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Franz Ferdinand Hearts the Fire Enginesnew
Together for a brief 18 months, the Fire Engines released a handful of EPs, many on Bob Last's fantastic Fast Product–Pop Aural imprint. Hungry Beat collects these long-out-of-print EPs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Alexis Georgopoulos |
09-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hungry Beat, The Fire Engines
Are Rappers the New Cat Ladies?new
DMX's dogs were seized and the rapper is devastated -- is he an animal hoarder?
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
09-12-2007 |
Music
Tags: DMX
Dan Deacon Uses His Imaginationnew
A member of the Wham City art collective and part of the "Future Shock" movement, Deacon creates a vibe that isn't ironic so much as he strives to manifest the fantastic and surreal in reality.
Dig Boston |
Barry Thompson |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Deacon, Spiderman of the Rings
Rodrigo y Gabriela Rock the Worldnew
Rod y Gab, as they're known to their fans, are an anomaly, popular well beyond the world-music pigeonhole where such acts tend to languish.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rodrigo y Gabriela
Nick Reynolds to Receive Lifetime Acheivement Awardnew
Reynolds of the Kingston Trio, whose contributions to American folk music are lovingly remembered by a healthy contingent of fans, will receive the award at the San Diego Music Awards on Sept. 17.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kia Momtazi |
09-12-2007 |
Music
Tags: The Kingston Trio
The Rentals: Back in Residencenew
Matt Sharp resurrects the band with Sara Radle and a trombone.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rentals
A Hour-By-Hour Breakdown of MusicfestNWnew
Willamette Week sent our writers out to soak up both MusicfestNW and PICA's Time-Based Art Festival. And then their heads exploded.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
09-12-2007 |
Music
The Moaners: Not Your Typical Chick Duonew
Too garage-rocky and quirky to qualify as genuine blues, and too driven by wild slide guitar work to tag as typical indie-rock, the Chapel Hill duo is into something different.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blackwig Yalobusha, The Moaners
Joe Clay's Shake, Rattle and Rockabillynew
The rockabilly legend may be better known to European audiences than in his hometown of New Orleans.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Clay
Chris Jamison Walks a Fine Linenew
He channels Paul Simon's Graceland on his cinematic new album, Into Surrender, but at times he comes a little too close to John Mayer.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
09-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Jamison, Into Surrender
Simian Mobile Disco is On the Movenew
After the demise of the British band Simian, James Ford and James Shaw regroup as a roving DJ/production duo, moving effortlessly through rave bonanzas, electro ballads and energetic rump-shakers.
Chicago Newcity |
Steve Mizek |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aesop Rock Discusses 'None Shall Pass'new
Rock's on-wax presence is so distinct that hearing his normal speaking voice feels like it should be accompanied by some sort of man-behind-the-curtain revelation.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass
Don Cherry Quintet Asserts Its Skills on Live Albumnew
Ornette Coleman may have started the free jazz thing, circa 1960, but trumpeter Don Cherry was the Johnny Appleseed of Ornetteology, sharing and extending his boss's ideas on both sides of the Atlantic.
Metro Times |
W. Kim Heron |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Nikki Sixx's Memoir has a Soundtracknew
The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack is a companion to Sixx's memoir, due out in September, but the music and the book each stands on its own.
Metro Times |
Janiss Garza |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Akron/Family Just Wants to Have Funnew
The Brooklyn-based psych-folk quartet can't help it if sometimes it seems like the inmates are running the asylum when they play. After all, they get bored easily.
Metro Times |
Chris Parker |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Akron/Family, Love is Simple
