AltWeeklies Wire
Ten From ’10new
The music industry's hurting, but the music keeps getting better.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-03-2011 |
Music
Tags: Best of 2010
The Autumn Defense: Once Aroundnew
Wilco's John Stirratt and Pat Sansone get to stretch out as multi-instrumentalists in The Autumn Defense, but the band seems to function mostly as a vehicle for expression as songwriters.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
12-30-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Wilco, The Autumn Defense
Leslie Dunton-Downer Discusses The Rapidly Evolving Languagenew
If The English Is Coming! by Leslie Dunton-Downer sounds like a Palinism, maybe that's the point. Language -- especially English -- is malleable, and what initially sounds wrong can also make its own kind of sense and even end up as the norm.
INDY Week |
David Klein |
12-30-2010 |
Nonfiction
Tags: The English Is Coming!
Strip Searches? Not In The Dealnew
A lawsuit raises questions about the treatment of ICE detainees brought to El Paso County jail.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
12-30-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3: Northern Aggressionnew
While some rock 'n' roll types fizzle after their second or third album, others get better (or at least maintain a respectable level of quality) with age.
East Bay Express |
Mark Keresman |
12-30-2010 |
Reviews
Q&A With Toubab Krewe’s Drew Hellernew
Having played close to a thousand shows since forming nearly six years ago, Malian-roots fusionists Toubab Krewe has had nearly every experience on the road that the touring musician can have.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Toubab Krewe
Hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan Celebrate New Year's Eve in Pittsburghnew
Wu-Tang Clan's current Rebirth tour features Method Man, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Killa.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
12-30-2010 |
Music
The Christmas Blizzard of 2010new
Scene: On Christmas Day, up in New Jersey, my Uncle Tom, a sort-of retired school superintendent, indulges in his love/fear of adverse weather by clicking away from the holiday sporting events and losing himself in the Weather Channel’s breathless revue of storm porn. Every few minutes he hops from the couch to update us on the forecasted severity of the oncoming blizzard.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
12-30-2010 |
Commentary
Idiosyncratic Fred Eaglesmith Outgrows Americana Rootsnew
Singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith started moving on once Americana began attracting young guys who had goatees and flannel before they "discovered" cowboy boots.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Parker |
12-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fred Eaglesmith
One-Party Rule Hurts Georgianew
The defections of nine state lawmakers to the GOP has ensured the state's foreseeable future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
12-30-2010 |
Commentary
Renaissance Generation?new
Will this generation see an explosion of creativity, collaboration and art that could be called a renaissance?
Reno News & Review |
Patricia Martin |
12-30-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Culture, Patricia Martin
Aggie Secretsnew
Tarleton State’s attempt to keep public records from budding reporters isn’t winning friends for the college.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
12-30-2010 |
Education
Film Farenew
Why is North Texas the center of the latest craze in movie theaters?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
12-30-2010 |
Food+Drink
Robyn: Body Talknew
It's no coincidence that one of the first tracks on Body Talk is "Fembot," a song that comments on the recent vogue of pop starlets re-imagining themselves as cyborg provocateurs -- not by rejecting objectification, but by turning the whole metaphor on its head by overemphasizing it.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
12-30-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Robyn
