AltWeeklies Wire
Ennui Returns with 'The Myth in Which We Live'new
From the tweaked atmospheres of their new full-length, it seems they've been busy reinventing themselves as an electro-pop group. I also suspect they've been listening to a lot of Genesis and M83.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ennui, The Myth in Which We Live
Pittsburgh Legends Don Caballero Return with 'Punkgasm'new
Meet the new Don Caballero. Or rather, the new new Don Cab.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Don Caballero, Punkgasm
For Bristol Palin, Abortion Should Be Mandatory
Teen parenthood and marriage have disastrous consequences. Why are even liberals saying that Bristol Palin is doing the right thing?
How Long Can Girl Talk Run?new
Just hours before his new album is sent to the Internet, Gregg Gillis is at home: a two-room Wilkinsburg apartment crammed with the detritus of his life on the road as internationally acclaimed mashup artist Girl Talk.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Road to Oscar Begins Herenew
Held midway between last year’s and next year’s Academy Awards, it's become the unofficial launching pad to Oscar glory. You want a little gold man for your mantle? Then debut your movie at Toronto International Film Festival.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
09-08-2008 |
Movies
Anne Hathaway Gets Even Smarter in 'Rachel Getting Married'new
Hathaway may be only 25, but she's smart enough not to burn her bridges in Hollywood.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Paul Auster's New Novel Ruminates on Post-9/11 Family Schismsnew
Auster's new novel ruminates on the fault lines and schisms within a marriage, a family and the landscape of post-9/11 America.
NOW Magazine |
David Jager |
09-08-2008 |
Fiction
Jack Jett is The Anti-Dittoheadnew
"I think God has meant for me to be the gay version of Rush Limbaugh," explains Jack Jett about his foray into liberal talk radio in Dallas.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Merten |
09-08-2008 |
Media
Chad VanGaalen Tries to Sounds Like a Naive Boy Againnew
VanGaalen releases another terribly twee basement tinker tape that answers the question no one dared ask: what would Destroyer sound like if Dan Bejar were obsessed with Neil Young instead of David Bowie?
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
The Republic of Oldistan: How Age, Depopulation and Local Politics Will Shape 2008new
Demography should be destiny -- but Oldistan has time and again voted against its own economic interests. Oldistan won't get a policy prescription that preserves communities unless Oldistan votes for it. But there is hope.
Artvoice |
Bruce Fisher |
09-08-2008 |
Commentary
Tortoise Not Really in a Hurrynew
Chicago post-rock icons would rather be proficient than prolific.
NOW Magazine |
Bryan Borzykowski |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tortoise
Brilliant New Film Documents Youssou Ndour's Spiritual Questnew
What first appears to be a conventional film biography of the Senegalese superstar reveals an entirely different dimension of Ndour.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
MGMT Hypd Abt V-Fstnew
Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden are currently living the rock star life they only fantasized about while writing the lyrics to their debut single, Time To Pretend, a few years back.
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Bimm |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MGMT, Spectacular
Ecoholic: Let's Jet-pool, Darlingnew
How much pollution is created by all these celebrities flying to town for the Toronto International Film Festival?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
09-08-2008 |
Advice
Alt.Health: Unbreak My Heartnew
Get over lost love with a forkful of good carbs and forgiveness.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
09-08-2008 |
Advice
