AltWeeklies Wire
Bob Schneider's New Focus on Rocknew
His newest album, The Californian, showcases a sound previously underrepresented on his albums: full-tilt roots rock.
Shepherd Express |
Alan Scully |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Schneider, The Californian
Coming To Americanew
The Swedish metal mongers Amon Amarth cross over the pond.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Anita Overcash |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amon Amarth
Wound Up For Successnew
The Silversun Pickups are not used to all the attention.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Silversun Pickups
The Hiply Unhip Trans-Siberian Orchestranew
As guitarist Al Pitrelli admits over the phone before heading to a sound check in Fresno, California, the success of his decidedly unhip ensemble, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, goes against all odds.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Newton |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Spice Girls: Feminist Saviorsnew
Compared to the starlets of today -- bitch-slapping each other over Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, fighting with coke addiction, flashing their pubeless cooters to generate press -- the Spice Girls seem positively radical.
The Georgia Straight |
Elaine Corden |
11-30-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: The Spice Girls, concerts
NYC's White Magic Benefit From Special Powersnew
Mira Billotte of White Magic delivers "As I Went Out One Morning" with an otherworldly sweetness Bob Dylan's version from John Wesley Harding never had. This isn't the first time Billotte has benefited from some weird synchronicity.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Magic
Percee P Perseveresnew
The fact that Percee P's been in the game since the mid-80s but is only dropping his debut album now speaks volumes.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Richards |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Percee P, Perseverence
Royal Soulnew
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings deliver a new album rich with classic sounds.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Beast of a 'Belly'new
FFA's second disc, Belly, picks up where 2004's criminally ignored Scavengers left off: Its beats are constructed almost exclusively from crackle and fuzz, and its rhymes veer from the personal into the impressionistic.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Belly, Food for Animals
Analog Jetpacks Leaves Politics Off 'And How They Flew'new
The group recently toured in support of D.C. voting rights and is attempting to sell MTV on a reality series about the subject. But its debut album is a largely apolitical series of easygoing (if verbose) good-time tunes that bend over backward not to take themselves too seriously.
Washington City Paper |
Ben Westhoff |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Analog Jetpack, And How They Flew
Reunited Blind Melon Reminisces About Its Time in Durhamnew
Guitarist Christopher Thorn remembers an idyllic winter in Durham the year before Blind Melon's debut album and its slightly psychedelic hit, "No Rain," made them famous.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
11-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blind Melon
Buck 65 is Totally Original. Totally.new
Hey, there are rappers in Nova Scotia. Who knew?
The Portland Mercury |
Graham Barey |
11-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sam Beam Expands His Horizonsnew
Throughout The Shepherd's Dog, Beam uses religious symbolism (wings, smoke), raw elements (bones, ashes), and of course the unspeakable power of sound to beautifully contemplate human existence and beyond.
The Portland Mercury |
Jenny Tatone |
11-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Iron & Wine, The Shepherd's Dog
Learning to Bend with Beatrix*JARnew
Jacob Roske and Bianca Pettis, who perform together as Beatrix*JAR, are circuit benders. They make electronic instruments by tinkering with the insides of old Speak & Spells and synthesizers.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
11-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beatrix*JAR, Golden Fuzz
Rademacher Alchemizes Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse for Pure Indie-Pop Goldnew
If you've yet to hear of Rademacher (or to pronounce the name: raw-duh-maw-cur), the group is doing its damnedest to change that -- in S.F., in Fresno, and in Los Angeles.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
11-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rademacher
