AltWeeklies Wire
Rilo Kiley Explores Life 'Under the Blacklight'new
The band's new sound has lost it some fans, while gaining many more. "I think at first some of our older fans were kind of confused and some of them just didn't like the record," drummer Jason Boesel says. "But we also have a lot of new fans from this record, and they're all at the shows."
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jack Carneal's Yaala Yaala Records Pipelines the Sounds of Malinew
Labels like Yaala Yaala, which is distributed by Drag City, don't play by the outmoded rules of so-called world music production, eschewing both academic empiricism and the major labels' reductive tendency to isolate bankable masters. Meanwhile, kids in Mali listen to dubbed tapes of Led Zeppelin and Jay-Z.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
06-11-2008 |
Music
Scramble for Africa 3.0: Indie Bands Lead the Charge in Sonic Imperialismnew
Vampire Weekend and other indie participants in the sonic Scramble for Africa 3.0 obviously see midcentury and postcolonial African pop culture as a cheap date, a provider of organic rock mystery where one can queue for heaping sides of hi-life, soukous, mbaqanga, mbalax, juju, rai, township jive, and Ténéré desert blues.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kandia Crazy Horse |
06-11-2008 |
Music
Defender Side Project Alla Releases Album in Spanishnew
It took four years to complete the band's debut, Es Tiempo, perhaps because Jorge Ledezma set his goals high when the band was born.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ladytron is Burning Upnew
Once again on Velocifero, it's Ladytron's scathing lyrics that make the group so incendiary.
Chicago Newcity |
Garin Pirnia |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ladytron, Velocifero
Ingrid Michaelson Knows the Way into America's Heart is Through 'Grey's Anatomy'new
After 25 million viewers heard her song "Keep Breathing" on the hit show's third-season finale, Michaelson's second album shot to indie fame. With no support from a label, Michaelson suddenly was everywhere.
Style Weekly |
Anne Larimer Hart |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Detroit Rock 'n' Roller Danny Kroha is Back with The Readiesnew
Kroha is already well-known on the Detroit scene; you'll recall his work with Gories and, more recently, the Demolition Doll Rods. Following the dissolution of the latter group and a brief spell trying to go solo, the guitarist's back with a new band, which is now beginning to kick up some real racket about town.
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood |
06-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hip-Hop is My Crazy Girlfriendnew
Like many young passionate relationships, as we got older, hip-hop and I drifted apart. My sensibilities remained progressive, my humor became more biting, and my patience for ignorance became shorter than ever. And hip-hop? Well, we all know what happened to hip-hop.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
06-10-2008 |
Music
Chicago's 'Hipster Rap' Scene Attracts the Inevitable Backlashnew
Most criticism of hipster rap only goes clothes deep, and even for relatively philosophical haters like Unkut.com's Robbie Ettelson, the sight of a rapper in anything but baggy jeans and a hoodie seems to trigger homosexual panic.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-10-2008 |
Music
Hot Tracks for Summernew
In the iPod age, it's easy to have your favorite songs within reach; these go great with bright skies and warm breezes.
Why Are the Sex Pistols Only Playing Las Vegas?new
Before beginning a 25-date European and Japanese summer tour, the reunited U.K. punk godfathers—original lineup: Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook—will perform once in the U.S. Not in New York City. Or Los Angeles. But in Las Vegas, at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel. Considering the band’s 2003 gig at the same venue didn’t even sell out, we’re wondering why.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Maloof Music Releases First Albumnew
For the past four years, the Maloof brothers have listened to demos from enough bands to fill every room in their Palms hotel. None impressed enough to earn a spot on their Maloof Music label. Until now.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Light It Up, Rev Theory
Shirlette Ammons' New Collections of Poetry and Music Get Personalnew
Shirlette Ammons—a Durham multimedia artist who will simultaneously release a book of her poetry and an EP of her music next week—gives both the musical and literary interpretations of her words equal prominence. Working together, the forms yield a rich picture of Ammons.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
My Brightest Diamond's Album Brings Instrumentals to Foregroundnew
A Thousand Shark’s Teeth is like a Jeunet film: dark and beautiful and then strange and mysterious. Each song is a gem of it’s own.
New York Press |
Linnea Covington |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mates of State Record a Perfect, Timely Albumnew
It must be summer if the orgasmic pop of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel is once again beaming its bikini-a-go-go from the ocean paradise of ... Stratford, Conn.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mates of State, Re-Arrange Us
