AltWeeklies Wire
Music to Knowellnew
A listen to this year's holiday music.
Chicago Newcity |
Dennis Polkow |
12-19-2007 |
Music
OneRepublic Hits and Missesnew
The group has crafted an album that, more than likely, has no fewer than three radio-friendly hits on it. In fact, the group crafted an album of songs that are all payoff and hook.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pete Freedman |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dreaming Out Loud, OneRepublic
Who the Hell is OneRepublic?new
The balladeering pop-rockers, who currently call Los Angeles home, are everywhere these days -- on television, radio and probably your iPod, too, thanks to the success of their hit single "Apologize" and their newly released debut album, Dreaming Out Loud.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pete Freedman |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dreaming Out Loud, OneRepublic
Satanic Bat Approaches Stoner Rock Thronenew
Here's a Pittsburgh quartet that offers the same devil-sign-raising feeling in a local club that you'd otherwise only get once a year at Ozzfest.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Prog-rockers Rainstation Zero Release Debutnew
In a genre dominated by dudely musicians and dudely fans, having a female singer is a difference that immediately sets them apart for the better.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rainstation Zero
Down with Christmasnew
A selection of the Christmas albums we received this year, all of which fill us with urges to stab each other with sharpened candy canes.
Weekly Alibi |
Staff |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Greg Ruggiero’s 'Balance'new
Warm and liquid, the music of jazz guitarist Greg Ruggiero slides into the ear so easily, you don’t notice until it’s already had its way with you.
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Balance, Greg Ruggiero
In the Wingsnew
Franzschubert beat the Brat, eat the chicken and raise the lamb.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Try a Little Tendernessnew
Tony Malaby and Angelica Sanchez marry beauty and brawn in their intense improv sets.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Hood Once Known for its Jazz Clubs Stages Revivalnew
The often raucous weekly jam sessions at Reuben's Marc in East Mount Airy are drawing generations of musicians from across Philadelphia to improv and experiment alongside acclaimed pianist Orrin Evans.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Michael T. Regan and Rick Valenzuela |
12-18-2007 |
Music
R.I.P. Pimp Cnew
Remembering a Down South legend.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
12-18-2007 |
Music
Tags: Pimp C
Th Twisted History of 'Tighten Up'new
"Tighten Up" was as big a hit nationally as it had been in Houston, and topped Billboard's Hot 100 for two weeks in late spring 1968. But as "Tighten Up" was sweeping the nation, the TSU Toronadoes were left out in the cold.
Houston Press |
Brett Koshkin and Chris Gray |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The TSU Toronadoes
Eclectic Latin Rockers Café Tacuba Defy Distinctionnew
In gringo terms, you can think of them as the Mexican U2. But with costumes, polka dancing, and music that makes you act instead of think, their live shows are much more interesting than anything Bono and the boys have come up with in years.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cafe Tacuba, Sino
What the Funk?new
Barbés Records' latest disc, The Roots of Chicha, unearths the master recordings from a group of Amazonian musicians of the late '60s who made a meager living combining indigenous music with Western surf rock, wah-wah pedals, and mind-altering funk overtones.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Pay 2 Playnew
Hip-hop hustlers are making off with Kansas City rappers' hard-earned cash.
