AltWeeklies Wire
Soulive in Decline?new
Both 2005's Breakout and their latest, No Place Like Soul, find the once groove-solo-vamp focus replaced by a soul and R&B sound more akin to the modern-day handle of slow jams.
Shepherd Express |
Todd Lazarski |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: No Place Like Soul, Soulive
Under-rated: Paul Butterfield and Michael Bloomfieldnew
Drummer Patrick Ford hopes to raise a the recognition of the late blues musicians through this live tribute album.
Shepherd Express |
Sonia Khatchadourian |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Maybe 2007 will be Better for Film Schoolnew
Inside the downward-cast glances of Film School's music -- the term "shoegaze" doesn't quite capture the tone -- are a great deal of sidelong resentments and gritted teeth.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: film school, Hideout
Los Lobos Tackles Immigrant Issuesnew
The Town and the City is as close to a theme album as the group has recorded in its 30-plus years together, and possibly its best since 1992's Kiko.
Shepherd Express |
Alan Sculley |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los Lobos, The Town and the City
Conscious Rap Roster Should Drop Taleb Kwelinew
Eardrum is a heaping mess, neither smart nor groundbreaking, and loaded with clichés.
Dallas Observer |
Ben Westhoff |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eardrum, Talib Kweli
Dallas Struggles with the Bizarre Death of Carter Albrechtnew
Member of Texas-based Sorta, Albrecht's death was sudden, and it wasn't pretty.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
09-10-2007 |
Music
Tags: Carter Albrecht
M.I.A. Creates an Exotic Dance Party Par Excellencenew
Arular, the 2005 debut by Mathangi "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, got lotsa reviewers hot and bothered (and deservedly so), but only a relative handful of U.S. listeners succumbed to its multi-culti charms.
Sound Tribe Sector 9 Kicks Out the Jamsnew
The Atlanta quintet appeals to fans of improvisational music played on traditional gear even though its music has grown increasingly structured and frequently utilizes computer-driven electronics.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sound Tribe Sector 9
I Hated Timberlake, Too. Then I Heard the Recordnew
As someone whose record collection is heavy with records by Blue Cheer, Pharoah Sanders, the Grateful Dead, and Neil Young, I find pop music such as Timberlake's a little too metropolitan for my tastes.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Re-examining Prince’s Dirtiest of Dittiesnew
"Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all become respectable if they last long enough." The same could be said for pop stars whom mainstream folk once thought were just too nasty and freaky for the room. Like Prince.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
09-10-2007 |
Music
Tags: Prince
Keep It Gaynew
By calling their brand of hip-hop music "fag rap," Sgt. Sass hope to reclaim "faggot" in the same way female rappers like Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim reclaimed "bitch" in the late ’90s.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kate Kilpatrick |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sgt. Sass
Kanye Cum Laudenew
On Graduation, he's at his most ambitious -- and his most vulnerable.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kanye West, Graduation
Slash the Guitar Hero III Avatarnew
Scandal seekers would find a disappointing lack of in-fighting in Velvet Revolver's ranks, he says.
The Georgia Straight |
Adrian Mack |
09-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Velvet Revolver, Libertad
Deakin Bowes Out of Animal Collective Tournew
The guitarist also known as Josh Dibb hasn't quit, he's just sitting this one out as the rest of the group tours to support Strawberry Jam.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
09-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam
?uestlove Discusses Hip-hop, Party Music & Flavor Flavnew
"Hip-hop isn’t really allowed the range that rock music and other types of music are allowed to get away with," he says.
Montreal Mirror |
Scott C |
09-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: ?uestlove
