AltWeeklies Wire
In R&B, Get Big or Go Homenew
Brooke Valentine's innovative major-label debut posted numbers any indie would kill for -- so who wants to put out her next record?
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
08-20-2007 |
Music
Mano is the Man With the Plansnew
The 23-year-old is thinking up a million ways to get his beats into your ears.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
08-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mano
The CD Bootleggersnew
One night in the life of two Chicago street hustlers.
Chicago Reader |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
08-20-2007 |
Music
Tags: bootlegging
Brutal Knights: Stupider Than Thounew
The Toronto band stumps brain-dead punks with classic hardcore and cutting humor.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brutal Knights
The Hot Springs: Scream, Sigh, Simplifynew
Libidinous energy and alcoholic anger fuel the band's debut album, Volcano.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hot Springs, Volcano
The Supersuckers: No. 1 With a Bulletnew
The band has blazed a trail through the post-internet music industry.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Supersuckers
Northern State Keeps its Raps Realnew
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Can I Keep This Pen? is both appealing and adventurous.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Sands |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dark Meat: A 'Psychedelic Carole King'new
The Athens band's acid-adventure deluge of sound is anything but tranquil.
INDY Week |
Margaret Hair |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Meat, Universal Indians
Ben Harper: Caught in the Actnew
The singer-songwriter on his new album, his youth, and his audience.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appleford |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Harper
MC Router: Wearing the Geeksta Crownnew
Riding the nerdcore wave from Texas to ... who knows?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
08-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
For Car Bomb, Cohesion is the New Extremenew
The Long Island band brings a new sense of order to extreme metal's chaos.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
08-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: car bomb
Black Moth Super Rainbow's Scary, Happy Fairytalesnew
The band's electro-psychedelic reflections exude otherworldliness, as if they were concocted outside of real time in another dimension.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
08-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Moth Super Rainbow
Hardly Lost for Wordsnew
Sans vocalist, Pelican finds other ways to get its message across.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jason Bugg |
08-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blood Diamondnew
Post-breakup depression helped Marilyn Manson make his best record yet.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Benson |
08-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lick This!new
Juliette Lewis continues to earn respect for her musical efforts, with a little help from Dave Grohl.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
08-16-2007 |
Reviews
