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Is MF Doom Getting Advice From Lauryn Hill?new
The indie rap star misses another gig, which isn't helping rumors that a fake Doom appeared at a San Francisco show earlier this year. But he's not the only artist whose strange behavior is disappointing audiences.
Tags: MF Doom
Jack Johnson's Label Hosts Rogue Wave's Moody New Albumnew
Asleep at Heaven's Gate, the group's surprisingly hopeful new record, marks a fresh luck streak and a release from the band's collective emotional damage.
SF Weekly |
Jenifer Maertz |
10-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Robert Smith Needs Helpnew
The lipsticked frontman grapples with writer's block as the Cure prepares for a rare Bay Area appearance.
East Bay Express |
Gelu Sulugiuc |
10-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Cure
Fast Forward to the Pastnew
Free jazz has become an increasingly fringe art form, but Ike Levin is a lifer.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ike Levin
The Recording History of Loch Lomond is a Curious Thingnew
Listening to Paper the Walls is like watching a season go by in a Disney-esque time lapse.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
10-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Loch Lomond, Paper The Walls
Sandpeople Finally Kills 'Em ... With Kindnessnew
My expectations for the Portland hip-hop crew's long-awaited second album were impossibly high; I expected an album that would get the U.S. out of Iraq and reverse global warming. Well, kids are still dying and ice is still melting, but Honest Racket is really good.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
10-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Honest Racket, Sandpeople
Scout Niblett Balances Eccentricity and Confidencenew
This Fool Can Die Now shows that Niblett has talent in spades -- and it speaks so much louder when she focuses on substance over style.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
10-03-2007 |
Reviews
Sweden's Jose Gonzalez Looks 'In Our Nature'new
While the pieces surely add up on paper, it's difficult to categorize Jose Gonzalez simply as a singer-songwriter.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
10-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez
Five Songs of 2007 Help Put Politics Back in Our Playlistsnew
Religion and politics were the two topics you're not supposed to bring up in mixed company or, until pretty recently, in your songs.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
10-02-2007 |
Music
Mourning Glorynew
The Happy Talk Band's new CD There, There includes a collection of eulogizing songs about bohemian New Orleans performed by an evolving band.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
10-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Happy Talk Band, There, There
Four Men and Your Babiesnew
New Orleans kid-band sensations the Imagination Movers begin taping their new show for Playhouse Disney this week.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
10-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Imagination Movers
Remember Gene Watson?new
Nashville hasn't forgotten him, as Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Connie Smith, Rhonda Vincent, Joe Nichols and Mark Chesnutt turn up to help out with duet and background vocals on In a Perfect World, Watson's first album for New Jersey folk/roots label Shanachie.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
10-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: In a Perfect World, Gene Watson
Houston's Ten Worst Songsnew
… and we're still not as bad as Dallas
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
10-02-2007 |
Music
Houston's Very Best Songs Evernew
When we originally set about attempting to catalog a list of Houston's top songs ever, we thought it was a stretch. How could there be a list of ten, much less 100, world-recognized songs from this relative backwater of a music city? In fact, the exact opposite is true.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax and Chris Gray |
10-02-2007 |
Music
Death-Thrash-Power-Metal Beast Skeletonwitch Releases Third Albumnew
The mere presence of a track titled "Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery" says everything you need to know about Beyond the Permafrost.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Harris |
10-02-2007 |
Reviews
