AltWeeklies Wire
We Leave at Midnightnew
If you took Crosby, Stills & Nash and overdubbed them the way the Beatles recorded "Because," added the Band, Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys, and a pinch of doo-wop and blended it all with the most pop-friendly yet artsy sounds you can find from the '70s through the '90s, you're only scratching the surface of We Leave at Midnight's sound
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopeteguin |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
The Borrowersnew
Despite some spotty voice work,'Arrietty' is a lovely piece of animation.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
'Safe House' recycles typical good guy, bad guy farenew
The rules are fairly easy in Hollywood if you're a filmmaker wanting to direct a movie. Prove yourself a moneymaker like Michael Bay and budgets will usually swell.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Up From Darknessnew
Retro songstress Izzy Cox escapes her own past.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
02-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Izzy Cox
Piñata Protest: Plethora 'Reloaded'new
In January 2010, Piñata Protest went through the last of five years of lineup changes: bassist Omar Nambo departed for L.A. to pursue other musical interests, and guitarist Manuel García left for reasons only García and songwriter/vocalist/box-squeezer Álvaro Del Norte know.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Howlin Rain: 'Russian Wilds'new
Coming from the ashes of the wildly noisy Comets of Fire, Howlin Rain's music bears little resemblance to that group's cathartic psychedelic sound, mining instead traditional classic rock and soul for inspiration.
San Antonio Current |
Marcus Rubio |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
The Passion of the Whites
“I can’t half see straight,” Mamie White declared the moment after being handed a microphone Friday night at Johnny & June’s Ultra Saloon. “I’m just kiddin’.”
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: The Whites
A Dream Deferred
Tonight the dream lives in the auxiliary basketball court at Winston-Salem State University, a perfectly serviceable expanse of seasoned hardwood, with rudimentary bleachers and old-school fiberglass backboards.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-16-2012 |
Sports
Colbert Report Unexpectedly Cancels Tapingsnew
The Colbert Report has canceled two scheduled days of filming this week.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
02-16-2012 |
TV
Education: A Strong Economy Starts Herenew
Business leaders from around the country now say that a modern work force cannot be undereducated, even in an economy like Mississippi's that trends heavily toward agriculture and manufacturing.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
02-16-2012 |
Education
Reaching Out Morenew
Ozomatli heads to the Rialto to raise funds for the fight in favor of TUSD's ethnic studies.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-16-2012 |
Concerts
Tags: ozomatli
Greetings From the Puppy-Play Capital of the Worldnew
Meet Scott Moats, the globe's top designer and fabricator of realistic dog masks used for the fetish known as "puppy play."
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
02-16-2012 |
Culture
Tags: Puppy Play, Scott Moats
Lawrence Ball: Method Musicnew
Few fans of the Who know or care about all that's been going on in Pete Townshend's intensely busy mind. Those who do may have followed the episodic progress of his utopian Lifehouse project, which resurfaced memorably around 2006 with his effort to synthesize a mass of original music gathered online.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Bigger, Faster, Strangernew
Young the Giant charts an increasingly curious course.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
02-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sameer Gadhia, Young the Giant
Clams vs. Oysters in Winston-Salem
Pound for pound, Winston-Salem is the best food city in the Triad. That’s just an opinion, of course, but one informed by a decade of discriminatory eating in the area.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
