AltWeeklies Wire
Less Britney, Better Musicnew
An all-star group of producers makes this Britney Spears album her best so far.
Tucson Weekly |
Kristine Peashock |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Blackout, Britney Spears
Technicolor Aestheticnew
Elements meld seamlessly into a consistent pop form with Dandelion Gum.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
New Generation of Bluegrassnew
The fourth album by this quintet will have you asking: Who are these guys?
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Honky-Tonk Heronew
Teddy Thompson reinterprets the old-school country classics.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rock That Swingsnew
Page Hamilton and his new Helmet lineup still perform the band's classics.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Helmet, Monochrome
The Tone Collectornew
Baltimore musician, writer, and record-store owner Ian Nagoski's colection of pre-war 78s offers an enigmatic mix of Northumbrian bagpipe music, Javanese gamelan, Greek rebetika, Laotian Buddhist chants, Spanish flamenco, and Ukrainian folk songs.
Boston Phoenix |
Susanna Bolle |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
My Teacher is a Rockstar?new
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every weekday, the former Dismemberment Plan bassist Eric Axelson morphs into Mr. Axelson, a mild-mannered English teacher who quizzes his juniors on The Crucible at Columbia Heights' Bell Multicultural High School.
Washington City Paper |
Jessica Gould |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lies and Rhetoric, Statehood
His Prerogativenew
New Jack king schools us on his contributions to Atlanta's music scene.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bobby Brown
Dillinger Escape Plan: In Livid Colornew
The group's membership woes have only fired up and brightened its music.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works
The Velvet Teen's Albatrossnew
Seemingly every review manages to reference the same band (it starts with "radio," ends with "head"), claiming the two are of the exact same ilk, with the Teen aping more than just a similar-sounding lead singer.
The Portland Mercury |
Rob Simonsen |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cum Laude!, The Velvet Teen
Isis Celebrates a Decadenew
Isis began life in Massachusetts; a few years later, Isis packed up and traversed the continent to Los Angeles.
The Portland Mercury |
Tobias Carroll |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: In the Absence of Truth, Isis
Michael Mann, Meet Starsnew
Stars are the first band to remind me how good instrumental pop used to be, which is weird, since there are plenty of vocals on their albums.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Dragging an Ox Through Water Navigates Noise and Popnew
Live, Brian Mumford is a mesmerizing performer, able to consistently win over diehard noise aficionados as well as pop purists with a single song.
The Portland Mercury |
Cary Clarke |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Music and Mythology of M.I.A.new
It was up to M.I.A. to prove that she wasn't a fluke, and she did just that with Kala, a global journey of underground dance, weaving together samples from the Clash, guest spots from Nigerian rappers, cues from Bollywood soundtracks, seizure-inducing album art, and quasi-political phrases
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Spiritualized's Severely Diminished Grandeurnew
The problem is that without the usual instrumental bombast, the audience focuses on the lyrics -- and Pierce can be a very mediocre lyricist.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spiritualized
