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Memphis Music Money Goes Where?new
With government support waning and a suspicious public looking on, the embattled Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission is at a crossroads.
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
09-14-2007 |
Music
Joe Henry Sings of War, Salvation & Willie Maysnew
These war-afflicted times resonate throughout Henry's new album, Civilians, like "a wind that blows the hats off of many heads," as the singer-songwriter and producer puts it during a recent interview in his home studio.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Boys Noize Gets Skull-Fuckednew
Berlin's Alex Ridha releases a cranium-crushing new album, doesn't give a damn about copycats.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boys Noize, Oi Oi Oi
Freakin' and Tweakin' with Dan Deaconnew
The sublime and the ridiculous collide in
the work of the Baltimore musician.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Deacon
Percussionist John Santos Debuts New Quintetnew
Roughly six months since the dissolution of his ten-piece Machete Ensemble, the apparently indefatigable bandleader returns with what has to be one of the most exciting local jazz albums of the year.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Treasure Island Music Festival Boasts Impressive Debut Lineupnew
The San Francisco fest could well become one of those if-you're-anybody-you-better-be-there events with a lineup that includes Thievery Corporation, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, and DJ Shadow.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-13-2007 |
Concerts
Welcome to the Berkeley Old Time Music Conventionnew
Depending on who's counting, this would be the 40th, 22nd, 27th, or 5th annual four-day gathering of pickers, strummers, crooners, and pluckers who celebrate precommercial country.
East Bay Express |
J. Poet |
09-13-2007 |
Concerts
Regina Hexaphone Flexs Its Percussionnew
After the gentle, hazy drift of its debut, The Beautiful World, it's strange and thrilling to hear Regina Hexaphone exchange its exquisiteness for greater muscularity.
A Wisconsin Band Divides to Become Two North Carolina Bandsnew
After DeYarmond Edison broke up, the members returned to the Triangle to form Bon Iver and Megafaun. Both have new albums in the works and couldn't be more opposite.
Precise Executionnew
Live double-DVD set preserves a rare presentation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Peak Performancenew
Sly's positive lyrics, racially and sexually integrated band, and crisp combination of Memphis soul, rock, funk and pop created a template that still hasn't been bettered.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Next Best Thingnew
The Bangles have captured an energetic and harmonious evening at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Return to Bangleonia, The Bangles
Tough Lovenew
Autumn of the Seraphs is tougher than past albums, and they've tightened their hooky arrangements into power jams throbbing with bass and rhythmic guitar playing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Autumn of the Seraphs, Pinback
Stevie Wonder: Sole Survivornew
Contemporary soul has a long way to grow to catch the legend.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
09-13-2007 |
Concerts
Björk: Bored Out of Her Mindnew
Pop enigma expands her color palette with Volta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gelu Sulugiuc |
09-13-2007 |
Concerts
