AltWeeklies Wire
Quiet Desperation in Mademoiselle Chambonnew
The virtue, and limitation, of Mademoiselle Chambon is the ordinariness of the characters and their quotidian affair. It's one we can relate to, but it's not necessarily one that we go to the movies to watch.
Jim Avett's Tribesnew
With six of its seven songs being Avett originals, Tribes can be considered Avett's proper debut as a country music singer-songwriter.
Tags: Jim Avett
Walter Gibbons: Jungle Music: Mixed With Lovenew
Walter Gibbons was there back in the day, at disco's inception, in the legendary dance clubs of New York City.
Tucson Weekly |
Carl Hanni |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Walter Gibbons
Slum Villagenew
Enthusiasm for Slum Village's latest album has been considerably dampened by revelations that it is likely its last album.
East Bay Express |
David MacFadden-Elliott |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Slum Village
Sia: We Are Bornnew
In a just universe, our reigning queen of pop would be Sia Furler, not Lady Gaga.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Sia
Call Me Fishmealnew
'Piranha 3-D' satisfies an appetite for blood and circuses.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, Piranha 3-D
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse: Dark Night of the Soulnew
Dark Night of the Soul has finally been released, four months after Mark Linkous took his own life.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Get Low Doesn't Go Low Enoughnew
A film that looks to Horton Foote for inspiration is worth taking seriously, but this director and screenwriter don't have what it takes to give their synthetic concoction any authority.
Tags: Get Low, Aaron Schneider
Reform School Boynew
Former Fabulous Thunderbird and dedicated Ramones fan Nick Curran traces his career's highlights and Lowlifes.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-31-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fabulous Thunderbirds, Nick Curran
Wallet Weirdonew
'Wild Grass' is one of those artsy French films that many American audiences loathe.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alain Resnais, Wild Grass
Blue-Eyed Soul Searchingnew
Chromeo transforms '80s obsession into dance-pop perfection.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-31-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromeo
Up all night with the Pimps of Joytimenew
The Pimps can't be pigeonholed into a genre — it's all soulful, but one song might segue from an Afrobeat groove to an electronic club beat with sitar.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
08-31-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Uncovering the Recipe to Chinese Bubble Teanew
I have leveraged my countless good deeds as a husband and prevailed on my wife to develop a facsimile recipe for zhen zhu nai cha.
INDY Week |
David A. Ross |
08-31-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Bubble Tea
My Porcelain Lifenew
Rasputina frontwoman Melora Creager forges exotic musical artifacts from historical oddities.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
08-31-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Taste the Fury: Mexploitation Comes to Town
Robert Rodriguez's co-directed grindhouse fun-fest "Machete" is loaded with laughs, gore, and sly '70s-styled social commentary about America's current immigration crack-down.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
