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Hatchet: The Bay Area Thrash Boy Bandnew
In San Francisco, the original home of American thrash, a new movement is forming a daisy chain of Levi's-clad warriors and Flying V commandoes, and none of these groups are more poised to break out of the wolf pack than the barely legal act Hatchet.
The Portland Mercury |
Nathan Carson |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hachet
Beyond the Beatles and Black Sabbathnew
A teacher at School of Rock, Ben Barnett incorporates the music of Northwestern bands to expand his students' curriculum.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
12-27-2007 |
Concerts
Adonis Rose Pumps it Upnew
The drummer keeps taking giant steps toward putting the Fort on the jazz map.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adonis Rose
Wu-Tang Forever and a Day!new
All that stuff about Wu-Tang's genius and influence aside, they are a notoriously dismal live act.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan
The 2007 Mixtapenew
The Triangle's best 35 songs of 2007, including Alina Simone, Birds of Avalon, Bowerbirds and more.
We Resolve ... 2008new
The wishes and New Year's resolutions of some of North Carolina's musicians. Includes Tift Merritt, Scotty Irving, Roman Candle and more.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Young Vet Bow Wow Advises the New Young Rappersnew
Bow Wow, the pint-sized novelty act who made preteen girls swoon with his 2000 debut, Beware of Dog, has somehow evolved into an elder statesman in the hip-pop genre.
SF Weekly |
Ben Westhoff |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pretend We're Dead 2007new
Another year of overrated acts.
New York Press |
J.R. Taylor |
12-27-2007 |
Music
The Year Without Jamesnew
One year after the death of James Brown, we take a look at the battle over his estate, his family tree and the trinkets that could fetch up to $20 million at auction.
Metro Spirit |
Erica Bolin and Angel Cleary |
12-27-2007 |
Music
Tags: James Brown
Texas' James McMurtry Takes it Personallynew
"The popularity of a song has more to do with the listener than the writer," he says. "People have to identify. A bunch of people identified with this, which is good for me, but kind of scary for the rest of the country."
Chicago Newcity |
K. Tighe |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: James McMurtry
For the Recordnew
This is my extremely subjective tops of the pops (in no particular order) from Louisiana artists from 2007.
San Diego's Class of 2007new
These musicians had the Best. Year. Ever. Includes As I Lay Dying, Grand Ole Party, The Muslims, and more.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
12-26-2007 |
Music
Will Hoge: The Man Behind the Curtainsnew
For a guy who's spent two-thirds of each year for the last 10 on the road as a working musician, Will Hoge maintains a refreshing sense of humor about it all.
Charleston City Paper |
Jon Santiago |
12-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Draw the Curtains, Will Hoge
Top Albums of 2007new
Includes Galactic, Shannon Whitworth, Lindsay Holler & The Dirty Kids, and more.
Charleston City Paper |
Staff |
12-26-2007 |
Music
Many Rivers to Crossnew
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo proves himself a stranger specimen than his bandmates on a new collection of unreleased material.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
12-26-2007 |
Reviews
