AltWeeklies Wire
Last of the Breed: Keepin' It Real ... Countrynew
Three legends and an upstart carry the torch.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Warm in the Wake: Making Wavesnew
Atlanta band looks to the future with American Prehistoric.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Who Is Tay Zonday?new
And why is he the hottest thing on the internet?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tay Zonday
Okkervil River Trots Out More Song-novelsnew
What especially salvages Stage Names is that frontman Will Schef doesn't pretend he can't be bought or is unwilling to let the machine take control from time to time.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
08-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Okkervil River, The Stage Names
Pelican Switches Gears with 'City of Echoes'new
At least the band's unafraid of pissing everyone off.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pelican, City of Echoes
Ken Slavin's 'Romance' Connectionnew
With help from producer Barry Brake, Slavin makes a sultry, late-night ode to love.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: I'll Take Romance, Ken Slavin
The Dimes: Intelligent & Often Whimsicalnew
On the band's full-length debut, the grim realities of the lyrics blend refreshingly with dreamlike guitars and an unabashedly poppy, radio-friendly sound.
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dimes, The Silent Generation
Renegade: 'Theater for ADD'new
Portland A/V mastermind makes geeky cool with rockin' weird theater.
Willamette Week |
Travis Ritter |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Renegade
Kurt Hagardorn Makes Classic Effortlessnew
You'd be forgiven for mistaking Ten Singles for a broadcast block from a radio station called LITE FM, but Hagardorn smoothly incorporates the sounds of his throwback idols into something all his own.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
08-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kurt Hagardorn, Ten Singles
Nikki Sixx is Back, Minus Smacknew
Reading lengthy excerpts from his memoir, The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, and listening to its accompanying soundtrack by his band Sixx: A.M. is like running up to the scene of some horrible accident.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
08-21-2007 |
Music
Tags: Nikki Sixx, Motley Crue
UGK Strongly Advise You Quit Hating the Southnew
While Underground Kingz doesn't move me the way Super Tight and Ridin' Dirty once did, it feels like a very promising kickoff for the second phase of UGK's career.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
08-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: UGK, Underground Kingz
Heru John Basil, Anti-occult Heronew
Hanging with Orange County's most far-out psychedelic loner.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
08-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Heru John Basil
'Remixed' is a Standards Slaughternew
The overarching cut 'n' paste effect leaves the listener with the impression that everybody in the studio just let the Holiday tracks roll as some peripheral noise while they got overly excited at the mixing boards in endless "Look at me!" moments.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
08-21-2007 |
Reviews
Zydepunks: Common Folknew
The band has been playing its hybrid blend of accordion and fiddle-driven folk-punk since 2004.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
08-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Exile Waltz, Zydepunks
Fog is Almost Beyond Genrenew
Seldom does a trip to the edge feel as intuitive and natural as in this stirring and forward-thinking work.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
08-21-2007 |
Reviews
