's new album, Shogun, has been hailed as one of 2008's most anticipated metal releases.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
This Little Undergroundnew
Man, Winter Park was totally bangin' this week. (Did he just say Winter Park???) Yes, I did. And no, I can't believe that just came out of me either, but it's true.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
10-16-2008 |
Performance
Hip-Hop Producer Rockwilder Discovers a New Path in Orlandonew
"Florida has the lead in terms of music. It's the place that's moving right now," says Rockwilder from Fuel Records' New York office.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
10-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Monsters Inc.new
'Commercial' Little Shop fails to deliver.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
10-16-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater, Little Shop of Horrors
Live Active Culturesnew
Epcot's International Food & Wine Festival (through Nov. 9) has long been my favorite event on Disney's annual calendar.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
10-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
Orlando City Council Watchnew
District 1 commissioner Phil Diamond was out with the flu, which meant there would be no reassuring winks, no thoughtful contention and a generally arrhythmic pacing to this week's civic confab.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-15-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: Orlando, city council
Election '08: Meet the Also-Ransnew

Third-party candidates often languish in obscurity and find it hard to raise money or even gain a place on the ballot in many states. In Florida, however, ballot access is easy. So that means come Nov. 4, you'll have a lot of choices –-- 13, to be exact, plus one write-in.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
Matthew Sweet's New Album is Missing Somethingnew
Ever since his power-pop masterpiece Girlfriend, Sweet has suffered from perennial comparisons to that landmark album. Well, the suffering continues.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Matthew Sweet, Sunshine Lies
Wastelander Wears Poor Production Values Like a Badge of Honornew
Toxic Holocaust may have unveiled the most polished post-apocalyptic metal release of 2008, but Wastelander offers the most inspired, with the no-budget, yet ferocious Wardrive.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-15-2008 |
Reviews
Ridley Scott's Latest is Covert Chaosnew
Body of Lies makes no sense at times, but the action and the acting make it fun and exciting.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Body of Lies
'The Exiles' is a Moody Explorationnew
The restored version of a 1961 movie following Native Americans in L.A. offers an experience in film textures.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kent Mackenzie, The Exiles
Newman's Own Wines Reflect the Humble Goodness of Their Namesakenew
We take a break from crying in our beers over his passing to raise a glass -- two glasses, actually -- of Newman's Own 2006 Chardonnay ($11) and 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon ($11.99).
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
10-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
What if Everybody Answered Questions Like Sarah Palin?new

The unabashed balderdash that spews from this particular pig's painted lips makes Dan Quayle look like a thousand Mensa men conflated their sperm in a lab, injected it into the cryogenically preserved uterus of Madame Curie and gave birth to a disembodied brain.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
10-15-2008 |
Commentary
Terrin Durfey Battles to Play Another Daynew
Durfey, who fronted beloved San Diego indie-rock bands Boilermaker and Jade Shader and more recently played in Pinback's touring band, was first diagnosed with cancer in 1998, and the cancer continues to spread to the point where doctors have given up.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
10-15-2008 |
Music