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White Heatnew
Clevelander makes an electro-pop racket; hipsters across the country rejoice.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Williams, Smoke
Below Jupiter is Pogo-Readynew
The Cleveland duo's full-length debut unloads with three minutes of punky, bouncy, unplugged pop that sounds like the Violent Femmes, but with more keyboard and less bass.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Below Jupiter, Step into Home
Black Mountain: Back to the Futurenew
Vancouver's enigmatic Black Mountain reinvents progressive rock for the Facebook generation.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Mountain, Druganaut
Burning Hell's Uke Jukenew
Glockenspiel may be the new cowbell, but Burning Hell main man Mathias Kom is determined to make 2008 the year of the ukulele.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Burning Hell
Donna Jean Picks Up where the Dead Left Offnew
Donna Jean and the Tricksters shows what the seminal California jam band might have sounded like had they been more interested in their female singer.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Muckian |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Tough and Tender of Frankie Vallinew
The early '60s weren't as bereft of rock 'n' roll as critics often say.
Shepherd Express |
Jamie Lee Rake |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Nice Outfit: Power-pop Legendsnew
Paul James Wall sums up The Nice Outfit with a catchy litany of bands: "Buzzcocks, Bangles, Beatles and Byrds."
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kissing Jocelyn, The Nice Outfit
Kevn Kinney's Milwaukee Homecomingnew
Thirty years ago Kinney and I were among the five kids in our high school of more than 2,000 students who embraced punk rock. Finding each other in study hall was not difficult.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevn Kinney, Preapproved
Educators School Memphis in Roots-Rocknew
Year-end releases from Rob Jungklas and the Central Standards give divergent spins on roots-rock.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gully, Rob Jungklas
Gui Boratto: Techno With Finessenew
The Brazilian adds grace and style to the ol' boom-chick.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromophobia, Gui Boratto
Duke Performances Presents Dr. Lonnie Smith, Among Othersnew
Aaron Greenwald, director of Duke University's Duke Performances, is talking soul music, and he wants the rest of us to do the same.
Tags: concerts
Mighty Memphis Minnienew
In September 2007, Memphis Minnie took her place among blues giants Howlin' Wolf, Tommy Johnson, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton and others, becoming the first woman to receive a Mississippi Blues Trail marker recognizing her gifts and influence.
Jackson Free Press |
Jeri Lynn Ostrander |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Memphis Minnie
The Return of the Frog Kingnew
The enigmatic Jeremy Enigk.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Our Town Could be Your Lifenew
In a move to match January's sun-less gloom, Swan Island -- Portland's preeminent practitioners of post-punk, pre-apocalyptic proto-metal -- announced this week they are going on "indefinite hiatus."
The Portland Mercury |
Cary Clarke |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Swan Island
Trans-Europa Expressnew
With The Legend of God's Gun, Los Angeles' Spindrift have recorded one of the greatest film soundtracks ever set to tape.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
01-17-2008 |
Concerts
